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1950s (Prior to CARS redesignations) |
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8" Howitzer, Towed Artillery |
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8" Howitzer, Self-propelled Artillery |
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| (Source: US ARMY STATION LISTS from the 1950s: Jan 1952, Jun 1952, Aug 1953, Aug 1954, Aug 1955, Aug 1956, Aug 1957 ) |
 Division artillery ---  Op Gyroscope ---  Released from Active duty ---  CARS Redesignations ---  Other (activated; inactivated; redesignated, etc.) |
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| SEVENTH ARMY FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALIONS IN GERMANY (1951 - 1958) |
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UNIT DESIGNATION |
DUTY STATION |
TYPE |
ASSIGNED TO |
IN THEATER |
UNIT DESIGNATION |
COMMENTS |
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3rd AFA Bn |
Sandhofen |
105mm How, SP |
2nd Armd Div |
1951 - 1957 |
3rd AFA Bn |
returned to US (Dec 1957) |
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5th FA Bn |
Kitzingen |
155mm How, Towed (1) |
1st Inf Div |
1945 - 1955 |
5th FA Bn |
returned to US (Oct 1955) |
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7th FA Bn |
Schwabach |
105mm How, Towed (1) |
1st Inf Div |
1945 - 1955? |
7th FA Bn |
returned to US (1955)? not listed in Aug 55 SL |
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14th AFA Bn |
Mainz |
105mm How, SP |
2nd Armd Div |
1951 - 1957 |
14th AFA Bn |
moved to Baumholder (Jan 1955); returned to US (Dec 1957) |
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16th AFA Bn |
Baumholder |
155mm How, SP |
2nd Armd Div |
1951 - 1957 |
16th AFA Bn |
returned to US (Dec 1957) |
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18th FA Bn |
Babenhausen |
155mm Gun, SP |
36GP |
1951 - 1956 |
18th FA Bn |
returned to US (Jul 1956) |
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19th FA Bn |
Augsburg |
105mm How, Towed |
5th Inf Div |
1954 - 1956 |
19th FA Bn |
replaced 963rd FA Bn (May 1954); returned to US (Feb 1956) |
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20th FA Bn |
Hanau |
155mm How, Towed (1) |
4th Inf Div |
1951 - 1956 |
20th FA Bn |
returned to US (Jun 1956) |
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21st FA Bn |
Augsburg |
155mm How, Towed |
5th Inf Div |
1954 - 1956 |
21st FA Bn |
replaced 103rd FA Bn (May 1954); returned to US (Feb 1956) |
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25th FA Bn |
Bamberg |
105mm How, Towed |
10th Inf Div |
1955 - 1957 |
25th FA Bn |
returned to US (Apr 1958) |
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26th FA Bn |
Nürnberg |
105mm How, Towed |
9th Inf Div |
1954 - 1956 |
26th FA Bn |
replaced 192nd FA Bn (May 1954); returned to US (Sep 1956) |
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28th FA Bn |
Schwäb. Gmünd |
155mm How, Towed |
8th Inf Div |
1956 - 1957 |
28th FA Bn |
moved to Baumholder (Dec 1957); CARS: 1st Bn (Rkt/How), 28th Arty |
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29th FA Bn |
Friedberg |
105mm How, Towed (1) |
4th Inf Div |
1951 - 1956 |
29th FA Bn |
moved to Frankfurt (1954)? returned to US (Jun 1956) |
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30th FA Bn |
Erlangen |
155mm How, Towed |
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1951 - 1956 |
30th FA Bn |
returned to US (Nov 1956); replaced by 720th FA Bn? |
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32nd FA Bn |
Aschaffenburg |
105mm How, Towed (1) |
1st Inf Div |
1945 - 1955 |
32nd FA Bn |
