10th Armoured Division (Germany)
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10th Armoured Division 10. Panzerdivision |
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10th Armoured Division Shoulder Insignia
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| Active | 1 April 1959–present |
| Country | Germany |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Division |
| Role | Conventional warfare, asymmetric warfare |
| Size | ~ 12,100 soldiers |
| Part of | German Army |
| Garrison/HQ | Veitshöchheim |
| Nickname(s) | Lion's division Löwendivision |
| Motto(s) | Reliable, mobile, quick! Zuverlässig - beweglich - schnell! |
| March | Fridericus-Rex-Grenadiermarsch |
| Anniversaries | 1 April 1959 |
| Engagements |
War in Bosnia Civil war in Albania Kosovo War War in Afghanistan |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Major General Bernd Schütt |
| Notable commanders |
Lieutenant General Leo Hepp |
Lieutenant General Leo Hepp
General Johann Adolf Graf von Kielmansegg
General Günter Kießling
Lieutenant General Josef Moll
The 10th Armoured Division (German: 10. Panzerdivision) is an armoured division of the German Army, part of the Bundeswehr. 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.
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 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 Armoured Division's SFOR contingent were also involved in the Bundeswehr's first combat operation in 1997 (Operation Libelle). In 2000, the 10th Armoured 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.
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