57th Ordnance Brigade
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The 57th Ordnance Brigade was a unit of the US Army in Europe stationed at Rhine Ordinance Barracks, Kaiserslautern, West Germany beginning in 1965 when it was redesignated from the 57th Ordnance Group.[1] The Brigade was responsible for the ammunition supply to the entire Seventh Army. The Brigade was deactivated with its sister brigade, the 59th Ordnance Brigade in 1992.
Subordinate Units June 1966
[edit]HHC, 57th Ordnance Brigade (Ammo) | Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Kaiserslautern |
15th Ordnance Battalion (Ammo) | Gutleut Kaserne, Frankfurt |
84th Ordnance Battalion (Ammo) | Rhine Ordnance Barracks , Kaiserslautern |
101st Ordnance Battalion (Ammo) | Badenerhof Kaserne, Heilbronn |
23rd Ordnance Co (Ammo) | Badenerhof Kaserne, Heilbronn |
28th Ordnance Co (Ammo) | Kreuzberg Kaserne, Zweibrücken |
Det | Münster Kaserne, Münster |
50th Ordnance Ammo Co (Ammo) | Dolan Barracks , Schw. Hall |
144th Ordnance Ammo Co (Ammo) | Ray Barracks , Friedberg |
Det | Wildflecken Training Area |
184th Ordnance Ammo Co (Ammo) | Pulaski Barracks , Kaiserslautern |
Det | North Point, Kriegsfeld |
501st Ordnance Ammo Co (Ammo) | Gerszewski Barracks , Karlsruhe |
Det | Husterhoeh Kaserne, Pirmasens |
535th Ordnance Ammo Co (Ammo) | Nainhof Kaserne, Hohenfels |
Det | Rose Barracks , Vilseck |
545th Ordnance Ammo Co (Ammo) | Münster Kaserne, Münster |
663rd Ordnance Ammo Co (Ammo) | Rose Barracks , Vilseck |
664th Ordnance Ammo Co (Ammo) | Strassburg Kaserne, Idar-Oberstein |
2nd Ordnance Det (EOD) | Graf Post, Grafenwöhr |
636th Ordnance Det (Ammo) | North Point, Kriegsfeld |
2040th LS Ammo Co | LS Kaserne, Darmstadt |
2041st LS Ammo Co | Lüttich Kaserne, Mannheim |
References
[edit]- ^ "57th Ordnance Group (Ammo)". US Army in Germany. Retrieved July 7, 2025.