returned to US (Nov 1955) |
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33rd FA Bn |
Bamberg |
105mm How, Towed (1) |
1st Inf Div |
1945 - 1955 |
33rd FA Bn |
returned to US (Nov 1955) |
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34th FA Bn |
Göppingen |
155mm How, Towed |
9th Inf Div |
1954 - 1956 |
34th FA Bn |
replaced 108th FA Bn (May 1954); ; returned to US (Sep 1956) |
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35th FA Bn |
Würzburg |
105mm How, Towed |
10th Inf Div |
1955 - 1957 |
35th FA Bn |
returned to US (Apr 1958) |
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36th FA Bn |
Schwäb. Hall |
8" How, Towed |
18GP |
1958 |
36th FA Bn |
replaced 291st FA Bn (Feb 1958); CARS: 1st How Bn, 36th Arty |
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40th FA Bn |
Aschaffenburg |
105mm How, Towed |
10th Inf Div |
1955 - 1957 |
40th FA Bn |
returned to US (Apr 1958) |
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42nd FA Bn |
Gelnhausen |
105mm How, Towed (1) |
4th Inf Div |
1951 - 1956 |
42nd FA Bn |
moved to Frankfurt (1953?); returned to US (Jun 1956) |
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43rd FA Bn |
Neu Ulm |
105mm How, Towed |
8th Inf Div |
1956 - 1957 |
43rd FA Bn |
CARS: 1st How Bn, 2nd Arty |
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44th FA Bn |
Grafenwoehr |
105mm How, Towed (1) |
4th Inf Div |
1951 - 1956 |
44th FA Bn |
moved to Kirch Göns (1953?); returned to US (Jun 1956) |
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45th FA Bn |
Neckarsulm |
105mm How, Towed |
8th Inf Div |
1956 - 1957 |
45th FA Bn |
CARS: |
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46th FA Bn |
Augsburg |
105mm How, Towed |
5th Inf Div |
1954 - 1956 |
46th FA Bn |
replaced 109th FA Bn (May 1954); returned to US (Feb 1956) |
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50th FA Bn |
Munich |
105mm How, Towed |
5th Inf Div |
1954 - 1956 |
50th FA Bn |
replaced 206th FA Bn (May 1954); returned to US (Feb 1956) |
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54th AFA Bn |
Frankfurt |
105mm How |
3rd Armd Div |
1956 - 1957 |
54th AFA Bn |
CARS: 2nd How Bn, 3rd Arty |
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55th FA Bn |
Hanau |
8" How, Towed |
30GP |
- 1958 |
55th FA Bn |
CARS: 2nd How Bn, 75th Arty |
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56th FA Bn |
Schwabach |
105mm How, Towed |
8th Inf Div |
1956 - 1958 |
56th FA Bn |
CARS: |
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59th FA Bn |
Pirmasens |
280mm Gun |
42GP |
1954 - 1957 |
59th FA Bn |
arr Apr 1954; returned to US (Mar 1957) |
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60th FA Bn |
Heilbronn |
105mm How, Towed |
9th Inf Div |
1954 - 1956 |
60th FA Bn |
replaced 229th FA Bn (May 1954); returned to US (Sep 1956) |
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65th AFA Bn |
Frankfurt |
105mm How |
3rd Armd Div |
1956 - 1957 |
65th AFA Bn |
CARS: 2nd How Bn, 6th Arty |
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67th AFA Bn |
Frankfurt |
105mm How |
3rd Armd Div |
1956 - 1957 |
67th AFA Bn |
CARS: 2nd How Bn, 27th Arty |
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70th AFA Bn |
Nürnberg |
105mm How, SP |
7732GP; 18GP |
1951 - 1955 |
70th AFA Bn |
reorg as AFA Bn (1954?); moved to Ansbach (1954?); inact (Apr 1955) |
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70th FA Bn |
Göppingen |
155mm Gun, SP |
18GP |
1955 - 1956 |
70th FA Bn |
redes from former 979th FA Bn (Apr 1955) |
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74th AFA Bn |
Landshut |
105mm How, SP |
7732GP; 18GP |
