10th Panzer Division (Bundeswehr)
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10th Panzer Division |
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.svg) Association badge Staufer Lion |
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| Lineup | October 1, 1959 |
| Country |
 Germany
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| Armed forces | armed forces |
| Armed forces |
 army
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| Type | mechanized division |
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| Strength | 18,000 |
| Insinuation |
 Army command
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| Seat of the staff | Veitshochheim |
| Nickname | Lion Division , The Tenth |
| motto | reliable - agile - fast |
| march | Fridericus Rex Grenadier March |
| Web presence | 10th PzDiv |
| commander | |
| commander | Major General Harald Gante |
| Deputy Commander | Brigadier General Michael Podzus |
The 10th Panzer Division ( 10 Pz ) is a major unit of the army of the German Federal Armed Forces . It leads the Staufer lions in her Badge and is also called the Lion Division referred. Their headquarters are in the Balthasar Neumann barracks in Veitshöchheim . She is subordinate to the Army Command . The 10th Panzer Division emerged from the Southern Division at the end of 2014 . However, the division is in a line of tradition with the old 10th Panzer Division, which was disbanded at the same time.
assignment
The division's staff manages the units subordinate to it and assumes responsibility for planning and implementation of the operations.
Association badge and motto
The association badge has been showing a black lion since 1962 ( Staufer lion on a yellow background). The lion is a symbol of the strength , endurance and loyalty to home of the 10th Panzer Division, which has been the only mechanized army division in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg since 2001 . The lion with its red claws is shown in a similar way in the coat of arms of Baden-Württemberg . In addition, the edelweiss is often shown in connection with this division, as this has been the traditional symbol of the German mountain troops since 1915, parts of which can be found in the 10th Panzer Division since the 1st Mountain Division was dissolved. The soldiers of the division therefore sometimes wear the traditional mountain hats of the mountain hunters instead of the beret . The motto comes from the former division commander , General Johann Adolf Graf von Kielmansegg , and reads: "reliable - agile - fast".
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Headquarters / Telecommunication Company (St / FmKp) 10th Panzer Division, Veitshöchheim
Division troops 10th Panzer Division
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Support Battalion Operation 10, Veitshöchheim ( supplementary troop unit , not active)
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Artillery Training Battalion 345 , Idar-Oberstein
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Artillery Battalion 131 , Weiden in the Upper Palatinate ( until 2013 observation tank artillery battalion 131 ) -
Pioneer Battalion 905, Ingolstadt (Couleur: Mountain Pioneer Battalion 8. Not active. No own large equipment available or long-term storage.)
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Panzer Brigade 12 "Upper Palatinate"
Mountain Infantry Brigade 23 "Bavaria"
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Panzer Grenadier Brigade 37 "Free State of Saxony"
Franco-German Brigade ( German shares )
history
The Cold War division
The division officially entered service on October 1, 1959 in Sigmaringen, Nonnenhof, as the 10th Panzer Grenadier Division. The 80 to 115 soldiers originally belonged to the II Corps in Ulm. Initially the division was subordinated to the 29th Panzer Grenadier Brigade ( Pfullendorf ) and 30th Panzer Brigade ( Ellwangen ).
