1st Panzer Division (Bundeswehr)
52°22′11.31″N 9°46′11.77″E / 52.3698083°N 9.7699361°E
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COMAFCENT 1991–1994 General Helge Hansen, COMAFCENT 1994–1996 General Wolf-Dieter Langheld, COMJFC-B 2010–2012 |
The 1st Panzer Division (
The 43rd Mechanized Brigade of the Royal Netherlands Army is integrated into the 1st Panzer Division since 2019.
History
This division was formed on 1 July 1956, the day of the official inauguration of the Bundeswehr. It was the first fully operational unit of the new German Army. At first referred to as 1st Grenadier Division, it was reorganized in the 1980s and made fully armoured in 1981. During this period it was part of
1st Panzer Division has deployed to the Balkans, Afghanistan and to several peacekeeping operations. Troops of this division were also deployed to the support of civilian agencies during large natural disasters such as the Hamburg Floods of 1962, disastrous wild fires in Northern Germany in the 1970s and the 2002 Floods in Eastern Germany.
The division cultivates a partnership with the United States Army 28th Infantry Division.
In April 2019 the division headquarters took the role of exercise High Command (HICON) for Exercise "Allied Spirit X" at
Organization
- Oldenburg[7]
Staff and Signal Company 1st Panzer Division, in Oldenburg
9th Panzerlehr Brigade (Panzerlehrbrigade 9), in Munster
21st Panzer Brigade (Panzerbrigade 21), in Augustdorf
41st Panzergrenadier Brigade (Panzergrenadierbrigade 41), in Neubrandenburg
43rd Mechanized Brigade (43 Gemechaniseerde Brigade), in Havelte
1st Operations Support Battalion (Unterstützungsbataillon Einsatz 1), in Oldenburg (Reserve unit)
325th Artillery Demonstration Battalion (Artillerielehrbataillon 325), in Munster
Signal Battalion 610 (Fernmeldebataillon 610), in Prenzlau (Operationally assigned to NATO's Multinational Corps Northeast)
901st Heavy Engineer Battalion (Schweres Pionierbataillon 901), in Havelberg (Reserve unit)
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Geographic Distribution
*92 Panzergrenadier, 93 Panzer, 325 Artillery
References
- ^ Sgt. Christopher Stewart (April 8, 2019) Germany's 1st Armored Division Spearheads Allied Spirit X[permanent dead link]
- ^ Spc. Yon Henderson (April 17, 2019) Exercise brings American firepower to European partners
- ^ Sgt. Thomas Mort (April 23, 2019); 2-34 Intel team proves invaluable during Allied Spirit X
- ^ Capt. Jay Beeman, 5th Battalion, 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade (April 30, 2019) Combat advisor teams sharpen skills in multinational exercise
- RIC-Umight be used by a coalition partner to encrypt their individual networks, when interoperating with a US Army voice network.]
- ^ Sgt. Sean Harding (25 February 2020) 3rd SFAB and Kurdish Peshmerga work side by side to defeat threats; Peshmerga refers to the Iraqi Kurkish Army.
- ^ "1. Panzerdivision - Organisation". Deutsches Heer. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
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