1951 - 1955 |
74th AFA Bn |
51, 52, 53, (Regensburg) 54; inact (Mar 1955) |
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74th FA Bn |
Crailsheim |
155mm How, Towed |
18GP; 35GP |
1955 - 1957 |
74th FA Bn |
redes from former 690th FA Bn (Mar 1955); inact (Dec 1957) |
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78th AFA Bn |
Wackernheim |
105mm How, SP |
2nd Armd Div |
1951 - 1957 |
78th AFA Bn |
returned to US (Dec 1957) |
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84th FA Bn |
Neu Ulm |
105mm How, Towed |
9th Inf Div |
1954 - 1956 |
84th FA Bn |
replaced 107th FA Bn (May 1954); returned to US (Sep 1956) |
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85th FA Bn |
Würzburg |
155mm How, Towed |
10th Inf Div |
1955 - 1958 |
85th FA Bn |
returned to US (Apr 1958) |
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89th Abn FA Bn |
Augsburg |
105mm How, Towed |
11th Abn Div |
1955 - 1958 |
89th Abn FA Bn |
inactivated (Jul 1958) |
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97th FA Bn |
Wertheim (b) |
155mm How, Towed |
72GP |
1956 - |
97th FA Bn |
replaced 254th FA Bn (Apr 1956); inactivated (Jun 1957) |
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103rd FA Bn |
Augsburg |
155mm How, Towed (1) |
43rd Inf Div |
1951 - 1954 |
103rd FA Bn |
inactivated; replaced by 21st FA Bn (May 1954) |
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107th FA Bn |
Neu Ulm |
105mm How, Towed (1) |
28th Inf Div |
1951 - 1954 |
107th FA Bn |
inactivated; replaced by 84th FA Bn (May 1954) |
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108th FA Bn |
Göppingen |
155mm How, Towed (1) |
28th Inf Div |
1951 - 1954 |
108th FA Bn |
inactivated; replaced by 34th FA Bn (May 1954) |
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109th FA Bn |
Dillingen |
105mm How, Towed (1) |
28th Inf Div |
1951 - 1954 |
109th FA Bn |
transferred to 28th Inf Div; inactivated; replaced by 46th FA Bn (May 1954) |
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192nd FA Bn |
Bad Tölz |
105mm How, Towed (1) |
43rd Inf Div |
1951 - 1954 |
192nd FA Bn |
moved to Schwabach (1953); transferred to 43rd Inf Div; inactivated; replaced by 26th FA Bn (May 1954) |
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194th FA Bn |
Wertheim (b) |
155mm How, Towed (1) |
142GP |
1951 - 1955 |
194th FA Bn |
inactivated; replaced by 254th FA Bn (Jan 1955) |
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201st AFA Bn |
Dachau |
155mm How, SP |
35GP |
1951 - |
201st AFA Bn |
51, 52, 53, (Munich) 54 |
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206th FA Bn |
Munich |
105mm How, Towed (1) |
43rd Inf Div |
1951 - 1954 |
206th FA Bn |
inactivated; replaced by 50th FA Bn (May 1954) |
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216th FA Bn |
Darmstadt |
280mm Gun |
36GP |
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216th FA Bn |
55, 56, 57 CARS: 2nd Gun Bn, 38th Arty |
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229th FA Bn |
Heilbronn |
105mm How, Towed (1) |
28th Inf Div |
1951 - 1954 |
229th FA Bn |
inactivated; replaced by 60th FA Bn (May 1954); |
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254th FA Bn |
Wertheim |
155mm How, Towed |
72GP |
1955? - 1956 |
254th FA Bn |
replaced 194th FA Bn (Jan 1955) returned to US (Apr 1956) |
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259th FAM Bn |
Mainz |
Corporal |
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259th FAM Bn |
(arriving) 54, 55 |
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264th FA Bn |
Bad Kreuznach |
280mm Gun |
30GP |
1954 - 1957? |
264th FA Bn |
