The Bundeswehr plans to deploy more than 10,000 troops for territorial defense
The German Bundeswehr intends to significantly strengthen its territorial defense division. By 2035, the plan is to increase its strength to more than 10,000 service members.
Thus, over the next 11 years, Germany aims to significantly increase the personnel strength of the unit responsible for territorial defense missions.
According to the unit’s commander, Andreas Henne, this measure will double the unit’s current personnel strength.
“We are currently aiming to reach a strength of 6,500 service members. By 2035, we will grow to well over 10,000. This will make the division more than twice as strong as it is today,” Henne noted.
According to the commander, the expansion will also include the formation of combat support battalions and support battalions. Henne added that the current troop strength is sufficient to ensure an initial level of combat readiness.
“We are already able to ensure the security of infrastructure, and we can already guarantee the unimpeded movement of troops and equipment over long distances—though not yet under conditions of a protracted conflict,” he emphasized.
What is known about the division
It should be noted that the Bundeswehr’s Territorial Defense Division was formed last April. It currently consists of six regiments, with 390 active-duty personnel and approximately 4,400 reservists.
The division is subordinate to the Army, and its tasks include protecting Germany’s critical infrastructure, including ports, railways, logistics hubs, pipelines, highways, bridges, transportation interchanges, and energy infrastructure.
In peacetime, the division can serve as a support force for responding to accidents or terrorist attacks. At the same time, its primary mission is to ensure Germany’s functioning as a military-logistical hub for Europe should NATO forces need to redeploy troops to the Alliance’s eastern border during a war with Russia.
This was reported by RND.
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