10th Panzer Division (Bundeswehr)

10th Panzer Division
10. Panzerdivision
10th Panzer Division Shoulder Insignia
Active1 April 1959–present
CountryGermany
TypePanzer
Size~12,100 soldiers
Part ofGerman Army
Garrison/HQVeitshöchheim
Nickname(s)Lion's division
Löwendivision
The Tenth
Die Zehnte
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 Ruprecht Horst von Butler[1]
Notable
commanders
Lieutenant General Leo Hepp

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

Major General Erhard Bühler

The 10th Panzer Division (German: 10. Panzerdivision) is an armoured division of the German Army, part of the Bundeswehr.[2] 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.

  1. ^ "10. Panzerdivision".
  2. ^ "10. Panzerdivision". Heer. Archived from the original on October 28, 2006. Retrieved 2013-01-21.

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