arr Apr 1954; CARS: 3rd Gun Bn, 82nd Arty |
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265th FA Bn |
Baumholder |
280mm Gun |
42GP |
1953 - 1957? |
265th FA Bn |
arr Nov 1953; CARS: 3rd Gun Bn, 81st Arty |
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267th AFA Bn |
Aschaffenburg |
155mm How, SP |
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1956 - 1957 |
267th AFA Bn |
replaced 597th FA Bn (Apr 1956); Inactivated in Germany (Dec 1957) |
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269th FA Bn |
Schwäb. Hall |
155mm How, Towed |
35GP |
- 1958 - |
269th FA Bn |
(not found in SL's) (on GYRO status 1958-05); CARS: 3rd How Bn, 37th Arty |
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272nd FA Bn |
Schwäb. Gmünd |
155mm How, Towed (1) |
35GP |
1951 - |
272nd FA Bn |
51, 52 moved to Neu Ulm (1953?); 53, 54 |
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273rd FA Bn |
Neu Ulm |
155mm How, Towed |
18GP |
- 1956 |
273rd FA Bn |
55, (outbound) returned to US (Jun 1956) |
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282nd FA Bn |
Kitzingen |
155mm Gun, Hv, SP |
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1955 - 1956 |
282nd FA Bn |
replaced 393rd FA Bn (Jan 1955); inact Jan 1956 |
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287th FA Bn |
Dachau (d) |
155mm How, Towed |
35GP |
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287th FA Bn |
55, 56, 57 CARS: 2nd How Bn, 37th Arty |
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288th AFA Bn |
Hanau |
155mm How, SP |
30GP |
- 1958 |
288th AFA Bn |
55, 56, 57 CARS: 4th How Bn, 18th Arty |
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290th AFA Bn |
Würzburg |
155mm How, SP |
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290th AFA Bn |
55, 56 replaced 631st AFA Bn (Dec 1954) |
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291st FA Bn |
Schwäb. Hall (a) |
8" How, Towed |
18GP |
1954 - 1958 |
291st FA Bn |
replaced 887th FA Bn? (Dec 1954) replaced by ... (Feb 1958) |
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330th FA Bn |
Schwäb. Gmünd |
8" How, SP |
35GP |
1952 - |
330th FA Bn |
(inbound) beg 1952; 52; moved to Neu Ulm (1953?); 53, 54 |
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393rd FA Bn |
Neckarsulm |
155mm Gun, SP |
142GP |
1951 - 1955 |
393rd FA Bn |
moved to Würzburg (1953?); replaced by 282nd FA Bn (Jan 1955) |
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426th FA Bn |
Schwäb. Hall (a) |
8" How, Towed |
18GP |
1951 - 1954 |
426th FA Bn |
replaced by 291st FA Bn |
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452nd AFA Bn |
Neckarsulm |
155mm How, SP |
30GP |
1952 - 1955 |
452nd AFA Bn |
(inbound) Jan 52, 52, 53, (Heilbronn) 54 inactivated (Jan 1955) |
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457th Abn FA Bn |
Munich |
105mm How, Towed |
11th Abn Div |
1955 - 1958 |
457th Abn FA Bn |
inactivated under Pentomic reorg (1957) |
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465th FA Bn |
Baumholder |
8" How, Towed |
30GP |
1952 - 1954 |
465th FA Bn |
moved to Darmstadt (1953?); redes 760th FA Bn (Jan 1955) ? |
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509th AFA Bn |
Hanau |
155mm How, SP |
3rd Armd Div |
1956 - 1958 |
509th AFA Bn |
56, 57 CARS: 2nd Rkt How Bn, 73rd Arty |
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510th FAM Bn |
Baumholder |
762mm Rkt, SP |
8th Inf Div |
1955 - 1956 |
510th FAM Bn |
temp attachment to Div Arty from USFA (1955); moved to SETAF (1956) |
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517th AFA Bn |
Büdingen |
105mm How, SP |
7732GP |
1951 - |
517th AFA Bn |
