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  • 1st Panzer Division (Bundeswehr)
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  • The 1st Panzer Division (German: 1. Panzerdivision) is an armoured division of the German Army. It also bears the designation Intervention Force Division (Division Eingreifkräfte). Its staff is based at Hanover. In the course of the current reorganisation of the Bundeswehr it will become the backbone of Germany's newly formed intervention forces which will have a manpower of 35,000 soldiers in total. This division is equipped and trained for high intensity combat operations against militarily organized enemies as well as peacekeeping missions. The majority of all German troops assigned to EU-Battlegroups and Nato Response Forces will come from this division. It also represents Germany's permanent contribution to the binational I. German/Dutch Corps.
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Garrison
  • Hanover
Branch
command structure
Nickname
  • Die Erste
  • The first one
Country
  • Germany
Current Commander
Type
  • Division
Caption
  • 1
Dates
  • 1956
Specialization
  • Conventional warfare, peacekeeping
Unit Name
  • 1
  • Intervention Force Division / 1st Panzer Division
notable commanders
  • General Helge Hansen, COMAFCENT 1994-1996
  • General Henning von Ondarza, COMAFCENT 1991-1994
  • General Wolf-Dieter Langheld, COMJFC-B 2010-2012
Battles
Anniversaries
  • 1956-07-01
Motto
  • Man drup - man to!
  • Roughly: Go! Let's tackle it!
Size
  • 18
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  • The 1st Panzer Division (German: 1. Panzerdivision) is an armoured division of the German Army. It also bears the designation Intervention Force Division (Division Eingreifkräfte). Its staff is based at Hanover. In the course of the current reorganisation of the Bundeswehr it will become the backbone of Germany's newly formed intervention forces which will have a manpower of 35,000 soldiers in total. This division is equipped and trained for high intensity combat operations against militarily organized enemies as well as peacekeeping missions. The majority of all German troops assigned to EU-Battlegroups and Nato Response Forces will come from this division. It also represents Germany's permanent contribution to the binational I. German/Dutch Corps. Intervention Force Division / 1st Panzer Division is Germany's last full-scale conventional division.