page_title: CENTAG wartime structure in 1989
section_title: III German Corps
hierarchical_section_title: CENTAG wartime structure in 1989 / HQ CENTAG / III German Corps
caption_attribution_description: English: Structure of the III German Corps 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 In 1966, France had withdrawn from the NATO Command Structure, but it still wished to take part in the defence of Western Europe.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: III German Corps, Koblenz
  Staff Company, III German Corps, Koblenz
  300th Long Range Reconnaissance Company, Diez
  300th Front Intelligence Company, Diez
  4x Field Replacement Battalions: 310th and 330th in Diez, 320th in Buch, 340th in Saarlouis
  3rd Artillery Command, Koblenz
  Staff Company, 3rd Artillery Command, Koblenz
  350th Rocket Artillery Battalion, Montabaur (6x Lance missile launcher)
  320th Nuclear Weapons Supply Battalion, Herborn
  300th Security Battalion, Giessen
  300th UAV Battery, Idar-Oberstein
  3rd Engineer Command, Koblenz
  Staff Company, 3rd Engineer Command, Koblenz
  310th Combat Engineer Battalion, Koblenz, (8x Biber AVLB, 8x Pionierpanzer 1, 4x Skorpion Mine Layers, 12x Floating Bridge Modules)
  320th Combat Engineer Battalion, Koblenz, (8x Biber AVLB, 8x Pionierpanzer 1, 4x Skorpion Mine Layers, 12x Floating Bridge Modules)
  330th Amphibious Engineer Battalion, Speyer
  340th Combat Engineer Battalion (Reserve), Emmerzhausen, (8x Biber AVLB, 8x Pionierpanzer 1, 4x Skorpion Mine Layers, 12x Floating Bridge Modules)
  350th Combat Engineer Battalion (Reserve), Stadtallendorf, (8x Biber AVLB, 8x Pionierpanzer 1, 4x Skorpion Mine Layers, 12x Floating Bridge Modules)
  360th Floating Bridge Battalion, Speyer
  310th NBC Defense Battalion (Reserve), Zweibrücken
  3rd Air Defense Command, Koblenz
  Staff Company, 3rd Air Defense Command, Koblenz
  300th Air Defense Regiment, Marburg (36x Roland missile systems mounted Marder 1)
  330th Air Defense Battalion (Reserve), Marburg, (24x Bofors 40L70)
  340th Air Defense Battalion (Reserve), Marburg, (24x Bofors 40L70)
  3rd Army Aviation Command, Mendig
  Staff Company, 3rd Army Aviation Command, Mendig, (15x BO-105M)
  30th Army Aviation Regiment, Niederstetten, (48x UH-1D, 5x Alouette II)
  35th Army Aviation Regiment, Mendig, (32x CH-53G, 5x Alouette II)
  36th Army Aviation Regiment, Fritzlar, (56x PAH-1, 5x Alouette II)
  300th Army Aviation Squadron (Reserve), Mendig
  3rd Signal Command, Koblenz
  Staff Company, 3rd Signal Command, Koblenz
  310th Signal Battalion, Koblenz
  320th Signal Battalion, Frankenberg
  330th Signal Battalion, Koblenz
  3rd Maintenance Command, Koblenz
  Staff Company, 3rd Maintenance Command, Koblenz
  310th Maintenance Battalion, Koblenz
  320th Maintenance Battalion, Koblenz
  330th Maintenance Battalion (Reserve), Koblenz
  3rd Supply Command, Diez
  Staff Company, 3rd Supply Command, Diez
  310th Supply Battalion, Diez
  370th Transport Battalion, Hermeskeil
  380th Transport Battalion, Buch
  3rd Medical Command, Koblenz
  Staff Company, 3rd Medical Command, Koblenz
  310th Medical Battalion (Reserve), Buch
  320th Medical Battalion (Reserve), Giessen
  330th Medical Transport Battalion, Wetzlar
caption: Structure of the III German Corps in 1989 (click to enlarge)
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