51, 52, 53, (Hanau) 54 |
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519th FA Bn |
Babenhausen (e) |
155mm How, Towed (1) |
36GP |
1951 - 1957 |
519th FA Bn |
(outbound) 57 (replaced by ...) |
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530th FAM Bn |
Mainz |
Corporal |
30GP |
1956 - 1958 |
530th FAM Bn |
CARS: 1st MSL Bn, 39th Arty |
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531st FAM Bn |
Babenhausen |
Corporal |
36GP |
1956 - 1958 |
531st FAM Bn |
CARS: 1st MSL Bn, 38th Arty (July 21 1958) |
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534th AFA Bn |
Würzburg |
155mm How, SP |
72GP |
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534th AFA Bn |
57 CARS: 1st How Bn, 92nd Arty |
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538th FA Bn |
Neu Ulm |
155mm How, Towed |
35GP |
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538th FA Bn |
replaced 273rd FA Bn (Jun 1956); CARS: 3rd How Bn, 28th Arty |
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544th Abn FA Bn |
Augsburg |
155mm How, Towed |
11th Abn Div |
1955 - 1958 |
544th Abn FA Bn |
inactivated under Pentomic reorg (1957) |
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546th FA Bn |
Babenhausen |
155mm How, Towed |
36GP |
- 1958 - |
546th FA Bn |
(not found in SL's) (on GYRO status 1958-05); CARS: 2nd How Bn, 5th Arty |
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553rd FA Bn |
Darmstadt |
8" How, Towed |
36GP |
1956 - 1957? |
553rd FA Bn |
replaced 18th FA Bn (Jul 1956); CARS: 3rd How Bn, 18th Arty |
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557th FAM Bn |
Ansbach |
Corporal |
18GP; |
1956 - 1958? |
557th FAM Bn |
CARS: 2nd MSL Bn, 81st Arty |
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558th FAM Bn |
Würzburg |
Corporal |
72GP |
1956 - 1958? |
558th FAM Bn |
CARS: 2nd MSL Bn, 82nd Arty |
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559th FAM Bn |
Mainz |
Corporal |
42GP |
1956 - 1958? |
559th FAM Bn |
CARS: 2nd MSL Bn, 84th Arty |
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567th FA Bn |
Schwäb. Gmünd |
155mm Gun, SP |
35GP |
1952 - |
567th FA Bn |
52; 53; 54, 55 |
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593rd FA Bn |
Nellingen |
8" How, SP |
30GP; 36GP |
1952 - 1958 |
593rd FA Bn |
moved to Aschaffenburg (1953?); moved to Frankfurt (1956?); CARS: 2nd How Bn, 83rd Arty (Jun 1958?) |
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594th FA Bn |
Sandhofen |
155mm Gun, SP |
36GP; 72GP; 30GP |
1952 - 1958 |
594th FA Bn |
moved to Giessen (1953?); CARS: 2nd How Bn, 92nd Arty (Jul 1958) |
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597th AFA Bn |
Füssen |
155mm How, SP |
36GP |
1952 - 1956 |
597th AFA Bn |
moved to Hanau (1953?); GYRO replaced by 267th FA Bn (Apr 1956) |
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599th FA Bn |
Schwäb. Gmünd (c) |
155mm How, Towed (1) |
35GP; 18GP |
1952 - |
599th FA Bn |
moved to Erlangen (Sept 1954); redes AFA (155mm SP) Feb 1955; CARS: 2nd How Bn, 34th Arty |
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601st FAM Bn |
Zweibrücken |
Corporal |
42GP |
1956 - 1958? |
601st FAM Bn |
CARS: 2nd MSL Bn, 40th Arty |
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613th FA Bn |
Pirmasens |
280mm Gun |
72GP |
1957 - |
613th FA Bn |
replaced 59th FA Bn (Mar 1957); CARS: 3rd Gun Bn, 80th Arty |
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631st AFA Bn |
Hammelburg |
155mm How, SP |
142GP; 36GP |
1951 - 1954 |
631st AFA Bn |
replaced by 290th AFA Bn (Dec 1954) |
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674th Abn FA Bn |
