page_title: CENTAG wartime structure in 1989
section_title: 1st Armored Division
hierarchical_section_title: CENTAG wartime structure in 1989 / HQ CENTAG / VII US Corps / 1st Armored Division
caption_attribution_description: English: US Army 1st Armored Division Structure in 1989
context_page_description: The Central Army Group was a NATO military formation comprising four Army Corps from two NATO member nations comprising troops from Canada, West Germany and the United States. During the Cold War, CENTAG was NATO's forward defence in the southern half of the Federal Republic of Germany. The northern half of the FRG was defended by the four Army Corps of NATO's Northern Army Group. During wartime, CENTAG would command four frontline corps. Air support was provided by Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force.
  In addition to these forces, the French Forces in Germany were associated with the Army Group. In 1966, France had withdrawn from the NATO Command Structure, but it still wished to take part in the defence of Western Europe. A series of secret US-French agreements made between NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe and the French Chief of the Defence Staff detailed how French forces would reintegrate into the NATO Command Structure in case of war. At the outbreak of hostilities, the French First Army would be placed directly under the command of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, which would employ the three corps' of First Army as needed.
context_section_description: 1st Armored Division, Ansbach
  Headquarters and Headquarters Company
  1st Armored Division Band
  1st Brigade, Vilseck
  Headquarters and Headquarters Company
  1st Battalion, 37th Armor, (M1A1 Abrams)
  2nd Battalion, 37th Armor, (M1A1 Abrams)
  1st Battalion, 6th Infantry, (M113)
  2nd Brigade, Erlangen
  Headquarters and Headquarters Company
  2nd Battalion, 70th Armor, (M1A1 Abrams)
  4th Battalion, 70th Armor, (M1A1 Abrams)
  2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry, (M113)
  3rd Brigade, Bamberg
  Headquarters and Headquarters Company
  1st Battalion, 35th Armor, Erlangen (M1A1 Abrams)
  3rd Battalion, 35th Armor, (M1A1 Abrams)
  6th Battalion, 6th Infantry, (M113)
  7th Battalion, 6th Infantry, (M113)
  4th Brigade (Aviation), Katterbach
  Headquarters and Headquarters Company
  1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry, Katterbach, (40x M3A1 Bradley CFV, 10x M113, 6x M106A2, 4x M577, 8x AH-1F, 12x OH-58C, 2x UH-1H)
  2nd Battalion, 1st Aviation, (21x AH-1F, 13x OH-58C, 3x UH-60A)
  3rd Battalion, 1st Aviation, (18x AH-64A, 13x OH-58C, 3x UH-60A)
  Company G, 1st Aviation, (6x UH-1H, 6x OH-58A, 6x OH-58D, 3x EH-60)
  Company H, 1st Aviation, (15x UH-60A)
  1st Armored Division Artillery (DIVARTY), Zirndorf
  Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
  2nd Battalion, 1st Field Artillery, Zirndorf, (24x M109A3)
  3rd Battalion, 1st Field Artillery, Bamberg, (24x M109A3)
  6th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery, Zirndorf, (24x M109A3)
  Battery A, 94th Field Artillery, Erlangen, (9x M270 MLRS)
  Battery B, 25th Field Artillery, Grafenwöhr, (Target Acquisition)
  1st Armored Division Support Command (DISCOM), Fürth
  Headquarters and Headquarters Company
  47th Support Battalion (Forward), Erlangen
  123rd Support Battalion (Main), Fürth
  125th Support Battalion (Forward), Bamberg
  501st Support Battalion (Forward), Vilseck
  Company I, 1st Aviation, Katterbach
  6th Battalion, 3rd Air Defense Artillery, Schwabach, (24x MIM-72 Chaparral, 27x M163 VADS Vulcan, 72x FIM-92 Stinger)
  16th Engineer Battalion, Fürth, (8x M60 AVLB, 8x M728, 4x M88, 12x MAB bridge modules)
  141st Signal Battalion
  501st Military Intelligence Battalion, Ansbach, (Combat Electronic Warfare & Intelligence)
  69th Chemical Company, Katterbach
  501st Military Police Company, Katterbach
caption: 1st Armored Division organization 1989 (click to enlarge)
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