The Kommando Landstreitkräfte (short: Kdo LaSK or Kommando LaSK) was the Army staff — and simultaneously the Army command of the National People's Army (NPA) Land Forces of the former GDR.
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History
On 1 December 1972 the Kommando LaSK was established under the command of LG Horst Stechbarth as independent Army Staff, and Main Army Command of the Land Forces, a military branch of the GDR National People's Army. As HQ served the former barracks of the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe, built by Ernst Sagebiel in 1936, and located in the area of the Wildpark Potsdam.
It was disbanded together with the NPA in 1990. The legal successor became the Bundeswehrkommando Ost under LG Jörg Schönbohm. Today the "Einsatzführungskommando of the Bundeswehr" is stationed in this Barracks.
Command and Organization
Command, Control, and Communications
The main task of the NPA Army Command was to provide Command, Control and Communications (C3) to the military branch as the whole, as well as to the subordinated corps-sized commands, officer's high schools, groups, organizations, and units of the NPA's Land Forces.
Under deployment conditions, and in line with the situation awareness C3 had to be executed from the Component Headquarters in Geltow, Field Component Headquarters or Operations Centers.
Commanding generals of the NPA Army Command
Source:
Remark
The commanding general was competent, mandated and authorized to provide tasks and orders direct to the subordinated deputies. He was assisted by a so-called Militärrat of the Army Command, the highest HQ advisory body on deputy level.
Organization
The command was composed by the following establishment:
Deputy Minister and Commander-in-chief Army (3 star level) with the military advisor
Deputy of the Commander Army Command (DC Army Command) and Chief of the Political Division (2 star level) with
Three branches including Chief Party Control Commission (de: PKK), Central Party Leadership (de: ZPL), Spec-Propaganda, and Political Branch of the Kdo LSK/LV
DC Army Command and Chief of Staff (CS) (2 star level) with
Assistant Chief Of Staff (ACOS) and G3 (1 star level) with
Branch 1
Branch 2
ACOS and Chief General Tasks with
Staff company, guard company and vehicle company
Chief G1 with PTA and WTA
Chief Organization/Replenishment with
Branch Organization
Branch Replenishment
Chief RECON
Chief General-Military Training and Schools (de: AMAS)
Chief G6 with
Branches 1, 2 and 8th section
Chief Mil Scientific (de: MiWi)
Subordinated commands, forces, units, and organizations
The following units and commands reported directly to NPA Land Forces Command:
Military District Command III (de: Kommando Militärbezirk III, Kdo. MB-III) with headquarters
Military District V with headquarters at Neubrandenburg
40th Artillery Brigade (de: 40. Artilleriebrigade, 40. ABr) (Blankenfelde)
40th Technical Training Center (de: Ausbildungs-Technisches Zentrum 40, ATZ-40)
40th Parachute Training Base (de: Fallschirmjägerausbildungsbasis, FJABas-40)
Air defence missile training center 40 (de: Fla-Raketenausbildungszentrum 40, FRAZ-40)
40th Multiple rocket launcher battalion (de: Geschoßwerferabteilung 40, GeWA-40)
40th Construction engineering battalion (de: Ingenieurbaubataillon 40, IBB-40)
Luftsturmregiment 40
Miltaty technical school of the Land forces "Erich Habersaath"
40th Signal battalion (de: Nachrichtenbataillon 40, NB-40)
Land forces Officer Cadet School "Ernst Thälmann"
Foreign Military Officers Training School (de: Offiziershochschule für ausländische Militärkader "Otto Winzer")