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The Volkspolizei-Bereitschaften (VPB, German for Police Company) were barracked, paramilitary riot and anti-insurgency police units in East Germany, under the control of the Ministry of the Interior. They had the status of a regiment, and were considered part of the Armed Forces of the German Democratic Republic, even though they were never a part of the National People's Army (NVA) or the Ministry of National Defence (East Germany) and were the militarily armed and trained branch of the Stasi, the Political Police. As such, they were comparable to the Internal Troops of the NKVD in the Soviet Union. They are often confused with the Kasernierte Volkspolizei, the ''military'' units of the Volkspolizei, which were transformed into the NVA in 1956. ==Organization== The East German Ministry of the Interior maintained the independent Department of the Alert Units of the ''Volkspolizei'' known as the ''Volkspolizei-Bereitschaften'' (VPB). It consisted of between 12,000 and 15,000 men (sources disagree) in 21 ''Volkspolizei'' Alert Units of battalion strength. There was usually one unit per district of East Germany but the key districts of Halle, Leipzig and Magdeburg, with their large working class populations, and Potsdam all had two units. The Presidium of the People's Police in East Berlin had three units located in Basdorf. Each Alert unit was organized as follows: *Headquarters section *Four alert companies: * *One mechanized company in wheeled armored personnel carriers * *Three motorized companies in trucks *Support company * *Anti-tank platoon with 3x45 mm/57 mm(later ATGM's) * *Artillery platoon with 3x76.2 mm ZiS-3 field/anti-tank guns * *Mortar platoon with 3x82 mm mortars *Headquarters and staff company with: * *signals platoon * *engineer platoon * *chemical platoon * *reconnaissance platoon * *transport platoon * *supply platoon * *control section * *medical section 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Volkspolizei-Bereitschaft」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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