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105mm How, Towed |
11th Abn Div |
1955 |
674th Abn FA Bn |
(listed only in Aug 1955) |
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675th Abn FA Bn |
Augsburg |
105mm How, Towed |
11th Abn Div |
1955 - 1958 |
675th Abn FA Bn |
inactivated under Pentomic reorg (1957) |
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690th FA Bn |
Nellingen |
155mm How, Towed (1) |
18GP |
1952 - 1955 |
690th FA Bn |
moved to Würzburg (1953?); redes 74th FA Bn (Apr 1955) |
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720th FA Bn |
Erlangen |
155mm How, Towed |
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720th FA Bn |
replaced 30th FA Bn (Nov 1956)? |
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750th FA Bn |
Ansbach |
8" How, SP |
18GP |
1955 - 1957? |
750th FA Bn |
replaced 793rd FA Bn (Jan 1955); CARS: 1st How Bn, 75th Arty |
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756th FA Bn |
Baumholder |
8" How, SP |
142GP |
1952 - 1954 |
756th FA Bn |
moved to Wertheim (1953?); replaced by ... (Dec 1954) |
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760th FA Bn |
Darmstadt |
8" How, Towed |
36GP |
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760th FA Bn |
replaced 465th FA Bn (Jan 1955); replaced by 553rd FA Bn (Jul 1956) |
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765th FA Bn |
Hanau |
8" How, Towed |
30GP |
1955 - |
765th FA Bn |
replaced 816th FA Bn (Jan 1955) |
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775th FA Bn |
Schwäb. Hall (a) |
8" How, Hvy, Towed |
35GP |
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775th FA Bn |
55, 56; (replaced 887th in Nov 1954?) ; replaced by 269th FA Bn (...) |
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793rd FA Bn |
Ansbach |
8" How, SP |
18GP |
1952 - 1954 |
793rd FA Bn |
replaced by 750th FA Bn (Jan 1955) |
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802nd FA Bn |
Neu Ulm |
8" How, SP |
35GP |
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802nd FA Bn |
55, 56 CARS: 3rd How Bn, 17th Arty |
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804th FA Bn |
Wertheim (b) |
8" How, SP |
72GP |
1954 - 1958 |
804th FA Bn |
arr Dec 1954; CARS: 3rd How Bn, 35th Arty (Jun 1958) |
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816th FA Bn |
Baumholder |
8" How, Towed |
30GP |
1952 - 1955 |
816th FA Bn |
moved to Darmstadt (1953?); replaced by 765th FA Bn (Jan 1955) |
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867th FA Bn |
Kaiserslautern |
280mm Gun |
35GP; 18GP |
1953 - 1957? |
867th FA Bn |
arr Nov 1953; moved to Heilbronn (1955?); CARS: 3rd Gun Bn, 39th Arty |
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868th FA Bn |
Baumholder |
280mm Gun |
42GP |
1953 - 1957? |
868th FA Bn |
arr Oct 1953; CARS: 3rd Gun Bn, 84th Arty |
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887th FA Bn |
Schwäb. Hall (a) |
8" How, Hvy, Towed |
35GP |
1951 - 1954 |
887th FA Bn |
replaced by 775th FA Bn (Nov 1954) |
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963rd FA Bn |
Augsburg |
105mm How, Towed (1) |
43rd Inf Div |
1951 - 1954 |
963rd FA Bn |
inactivated; replaced by 19th FA Bn (May 1954) |
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979th FA Bn |
Ansbach |
155mm Gun, SP |
18GP |
1952 - 1955 |
979th FA Bn |
redes 70th FA Bn (Apr 1955) |
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(1) "TracDr" redesignated "Towed" 1952/53
(a) STATION LIST says "Crailsheim" ; (b) SL says "Würzburg" ; (c) SL says "Göppingen" ; (d) SL says "Munich" ; (e) SL says "Aschaffenburg" |
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