10th Panzer Division (Bundeswehr)

The 10th Panzer Division (German: 10. Panzerdivision) is an armoured division of the German Army, part of the Bundeswehr.[1] Its staff is based at Veitshöchheim. The division is a unit of the German Army's stabilization forces and specializes in conflicts of low intensity.

Not to be confused with 10th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht).
10th Panzer Division
10. Panzerdivision
10th Panzer Division Shoulder Insignia
Active1 April 1959–present
CountryGermany
BranchArmy
TypeDivision
RoleConventional warfare, asymmetric warfare
Size~ 12,100 soldiers
Part ofGerman Army
Garrison/HQVeitshöchheim
Nickname(s)Lion's division
Löwendivision
Motto(s)Reliable, mobile, quick!
Zuverlässig - beweglich - schnell!
MarchFridericus-Rex-Grenadiermarsch
Anniversaries1 April 1959
EngagementsWar in Bosnia
Civil war in Albania
Kosovo War
War in Afghanistan
Commanders
Current
commander		Major General Harald Gante
Notable
commanders		Lieutenant General Leo Hepp

General Johann Adolf Graf von Kielmansegg
General Günter Kießling
Lieutenant General Josef Moll

Major General Erhard Bühler

History
The Edelweiss badge of the German mountain infantry

This division was founded as the 10. Panzerdivision of the new German Army in 1959. Originally only consisting of armoured units, it now also commands Germany's last mountain warfare unit. For this reason the Edelweiss badge has become another commonly used insignia to denote allegiance to this formation. The 10th Panzer Division is a part of Germany's permanent contribution to Eurocorps, the other being the German contribution to the Franco-German Brigade which was subordinate to the division until 2006.

After 1993 troops of this division participated in numerous overseas deployments. Among them were the first out-of-area land deployment operations for the Bundeswehr (in fact of any German military unit after World War II). Troops were deployed to Somalia (UNOSOM II) from 1993 to 1994 and to Bosnia and Herzegovina (IFOR) from 1995 to 1996 and stayed in this country until 1998 (SFOR). Soldiers of the 10th Panzer Division's SFOR contingent were also involved in the Bundeswehr's first combat operation in 1997 (Operation Libelle). In 2000, the 10th Panzer Division deployed more than 8,000 personnel to the Balkans. Between 2002 and 2003, it deployed to various operations in the Balkans and in Afghanistan.

In 2017, the 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade of the Czech Land Forces started to ″work closely″ with the division.[2][3][4]

Structure May 2020
Main article: Structure of the German Army
Organization of the 10th Panzer Division.
A Leopard 2A5 main battle tank of Panzer Battalion 104

Geographic Distribution
10 Panzer Division
131 Artillery
345 Artillery
12 Panzer Brigade
8 Recon
8 Mtn Panzer
104 Panzer
112 PzGren.
122 PzGren.
4 Engineer
4 Supply
230 Mtn Recon
231 Mtn Inf
232 Mtn Inf
233 Mtn Inf
8 Mtn Eng.
905 Eng. (R)
8 Mtn Supply
13 Recon
363 Panzer
393 Panzer
701 Engineer
131 Supply
371 PzGren.
909 PzGren. (R)
391 PzGren.
D/F Supply
291 Jäger
292 Jäger
295 Artillery
550 Engineer
Locations of 10th Panzer Division units:
Units: Panzer, Panzergrenadier, Jäger (Rifles), Reconnaissance, Artillery, Engineer, Supply

See also

References
  1. "10. Panzerdivision". Heer. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
  2. "Germany, Romania and the Czech Republic deepen defence ties". NATO. NATO. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  3. Wirnitzer, Jan (22 February 2017). "Češi čelí ruské propagandě o předání 4. brigády Němcům. Ukázali dohodu" [The Czechs face Russian propaganda about handing over the 4th Brigade to the Germans. They showed an agreement]. iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  4. Stropnický, Martin. "Ministr Stropnický: Spolupráce armád je základem naší obranyschopnosti" [Minister Stropnicky: Cooperation between the [Czech and German] armed forces is the foundation of our defence]. army.cz. Ministerstvo obrany České republiky. Retrieved 25 May 2017.

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