Border Command North
| Listed below are the Grenztruppen regiments and battalions of Border Command North. Patrolling the fence on the opposite side of the Command’s border troops were the units of the British Army and U.S. 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. |
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Border
Command North (Grenzkommando NORD) |
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| Unit Designation | Honor Name | Location |
| Grenzregiment 6 | “Heinz Kollwitz” | Shoenberg |
| 1st Battalion | Selmsdorf | |
| 2nd Battalion | Lassahn | |
| 3rd Battalion | Schoenberg | |
| Grenzregiment 8 | “Robert Abshagen” | Grabow |
| 1st Battalion | Nostorf | |
| 2nd Battalion | Doemitz | |
| 3rd Battalion | Doemitz | |
| Grenzregiment 20 | “Martin Schwantes” | Halberstadt |
| 1st Battalion | Hessen | |
| 2nd Battalion | Ilsenberg | |
| 3rd Battalion | Halberstadt | |
| Grenzregiment 23 | “Wilhelm Bahnick” | Kalbe |
| 1st Battalion | Oebisfelde | |
| 2nd Battalion | ||
| 3rd Battalion | Kalbe | |
| Grenzregiment 24 | “Fritz Heckert” | Salzwedel |
| 1st Battalion | Ziemendorf | |
| 2nd Battalion | Bonese | |
| 3rd Battalion | Salzwedel | |
| Grenzregiment 25 | “Neidgardt von Gneisenau" | Oschersleben |
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Training Regiments |
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| Grenzausbildungsregiment 5 | “Gustav Sobottka” | Gloewen |
| Grenzausbildungsregiment 7 | “Martin Hoop” | Halberstadt |
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Support Units |
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| Security Company | Stendal | |
| Staff Battalion | Stendal | |
| Engineer Company | Gardelegen | |
| Music Corps | Stendal | |