3rd Constabulary Brigade

May 1946 - September 1947

Organization as of 1 May 1946

Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Constabulary Brigade, US Constabulary, was organized on 1 May 1946 at Stuttgart, Germany from personnel of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command "B", 4th Armored Division.

In the early period, the brigade consisted of a Headquarters and Headquarters Troop located at Stuttgart to which three regiments were attached:
6th CON Regiment at Bamberg
10th CON Regiment at Stuttgart-Möhringen
14th CON Regiment at Kitzingen  

3rd Brigade was responsible for law enforcement and security within the German administrative districts of the Land Württemberg and the Bavarian Regierungsbezirke of Ober-and Mittelfranken and Mainfranken.

ORGANIZATION (May 1946 - September 1947)

6th Constabulary Regiment - Assigned Units HQ 6th Con Regt Bamberg originally located in Bayreuth; moved to Bamberg On February 21 after HQ USCON moved to Heidelberg; on August 22, Regimental Headquarters moved to Schweinfurt 6th Con Sqdn Coburg   13th Con Sqdn Bamberg joined the 6th Regt (detached from 10th Con Regt) on 23 June 1946; originally located in Bayreuth; then moved to Bamberg (early summer 1947?); inactivated on 20 Sep, 1947   28th Con Sqdn Hof inactivated on 20 Sep, 1947?   53rd Con Sqdn Schwabach   10th Constabulary Regiment - Assigned Units HQ 10th Con Regt Stuttgart-Möhringen inactivated on 20 Sep, 1947 71st Con Sqdn Hessental (Sch. Hall) inactivated in June 1947(?); redesignated as 15th Con Sqdn with station in Schwäbisch Hall 72nd Con Sqdn Panzer Ksn, Böblingen inactivated in Sep 1947; redesignated as 14th Con Sqdn with station in Böblingen 14th Constabulary Regiment - Assigned Units HQ 14th Con Regt Flak Ksn, Kitzingen moved to Fritzlar as part of the reorganization of Sept 1947 10th Con Sqdn Flak Ksn, Kitzingen moved to Fritzlar in 1947 where it replaced the inactivated 11th Con Sqdn   22nd Con Sqdn Lager, Hammelburg replaced the 91st Con Sqdn in (Bad) Hersfeld in 1947   27th Con Sqdn Flugplatz, Schweinfurt replaced the 14th Con Sqdn in Darmstadt in 1947

May 1946 -- Area of Responsibility and Disposition of units of the 3rd Constabulary Brigade 

In accordance with a EUCOM directive, the US Constabulary was re-organized under a troop ceiling of 18,000 between July and August, 1947. The mission of the Constabulary remained unchanged.

6th Con Regt
1. 13th Con Sq in Bamberg, July 1947 (KB)
14th Con Regt
1. 27th Con Sq Hqs building, Ledward Barracks, 1947 (KB)	2. Retreat cannon (KB)	3. 27th Con Sq color guard (KB)
4. Squadron officers (KB)	5. Retreat (KB)	6. Maintenance area (KB)
7. Supply shops (KB)	8. Maj Gen Frank Milburn arrives for a visit, July 1947 (KB)