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Seventh Army

• Seventh Army, Heidelberg, FRG
  • 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Bad Tölz
  • 3rd Battalion, 58th Aviation (Air Traffic Control), Schwäbisch Hall
  • Company E, 58th Aviation (Air Traffic Control), Mannheim-Sandhofen

7th Support Command

• 7th Support Command, Rheinberg

18th Engineer Brigade

• 18th Engineer Brigade, Karlsruhe
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Company
  • 79th Engineer Battalion, Karlsruhe, (8x M60 AVLB, 8x M728, 4x M88, 12x MAB bridge modules)
  • 94th Engineer Battalion, Darmstadt, (8x M60 AVLB, 8x M728, 4x M88, 12x MAB bridge modules)
  • 249th Engineer Battalion, Knielingen, (8x M60 AVLB, 8x M728, 4x M88, 12x MAB bridge modules)
  • 293rd Engineer Battalion, Baumholder, (8x M60 AVLB, 8x M728, 4x M88, 12x MAB bridge modules)
  • 649th Engineer Battalion (Topographic), Schwetzingen

32nd Army Air Defense Command

The army's 32nd Army Air Defense Command fell operationally under Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force.

• 32nd Army Air Defense Command, (US Army) Darmstadt
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Darmstadt
  • 11th Signal Battalion (Air Defense), Darmstadt
  • 10th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Darmstadt
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Darmstadt
    • 2nd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, Hanau, (48x MIM-104 Patriot)
    • 4th Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, Giessen, (48x MIM-104 Patriot)
    • 3rd Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery, Wildflecken, (24x MIM-23 Hawk, 8x FIM-92 Stinger)
  • 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Würzburg
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Würzburg
    • 6th Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, Ansbach, (48x MIM-104 Patriot)
    • 8th Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, Giebelstadt, (48x MIM-104 Patriot)
    • 6th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery, Würzburg, (24x MIM-23 Hawk, 8x FIM-92 Stinger)
    • 3rd Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery, Grafenwöhr, (24x MIM-23 Hawk, 8x FIM-92 Stinger, disbanded November 1989)
  • 94th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Kaiserslautern
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Kaiserslautern
    • 4th Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery, Neubrücke, (24x MIM-23 Hawk, 8x FIM-92 Stinger)
    • 1st Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery, Kaiserslautern, (48x MIM-104 Patriot)
    • 3rd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery, Ramstein, (24x MIM-72 Chaparral, 24x M163 VADS Vulcan, 15x FIM-92 Stinger)
  • 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Spangdahlem
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Spangdahlem
    • 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery, Spangdahlem, (24x MIM-23 Hawk, 8x FIM-92 Stinger)
    • 4th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery, Dexheim, (48x MIM-104 Patriot)
    • 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery, Bitburg, (48x MIM-104 Patriot)
    • 5th Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery, Spangdahlem, (24x MIM-72 Chaparral, 24x M163 VADS Vulcan, 15x FIM-92 Stinger)
  • 32nd Support Command (Air Defense), Worms
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Worms
    • 334th Ordnance Company, Wildflecken
    • 565th Ordnance Company, Pirmasens
    • 569th Ordnance Company, Würzburg
    • 574th Ordnance Company, Grafenwöhr
    • 576th Ordnance Company, Neubrücke
    • 606th Ordnance Company, Bitburg Air Base
    • 611th Ordnance Company, Bruchmühlbach-Miesau (Miesau Ammunition Depot)
    • 820th Ordnance Company, Bitburg Air Base
    • 19th Maintenance Company, Bitburg Air Base
    • 57th Maintenance Company, Giebelstadt Army Airfield
    • 91st Maintenance Company, Ansbach
    • 178th Maintenance Company, Dexheim
    • 518th Maintenance Company, Giessen
    • 549th Maintenance Company, Kaiserslautern
    • 555th Maintenance Company, Hanau
    • 247th Chemical Detachment, Darmstadt

56th Field Artillery Command

The 56th Field Artillery Command was organized to always report directly to the highest commander in Europe at the time. Therefore, during peacetime, they reported to the United States Army, Europe, whereas, during heightened tension or war, command passed to NATO, with Allied Air Forces Central Europe as the next higher headquarters.^[1] The Pershing systems were eliminated after the ratification of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty on 27 May 1988.^[2] The missiles began to be withdrawn in October 1988 and the last of the missiles were destroyed by the static burn of their motors and subsequently crushed in May 1991 at the Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant near Caddo Lake, Texas.

• 56th Field Artillery Command, Schwäbisch Gmünd
  • Headquarters & Headquarters Battery
  • 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, Neu-Ulm, (36x Pershing II - converting to 27x M270 MLRS - inactivated 30 June 1991)^[3]
  • 2nd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, Schwäbisch Gmünd, (36x Pershing II - inactivated 25 February 1991)^[3]
  • 4th Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, Neckarsulm, (36x Pershing II - inactivated 15 August 1990)^[3]
  • 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry, Neu-Ulm
  • 38th Signal Battalion, Schwäbisch Gmünd
  • 55th Support Battalion, Neu-Ulm
  • 193rd Aviation Company, Göppingen, (8x UH-1H Iroquois)

References

1. "Pershing Keeps Soviet Bear at Bay" (PDF). Pershing Cable. 25 (1). 1986. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
2. "The Pershing Weapon System and Its Elimination". United States Army.
3. McKenney, Janice E. "Field Artillery - Army Lineage Series - Part 1" (PDF). US Army Center of Military History. Retrieved 21 June 2020.