In 1960 the newly established Artillery Regiment 10 ( Pfullendorf ) were incorporated into the division. In 1962, the division was assigned to NATO (integrated into the NATO command structure as an operational unit). The armored brigade 28 was 1964 in Neuburg an der Donau reorganized and the Division assumed. The brigade was later moved to Donauwörth, reclassified to Heimatschutzkommando 18 in 1970 and left the division. The division itself was renamed the 10th Panzer Division. In 1975, the 200 Panzer Regiment (previously II Corps ) was reclassified into the newly established 28th Panzer Brigade and placed under the division. In 1981 Panzer Brigade 30 was reclassified to Panzergrenadierbrigade 30. The division was the strongest armored division of the Bundeswehr at the time. It was structured as follows:
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Panzerbrigade 28 ( Dornstadt ) -
Panzer Brigade 29 (Sigmaringen) -
Panzergrenadierbrigade 30 (Ellwangen)
- Panzerbataillon 304 (Heidenheim am Hahnenkamm)
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Artillery Regiment 10 (Pfullendorf)
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Field Artillery Battalion 101 (Pfullendorf) -
Rocket Artillery Battalion 102 (Pfullendorf) -
Observation Battalion 103 (Pfullendorf) - Companion battery 10
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Anti-aircraft regiment 10 (Sigmaringen / Stetten am kalten Markt ) -
Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 10 ( Ingolstadt ) - Engineer Battalion 10 (Ingolstadt)
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Telecommunications Battalion 10 (Sigmaringen) - Repair Battalion 10 (Sigmaringen)
- 3rd / Maintenance Battalion 10th PzDiv (Heidenheim am Hahnenkamm)
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Transport Battalion 10 (Ellwangen) -
Medical Battalion 10 ( Esslingen am Neckar ) -
Field Replacement Battalion 101 (not active) (Sigmaringen / Stetten) -
Field Replacement Battalion 102 (not active) - Field Replacement Battalion 103 (not active)
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Field Replacement Battalion 104 (not active) - Field Replacement Battalion 105 (not active)
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Jägerbataillon 106 (not active) ( Amstetten ) - Jägerbataillon 107 (not active) ( Münchsmünster )
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Security Battalion 108 (not active) (Pfullendorf) - Army Aviation Squadron 10 ( Neuhausen ob Eck )
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Army Music Corps 10 (Ulm)
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The division after 1990
In 1992 the division was categorized as an association of crisis reaction forces and incorporated into the Eurocorps in Strasbourg . In 1993, Panzer Brigades 28 and 29 and a large part of the division troops were disbanded. However, in the same year the division troops of other divisions were subordinated to this and the engineer brigade 50 arches were reorganized. The 12th Tauberbischofsheim artillery regiment came from the 12th Panzer Division , the mixed anti-aircraft regiment 2 in Fuldatal from the 2nd Panzer Grenadier Division . The command support regiment 50 Sigmaringen was u. a. newly formed from parts of the previous headquarters company 10th Panzer Division, telecommunications battalion 10 of the division and Army Music Corps 9 ( Stuttgart ), 10 ( Ulm ) and 12 (Tauberbischofsheim). In 1994 the division merged with the previous military area command V to form WBK V / 10. PzDiv. The armored brigade 12 ( Amberg ), previously part of the 4th Panzer Grenadier Division in Regensburg , was placed under her. In 1997 the division provided forces for operations in the Balkans. In 1992/1993 (and also in 2005) the 10th Panzer Division, as the lead division, provided the bulk of soldiers for missions abroad in the Balkans and Afghanistan. In 2001 the 10th Panzer Division and Defense Area Command V were defused again (the former Defense Area Commandos V and VI became the new Defense Area Command IV ( Munich )). The 12th Panzer Brigade switched to the 13th Panzer Grenadier Division ( Leipzig ). In 2001, the division was initially enlarged to around 32,000 soldiers (at that time the largest division of the German Armed Forces) by taking over formations of the former 1st Mountain Division (decommissioned on June 30, 2001), including the 23 Mountain Infantry Brigade, and only reached the target personnel strength in 2004 of around 13,000 soldiers. The pioneer brigade was in 2002 in 50 sheets for Medical Command IV reclassified, the Medical Forces Command assumed and left the division. In 2004, the 1st to 3rd companies of the 50 Command Support Regiment in Sigmaringen and Pfullendorf were decommissioned, and the 10th Panzer Division headquarters company was reorganized from parts of the 1st Company. Telecommunications Battalion 10 was also placed directly under the division again. In 2006 the German part of the Franco-German Brigade was directly subordinated to the Army Command. So far this has been the task of the 10th Panzer Division. In 2006 the 12th Panzer Brigade from Amberg moved back to the 10th Panzer Division. On October 1, 2007, the telecommunications battalion 10 was dissolved again, with it largely merged into the command support battalion 291 set up at the same location and the Eurocorps telecommunications company. The Panzergrenadierbrigade 30 was disbanded on March 31, 2008.
