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 (de: Landstreitkräfte) of the former GDR.
On December 1, 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, 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.
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)
Chief Chemical Services (de: CD)
DC Army and Chief G4 (de. RD) (2 star level) with
AC and CS G4 (1 Star level)
Chief Medical Service
Chief Combat Engineer Service
Chief Military Architecture Accommodation (de: MBU)
Chief Military Transport (de: MTW)
Chief Closing and Equipment (de: BA)
Chief SAM Forces (de. FRT)
Chief Army Aviation
Military prosecutor
Division 2000
- Here the branch G2 with responsibility to the military branch
Land Forces of the National People's Army
Subordinated commands, fotces, units, and organizations
To the NPA Army Command subordinated were:
Command military district III (de: Kommando Militärbezirk III, Kdo. MB-III) with headquarters
Command military district V (de: Kommando Militärbezirk V, Kdo. MB-V) with headquarters
40th Artillery brigade (de: 40. Artilleriebrigade, 40. ABr)
Training's-technical center 40 (de: Ausbildungs-Technisches Zentrum 40, ATZ-40)
Paratrooper-training's-base 40 (de: Fallschirmjägerausbildungsbasis, FJABas-40)
Air defence missile training's center 40 (de: Fla-Raketenausbildungszentrum 40, FRAZ-40)
Multiple rocket launcher battalion 40 (de: Geschoßwerferabteilung 40, GeWA-40)
Engineer construction battalion 40 (de: Ingenieurbaubataillon 40, IBB-40)
Air assault regiment 40 (de: Luftsturmregiment 40, LStR-40)
Miltaty technical school of the Land forces "Erich Habersaath"
Signal battalion 40 (de: Nachrichtenbataillon 40, NB-40)
Officers high school of the Land forces "Ernst Thälmann"
Office's high school of foreign military-kadre (de: Offiziershochschule für ausländische Militärkader "Otto Winzer")
Engineer construction battalion 40 (de: Pionierbaubataillon 40, PiBB-40)
Missile training's center 40 (de: Raketenausbildungszentrum 40, RAZ-40)
Guard- and support-battalion 40 (de: Wach- und Sicherstellungsbataillon 40, WSB-40)
