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Military District V (East Germany)
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Military District V (MB V for short) was a military district of the National People's Army of East Germany. It was created in the northern part of the GDR territory, military-administrative territorial association[1] of units, units and military facilities of various branches of service, special troops and services of the Land Forces of the National People's Army and the (military) substitute system of the NVA.[2]
Military District V | |
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Militärbezirk V | |
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Founded | 1. March 1956 |
Disbanded | 2. October 1990 |
In the event of mobilization, the 5th Army (NVA) and the Territorial Military District V would have been formed from these formations.
The 5th NVA Army was to form part of the 1st Front of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (GSFG).[3]
The strongest massing of the 1st Front would have been in the direction of North German Plain with the 2nd Guards Tank Army and 3. Shock Army on the line Wittenberge, Stendal to Magdeburg[3] and facing the NATO NORTHAG. The operational planning for the deployment of the 5th Army, which was revised in 1983, 1985 and 1988[3] and had defensive and offensive phases, was the responsibility of the Commander-in-Chief of the 1st Front. At the alert level of full combat readiness, Military District V was led by an army staff and a command from the Territorial Military District.
The planning framework, which in the initial phase assumed aggression by NATO, envisaged bringing their units to a standstill close to the border and going on the offensive from there. In this phase the aim was to overcome enemy barriers and defensive positions and to destroy NATO formations one by one as quickly as possible. The attack speed was assumed to be 50 kilometers per day of combat.
The 5th Army in the North would have been reinforced by the Soviet 94th Guards Motor Rifle Division and the Soviet independent tank regiments 138. and 221. It would have been commanded by the soviet high-command.[4]
It was active from March 1, 1956, to October 2, 1990.
It included Motorized Rifle Troops[5] (mechanized infantry);[6] tank troops; Missile Troops/Artillery; army air defence; Army Aviation Forces; and Special Troops and Services
In 1990, the Chief Military District V / Commander 5th Army was Lieutenant General Horst Sylla;[7] (from September 15, 1990) Major General Manfred Jonischkies; and the Chief of the Territorial MB V (in the state of defence) was to be Major General Henri Thuneman.
The headquarters was located at the Neubrandenburg under the name Command Military District V (Kdo MB V)[8] and included the field command of the 5th Army (NVA) and the leadership of the Territorial Military District.[9]
One armored division (9th Panzer Division) and two motorized infantry divisions (1. motorisierte Schützendivision (1st MSD), and 8th MSD) were assigned to Military District V from the NVA Land Forces. Other associations, troop units, units and facilities were run as an army complex under direct subordination.