(Panzergrenadierbrigade 2) from 1959 until 1981, was an armored brigade of the Bundeswehr. It was subordinate to 1st Panzer Division and active from 1959 to 1993. Upon the...
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part of I Corps of the Bundeswehr Heer, in turn part of NATO's Northern Army Group, Allied Forces Central Europe. 1st Panzer Division has deployed to...
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Brigade (German: Panzerlehrbrigade 9, abbreviated PzLehrBrig 9) is a formation of about 5,000 men strong within the German Armed Forces or Bundeswehr...
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(5. Panzer-Division) was a West German armored formation. It was part of the III Corps of the Bundeswehr, which also incorporated in 1985 the 2nd Panzergrenadier...
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Oder flood. When the 39th Panzer Brigade (Bundeswehr) "Thüringen" was dissolved in 2001, the brigade took over the 391st Panzer Grenadier Battalion and...
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the 5th Panzer Division and 2nd Panzergrenadier Division. III Corps was part of NATO's Central Army Group (CENTAG), along with the Bundeswehr's II Corps...
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8) - 10th Panzer Division (France 1940) 4th Tank Brigade (Panzer-Brigade 4) 7th Tank Regiment (Panzer-Regiment 7) 8th Tank Regiment (Panzer-Regiment 8)...
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ceremonial tasks. On 17 March 2016, the 43rd Mechanised Brigade was integrated into the 1st Panzer Division of the German Army. At the same time, the German...
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12th Panzer Division, Veitshöchheim Staff Company, 12th Panzer Division, Veitshöchheim 34th Panzer Brigade, Koblenz Staff Company, 34th Panzer Brigade, Koblenz...
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German Army (category Bundeswehr)
1. Panzer Division Panzer "Lehr" Brigade 9 Panzer Brigade 21 Panzergrenadier Brigade 41 43 Mechanized Brigade 10. Panzer Division Panzer Brigade 12 Panzergrenadier...
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media related to Franco-German Brigade. Deutsch-Französischen Brigade at Bundeswehr.de (in German) The Franco-German brigade and the pilot unit of a proposed...
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their armored equipment. At La Chapelle, a 2nd SS Panzer column was attacked at point blank range by 2nd Armored Division artillery. Over the course...
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The Bundeswehr (German: [ˈbʊndəsˌveːɐ̯] , literally Federal Defence) is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Bundeswehr is divided...
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was part of the III Corps of the Bundeswehr, which also incorporated in 1985 the 5th Panzer Division and 12th Panzer Division. III Corps was part of NATO's...
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414 Tank Battalion (redirect from 414 Panzer Battalion)
Panzergrenadier Brigade was active from 1991 to 2006 at Spechtberg. It was established on the basis of the 22nd and 23rd Panzer Regiments, 9th Panzer Division...
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brigades of the 14th Panzergrenadier Division. These brigades were numbered as the 40th and 41st Panzergrenadier Brigades and the 42nd Panzer Brigade...
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the SS Cavalry Brigade, 1941, USSR Ascq massacre by the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, 1944, France Tulle massacre by 2nd SS Panzer Division Das...
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Company, Hildesheim 2nd Panzer Brigade, all elements at Braunschweig Staff Company, 2nd Panzer Brigade, (8x M577, 8x Luchs) 21st Panzer Battalion, (28x Leopard...
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was officially formed on 6 April 1957. Initially, the 2nd Panzergrenadier Division and 5th Panzer Division moved in 1957 from the II Corps to III Corps...
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Tanks in the German Army (redirect from Panzer)
1956 in order to develop a modern German tank, the Standard-Panzer, to replace the Bundeswehr's United States-built M47 and M48 Patton tanks, which, though...
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(Bundeswehr) had a battalion-sized tank (panzer) training unit based at the Castlemartin Training Area in West Wales, which was within the brigade's geographical...
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Panther tank (redirect from Panzer 5)
(12-14 September 1944) against the French 2nd Armoured Division where the newly formed 112 Panzer Brigade was decimated, which included the loss of 34...
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(France) 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking, Germany 5th Armored Division (United States) 5th Armoured Division (Syria) 5th Panzer Division (Bundeswehr) 5th Air Division...
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List of modern equipment of the German Army (category Bundeswehr)
Hegmann, Gerhard (29 October 2019). "Bundeswehr bekommt, "was sie verdient" – 104 Second-Hand-Panzer" [Bundeswehr gets "what it deserves" – 104 second-hand...
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Battle of Villers-Bocage (category Battle honours of the Rifle Brigade)
described the 22nd Armoured Brigade group withdrawal and explained that with the unexpected arrival of the 2nd Panzer Division, the 7th Armoured Division...
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German Corps 1st Panzer Division (German), 7th Panzer Division (German), 11th Panzergrenadier Division (German), 27th Airborne Brigade (German), I British...
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XIX Army Corps (redirect from XIX Panzer Corps (Germany))
16 November 1940, when the unit was renamed Panzer Group 2 (German: Panzergruppe 2) and later 2nd Panzer Army (German: 2. Panzerarmee). It took part in...
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and was heavily engaged with the III Panzer Army. On 25 April, the 2nd Belorussian Front broke through III Panzer Army's line around the bridgehead south...
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Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz (category Bundeswehr generals)
infantry regiment and the 4th Rifle Brigade. He served on the Eastern Front. Later, he commanded the 26th Panzer Division in Italy, the LXXXV Army Corps...
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