On May 16, 2009, the 50th anniversary of the 10th Panzer Division was celebrated in Sigmaringen in the presence of General Inspector Wolfgang Schneiderhan and other national and international guests of honor. The anniversary bivouac with weapons show ended with a big tattoo , designed by Army Music Corps 10 from Ulm.
On the occasion of the handover of command from Markus Bentler to Erhard Bühler on July 29, 2009, the commander of the Army Command , Lieutenant General Carl-Hubertus von Butler , was one of the first units above the battalion level to give the division its own troop flag.
Realignment of the Bundeswehr
The realignment of the Bundeswehr , which was initiated in 2010, led to fundamental changes in the 10th Panzer Division. At the Veitshöchheim location , a staff for a newly planned South Division was planned on October 1, 2013 . By the end of 2014, the Southern Division took over parts of the Air Mobile Operations Division, which was to be dissolved, and almost all of the troops from the 10th Armored Division. At the end of 2014, the 10th Panzer Division, consisting only of its staff, was decommissioned. The "old" 10th Panzer Division in Sigmaringen was thus dissolved. In return, the Southern Division in Veitshöchheim was renamed the 10th Panzer Division in December 2014. This new 10th Panzer Division is the successor and traditional bearer of the old 10th Panzer Division in Sigmaringen. Among other things, she takes over their association badges. On January 1, 2015, the inactive Support Battalion 10 in Veitshöchheim was reorganized. At the end of 2015, the 12th Security Battalion in Hardheim was disbanded.
See: Structure of the Army (Bundeswehr, Heer 2011)
List of previous division commanders
| No. | Surname | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires |
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| 22nd | Major General Harald Gante | September 7, 2018 | - |
| 22nd | Major General Bernd Schütt | 7th August 2014 | September 7, 2018 |
| 21st | Brigadier General Johann Langenegger | 4th June 2013 | May 28, 2014 |
| 20th | Major General Erhard Bühler | July 29, 2009 | 4th June 2013 |
| 19th | Major General Markus Bentler | May 9, 2006 | July 29, 2009 |
| 18th | Major General Manfred Engelhardt | March 31, 2004 | May 9, 2006 |
| 17th | Major General Jan Oerding | March 9, 2001 | March 31, 2004 |
| 16 | Major General Karl-Heinz Lather | March 20, 1998 | March 9, 2001 |
| 15th | Major General Rüdiger Drews | September 27, 1994 | March 20, 1998 |
| 14th | Major General Joachim Spiering | March 19, 1993 | September 27, 1994 |
| 13 | Major General Manfred Gerber | March 26, 1990 | March 19, 1993 |
| 12 | Major General Hannsjörn Boës | March 25, 1988 | March 26, 1990 |
| 11 | Major General Horst Albrecht | September 27, 1983 | March 25, 1988 |
| 10 | Major General Werner Lange | October 1, 1980 | September 27, 1983 |
| 9 | Major General Eberhard Hackensellner | 29th September 1977 | October 1, 1980 |
| 8th | Major General Günter Kießling | January 13, 1976 | 29th September 1977 |
| 7th | Major General Jürgen Brandt | June 24, 1974 | January 13, 1976 |
| 6th | Major General Rudolf Reichenberger | April 1, 1971 | June 24, 1974 |
| 5 | Major General Siegfried Schulz | 1st October 1968 | April 1, 1971 |
| 4th | Major General Kurt Gerber | January 1, 1965 | 1st October 1968 |
| 3 | Major General Josef Moll | July 11, 1963 | January 1, 1965 |
| 2 | Major General Johann Adolf Graf von Kielmansegg | October 21, 1960 | July 11, 1963 |
| 1 | Major General Leo Hepp | December 8, 1959 | October 21, 1960 |
Association badges and internal association badges of the departments
Association badge Panzergrenadierbrigade 30 (out of service)
Association badge Panzerbrigade 12 (Cham)
Association badge Gebirgsjägerbrigade 23 (Bad Reichenhall)
Internal association badge Fernmeldebataillon 10 (Sigmaringen) (out of service)
Internal association badge Command Support Regiment 50 (out of service)
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partnership
There was a long-term partnership between the 10th Panzer Division and the Sigmaringen district . This required the approval of the Ministry of Defense . On April 29, 2014, it was dissolved with a serenade on the market square in Bad Saulgau .
