1st Motorised Infantry Division

1. motorisierte Schützendivision

Military Unit: 10840

Activated 30.4.56 in Potsdam, East Germany, from the Mechanisierten Bereitschaft Potsdam, as the 1st Mechanised Division.

20.12.56 renamed 1st Motorised Infantry Division.

Organisation 1980:

• 1st Motorised Infantry Regiment (Oranienburg, East Germany)
• 2nd Motorised Infantry Regiment (Stahnsdorf, East Germany)
• 3rd Motorised Infantry Regiment (Brandenburg, East Germany)
• 1st Tank Regiment (Burg, East Germany) - 1.12.81 moved to Beelitz
• 1st Artillery Regiment (Oranienburg, East Germany)
• 1st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Potsdam, East Germany) - 12.81 moved to Brück
• 1st Missile Battalion (Gross Behnitz, East Germany)
• 1st Multiple Rocket Launcher Battalion (Klietz, East Germany) - 12.81 moved to Beelitz
• 1st Reconnaissance Battalion (Lehnin, East Germany) - 12.81 moved to Beelitz
• 1st Engineer Battalion (Kirchmörser, East Germany)
• 1st Anti-Tank Battalion (Klietz, East Germany) - 12.81 moved to Beelitz
• 1st Communications Battalion (Potsdam, East Germany)
• 1st Material Support Battalion (Damsdorf, East Germany)
• 1st Repair Battalion (Potsdam, East Germany)
• 1st Chemical Defence Battalion (Burg, East Germany) - 12.81 moved to Oranienburg
• 1st Medical Battalion (Damsdorf, East Germany)
• 1st Replacement Battalion (Damsdorf, East Germany)

Organisation 1988:

• 1st Motorised Infantry Regiment (Oranienburg, East Germany)
• 2nd Motorised Infantry Regiment (Stahnsdorf, East Germany)
• 3rd Motorised Infantry Regiment (Brandenburg, East Germany)
• 1st Tank Regiment (Beelitz, East Germany)
• 1st Artillery Regiment (Oranienburg, East Germany)
• 1st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Brück, East Germany)
• 1st Missile Battalion (Gross Behnitz, East Germany)
• 1st Multiple Rocket Launcher Battalion (Beelitz, East Germany)
• 1st Reconnaissance Battalion (Beelitz, East Germany)
• 1st Engineer Battalion (Kirchmörser, East Germany)
• 1st Anti-Tank Battalion (Beelitz, East Germany)
• 1st Communications Battalion (Potsdam, East Germany)
• 1st Material Support Battalion (Damsdorf, East Germany)
• 1st Repair Battalion (Potsdam, East Germany)
• 1st Chemical Defence Battalion (Oranienburg, East Germany)
• 1st Medical Battalion (Damsdorf, East Germany)
• 1st Replacement Battalion (Damsdorf, East Germany)

3.10.90 absorbed by the Bundeswehr.

Divisional coordinates:

• Potsdam barracks [US designation: Potsdam Army Barracks 081]: 52 24 20N, 13 04 11E (1st Repair Battalion)
• Potsdam barracks (Ruinenberg Kaserne) [US designation: Potsdam Army Barracks 086]: 52 24 45N, 13 02 59E (1st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment)
• Potsdam barracks (Eiche Kaserne) [US designation: Potsdam Army Barracks 097]: 52 24 25N, 12 58 54E (Divisional HQ and 1st Communications Battalion)
• Oranienburg (Lehnitz) barracks {US designation: Oranienburg Army Barracks 001]: 52 44 20N, 13 16 17E (1st Artillery Regiment, 1st Chemical Defence Battalion from 1981)
• Oranienburg barracks (Julius Fucik Kaserne) [Oranienburg Army Barracks 081]: 52 45 51N, 13 16 00E (1st Motorised Infantry Regiment)
• Stahnsdorf barracks [US designation: Stahnsdorf Army Barracks 081]: 52 23 19N, 13 11 45E (2nd Motorised Infantry Regiment - parts)
• Stahnsdorf barracks [US designation: Stahnsdorf Army Barracks 083]: 52 22 33N, 13 12 32E (2nd Motorised Infantry Regiment - parts)
• Brandenburg barracks (Paul Hegenbarth Kaserne) [US designation: Brandenburg Army Barracks 009]: 52 26 09N, 12 32 09E (3rd Motorised Infantry Regiment)
• Burg barracks (Waldfrieden Kaserne) [US designation: Burg Army Barracks 064]: 52 14 54N, 11 54 41E (1st Tank Regiment and 1st Chemical Defence Battalion)
• Lehnin barracks (Richard Sorge Kaserne) [US designation: Lehnin Army Barracks 011]: 52 19 03N, 12 46 34E (1st Reconnaissance Battalion)
• Gross Behnitz barracks (Rudi Arndt Kaserne) [US designation: Gross Behnitz Army Barracks 009]: 52 35 28N, 12 44 58E (1st Missile Battalion)
• Klietz barracks [US designation: Klietz Army Barracks 002]: 52 39 44N, 12 03 57E (1st Multiple Rocket Launcher Battalion and 1st Anti-Tank Battalion)
• Kirchmörser barracks (Pionier Kaserne) [US designation: Kirchmoeser Army Barracks 022]: 52 23 17N, 12 24 53E (1st Engineer Battalion)
• Damsdorf barracks (Georg Handke Kaserne) [US designation: Damsdorf Army Barracks 021): 52 21 30N, 12 46 32E (1st Material Support Battalion, 1st Medical Battalion and 1st Replacement Battalion)
• Brück barracks [US designation: Brueck Army Barracks 007]: 52 12 45N, 12 47 16E (1st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment after 1981)
• Beelitz barracks: 52 15 06N, 12 56 48E (from 1981: 1st Tank Regiment, 1st Multiple Rocket Launcher Battalion, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion and 1st Anti-Tank Battalion)

Equipment:

• 12.85: 11100 men, 218 T-55, 123 BMP-1, 13 BMP-2, 208 BTR-60, 24 122mm 2s1, 66 122mm D-30, 18 152mm 2s3
• 1990: 214 T-55, 112 BMP-1/2, 279 BTR-70, 126 artillery and MRL, 13 MT-55, 4 Frog-7

Subordination:

• Militärbezirk V, 1956 - 1990

The division was maintained as a Ready Division - First Line (US terms: Category I) - manning was almost 100%.