The
10th Armoured Division (German:
10. Panzerdivision) is an armoured division in the German
ArmyThe German Army is the land component of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Traditionally the German military forces have been composed of Army, the Navy, and an Air Force after World War I. It was reinstalled in 1955 as the West German Army and as a part of the newly formed...
of the
BundeswehrThe Bundeswehr comprises the unified armed forces of Germany and their civil administration and procurement authorities...
.
Its staff is based at
SigmaringenSigmaringen is a town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Situated on the upper Danube, it is the capital of the Sigmaringen district....
. The division is a unit of the German Army's
stabilization forces and specialized on
conflicts of low intensityLow intensity conflict is the use of military forces applied selectively and with restraint to enforce compliance with the policies or objectives of the political body controlling the military force...
.
This division was founded as the
10. Panzerdivision of the new German Army in 1959. Originally only consisting of armoured units, it is now also superordinate to Germany's last
mountain warfareGebirgsjäger, in English Mountain Huntsmen, is the German designation for mountain infantry. The word Huntsman is the traditional German term for rifleman . The mountain infantry of Austria have their roots in the three "Landesschützen" regiments of the Austro-Hungarian Empire...
unit.
The
10th Armoured Division (German:
10. Panzerdivision) is an armoured division in the German
ArmyThe German Army is the land component of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Traditionally the German military forces have been composed of Army, the Navy, and an Air Force after World War I. It was reinstalled in 1955 as the West German Army and as a part of the newly formed...
of the
BundeswehrThe Bundeswehr comprises the unified armed forces of Germany and their civil administration and procurement authorities...
.
Its staff is based at
SigmaringenSigmaringen is a town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Situated on the upper Danube, it is the capital of the Sigmaringen district....
. The division is a unit of the German Army's
stabilization forces and specialized on
conflicts of low intensityLow intensity conflict is the use of military forces applied selectively and with restraint to enforce compliance with the policies or objectives of the political body controlling the military force...
.
History
This division was founded as the
10. Panzerdivision of the new German Army in 1959. Originally only consisting of armoured units, it is now also superordinate to Germany's last
mountain warfareGebirgsjäger, in English Mountain Huntsmen, is the German designation for mountain infantry. The word Huntsman is the traditional German term for rifleman . The mountain infantry of Austria have their roots in the three "Landesschützen" regiments of the Austro-Hungarian Empire...
unit. For this reason the
EdelweissEdelweiss , is one of the best-known European mountain flowers, belonging to the sunflower family . The name comes from German edel and weiss...
badge has become another commonly used insignia to denote allegiance to this division. The 10th Armoured Division is a part of Germany's permanent contribution to
EurocorpsEurocorps is a multinational army corps within the framework of the Western European Union common defence initiatives. Headquartered in Strasbourg, France, the force was established in 1992 and declared operational in 1995, though it draws from European defence initiatives as far back as the...
, the other being German shares to
Franco-German BrigadeThe Franco-German Brigade is a joint formation consisting of units from both the French and German armies and is integrated in Eurocorps.-History:...
which was subordinate to the division till 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 IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
). Troops were deployed to Somalia (UNOSOM II) from 1993 to 1994 and to Bosnia and Herzegovina (
IFORThe Implementation Force was a NATO-led multinational force in Bosnia and Herzegovina under a one year mandate from 20 December 1995 to 20 December 1996 under the codename Operation Joint Endeavour to implement the military Annexes of The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and...
) from 1995 to 1996 and stayed in this country till 1998 (
SFORThe Stabilisation Force was a NATO-led multinational force in Bosnia and Herzegovina which was tasked with upholding the Dayton Agreement....
). Soldiers of the 10th Armoured Division's SFOR contingent were also involved in the Bundeswehr's first combat operation in 1997 (
Operation LibelleOperation Dragonfly, in German Operation Libelle, was an evacuation operation of the German Armed Forces in the Albanian capital Tirana on March 14, 1997. In the same week, American and Italian military forces evacuated their citizens from Albania...
). In 2000, the 10th Armoured Division deployed more than 8,000 personnel to the
BalkansThe Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
. Between 2002 and 2003, it deployed to various operations on the Balkans and in
AfghanistanThe Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is a landlocked country in south central Asia. It is variously described as being located within Central Asia, South Asia, or the Middle East...
.
Its designation (
10. Panzerdivision) and the name of its HQ garrison (
Graf-Stauffenberg Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German army officer and Catholic aristocrat who was one of the leading members of the failed 20 July plot of 1944 to kill German dictator Adolf Hitler and remove the Nazi Party from power in World War II Germany...
-Kaserne) is a historical reference to key members of the German Resistance and
July 20 PlotThe 20 July plot of 1944 was a failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany, inside his "Wolf's Lair" field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia. The plot was the culmination of the efforts of the German Resistance to overthrow the Nazi regime...
who had served in the preceding 1939-1943 10. Panzer Division of Germany's
WehrmachtWehrmacht was the name of the unified armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer , the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe ....
during
WWIIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
Organisation
- 10th Armoured Division
- Staff Company
- Army Band 10
- Armored Brigade
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12 "OberpfalzThe Upper Palatinate is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of Bavaria. It is subdivided into two regions - Oberpfalz-Nord and Regensburg.- History :...
"
- Staff Company
- Armoured Battalion 104
- Mechanized Infantry Battalion 112
- Mechanized Infantry Battalion 122
- Reconnaissance
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Battalion 8
- Armoured Engineer
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Battalion 4
- Signal Battalion 4
- Logistics Battalion
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4
- Mountain Infantry Brigade 23 "Bayern
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"
- Staff company
- Mountain Infantry Battalion 231
- Mountain Infantry Battalion 232
- Mountain Infantry Battalion 233
- Mountain Reconnaissance Battalion 230
- Mountain Engineer Battalion 8
- Mountain Signals Battalion 210
- Mountain Logistics Battalion 8
- Mule
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Company 230
See also
- German Army
The German Army is the land component of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Traditionally the German military forces have been composed of Army, the Navy, and an Air Force after World War I. It was reinstalled in 1955 as the West German Army and as a part of the newly formed...
- Eurocorps
Eurocorps is a multinational army corps within the framework of the Western European Union common defence initiatives. Headquartered in Strasbourg, France, the force was established in 1992 and declared operational in 1995, though it draws from European defence initiatives as far back as the...
- 1st Armoured Division (Germany)
- 13th Mechanized Infantry Division (Germany)
The 13th Mechanized Infantry Division is a mechanized division of the German Army.Its staff is based at Leipzig...
- Special Operations Division (Germany)
- Airmobile Operations Division (Germany)
Airmobile Operations Division is a division of the German Army. Its staff is based at Veitshöchheim near Würzburg. The division was founded on 1 July 2002 and became fully operational on 8 October 2002. It incorporates units from various branches of the German Army. These units are stationed all...
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