literature
- Freundeskreis 10th Panzer Division , ed., Rooted in the south - grown into the world 50 years of the 10th Panzer Division , Sigmaringen 2009
- 10th Panzer Division (Ed.): 10th Panzer Division. Sigmaringen, 2002
- 10th Panzer Division (ed.): To serve faithfully - 10th Panzer Division. Sigmaringen, 1989
- 10th Panzer Division (Ed.): To serve faithfully - 25 years of the 10th Panzer Division , Sigmaringen, 1984
- 10th Panzer Division (ed.): 25 years of 10th Panzer Division 1959–1984. Mönch-Verlag Koblenz, 1984
- Karsten Dyba, Markus Bentler: 50 years of the 10th Panzer Division - Rooted in the South - grown into the world. Ed .: Circle of Friends of the 10th Panzer Division e. V., Sigmaringen. Fölbach Medienservice, Munich, Sigmaringen: Circle of Friends of the 10th Panzer Division, 2009 (without ISBN) (In the holdings of the Württemberg State Library in Stuttgart)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Simon Hofmann: One success story ends - another one continues. Federal Ministry of Defense , Press and Information Office , June 26, 2014, accessed on June 27, 2014 .
- ↑ IN THE VEITSHÖCHHEIMER KASERNE: SUPPORT BATALION DEPLOYMENT 10 SET UP FROM RESERVISTS - October 23, 2017. Accessed February 15, 2020 .
- ^ Karlheinz Fahlbusch: From the Danube to the Hindu Kush. 10th Panzer Division celebrates its 50th anniversary in Sigmaringen with an exhibition and a big tattoo . In: Südkurier of May 16, 2009
- ↑ Bentler is leaving - Bühler is coming (Suedurrentier.de, July 30, 2009)
- ^ Karl-Heinz Fahlbusch: The lion with the edelweiss. In: Südkurier. Südkurier GmbH Medienhaus, July 30, 2009, accessed on February 17, 2013 .
1st Armored Division | 2nd Panzer Grenadier Division | 3rd Armored Division | 4th Panzer Grenadier Division | 5th Armored Division | 6th Panzer Grenadier Division | 7th Armored Division | 1st Mountain Division | 1st Airborne Division | 10th Armored Division | 11th Panzer Grenadier Division | 12th Armored Division | 13th Panzer Grenadier Division | 14th Panzer Grenadier Division | Airmobile Operations Division | Fast forces division | Special Operations Division | Division South | Multinational Division Central
Division equivalents : Command Air Mobile Forces / 4. Division | Army command | Military area commands : I • II • III • IV • V • VI • VII • VIII
Leo Hepp (1959–1960) | Johann Adolf Graf von Kielmansegg (1960–1963) | Josef Moll (1963–1965) | Kurt Gerber (1965–1968) | Siegfried Schulz (1968–1971) | Rudolf Reichenberger (1971–1974) | Jürgen Brandt (1974–1976) | Günter Kießling (1976–1977) | Eberhard Hackensellner (1977–1980) | Werner Lange (1980–1983) | Horst Albrecht (1983–1988) | Hannsjörn Boës (1988–1990) | Manfred Gerber (1990-1993) | Joachim Spiering (1993–1994) | Rüdiger Drews (1994–1998) | Karl-Heinz Lather (1998–2001) | Jan Oerding (2001-2004) | Manfred Engelhardt (2004–2006) | Markus Bentler (2006–2009) | Erhard Bühler (2009–2013) | Johann Langenegger (2013–2014) | Bernd Schütt (2014–2018) | Harald Gante (since 2018)
Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ 39 ″ N , 9 ° 54 ′ 6 ″ E