Division Intervention Forces

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Division Eingreifkräfte/1. Panzerdivision
Division Intervention Forces Insignia
Active	July 1 1956 - present
Country	Germany
Branch	Regular Army
Type	Division
Role	Armoured Division
Size	around 19.000 soldiers
Part of	German Army
Garrison/HQ	Hannover
Motto	Man drup - man to! or Nec aspera terrent
Commanders
Current commander	Major General Wolf-Dieter Langheld

The Division Intervention Forces or 1st Armoured Division (German: Division Eingreifkräfte/1. Panzerdivision) is an armoured Division of the German Army. Its HQ is based at Hannover. As a result of the current Transformation of the Bundeswehr it is getting reorganised to be the main unit of the new formed German Intervention Force (Eingreifkräfte) which will have 35.000 men in total. It's equipped and trained for high intensity fighting with mostly military organised enemies and for being able to act in "peace-forcing missions". Most German Troops for EU-Battlegroups and NRF will come from this unit.

1 History
2 Division Today
3 Organisation
4 External links

[edit] History

The Division was formed on the same day as the Bundeswehr on July 1 of 1956 as 1. Grenadierdvision. From the day of its formation the division kept growing until 1959 when it had a strength of 11.573 men. In 1981 it was renamed 1.Panzerdvision.

[edit] Division Today

For the Transformation of the Bundeswehr the Unit will receive the second name Division Eingreifkräfte. Both names will then be official appellations. As mentioned the Division Intervention Forces will provide most of the German contingents of multinational rapid reaction forces. It's equipped and trained for high intensity fighting with mostly military organised enemies and for being able to act in "peace-forcing missions".

[edit] Organisation

1. Panzerdivision (1st Armored Division)
- Stab & Stabskompanie 1. PzDiv, Hannover

Divisionstrupppen (Divisional Troops)

Heeresmusikkorps 1 (Army Band), Hannover
Fernmelderegiment 1 (Signal Regiment), Rotenburg (Wümme)
Aufklärungslehrbataillon 3 (Formation Reconnaissance Bataillon), Lüneburg
Artillerieregiment 100 (Artillery Regiment), Mühlhausen
- Panzerartillerieaufklärungsbataillon 131 (Artillery Reconnaissance Bataillon), Mühlhausen
- Raketenartilleriebataillon 132 (Rocket Artillery Bataillon), Sondershausen
Pionierregiment 100 (Engineer Regiment), Minden
- Panzerpionierbataillon 1 (Armoured Engineer Bataillon), Holzminden
- schweres Pionierbataillon 130 (Heavy Engineer Bataillon)
Flugabwehrregiment 6 (Anti-Air Regiment), Lütjenburg
- leichte Flugabwehrraketenbatterie 610 (Light Anti-Air Battery), Todendorf
ABC-Abwehrbataillon 7 (NBC-Defense Bataillon), Höxter
- leichte ABC-Abwehrkompanie 110 (Light NBC-Defense Company)
Logistikbataillon 3 (General Logistic Bataillon), Rotenburg (Wümme)

Panzerlehrbrigade 9 (Armored Brigade), Munster
- Stab & Stabskompanie PzLBrig 9 (HQ & HQ Company), Munster
- Panzeraufklärungslehrkompanie 90 (Armored Reconnaissance Squadron), Munster
- Panzerpionierlehrkompanie 90 (Armored Engineer Company), Munster
- Panzergrenadierlehrbataillon 92 (Mechanized Infantry Bataillon), Munster
- Panzerlehrbataillon 93 (Armored Bataillon), Munster
- Panzerbataillon 33 (Armored Bataillon), Neustadt am Rübenberge
- Panzerartillerielehrbataillon 325 (Self-propelled Artillery Bataillon), Munster
- Logistikbataillon 141 (Combat Logistic Bataillon), Neustadt am Rübenberge
Panzerbrigade 21 (Armored Brigade), Augustdorf
- Stab & Stabskompanie PzBrig 21 (HQ & HQ Company), Augustdorf
- Panzeraufklärungskompanie 210 (Armored Reconnaissance Squadron), Augustdorf
- Panzerpionierkompanie 200 (Armored Engineer Company), Augustdorf
- Panzergrenadierbataillon 212 (Mechanized Infantry Bataillon), Augustdorf
- Panzerbataillon 203 (Armored Bataillon), Augustdorf
- Panzerartilleriebataillon 215 (Self-propelled Artillery Bataillon), Augustdorf
- Logistikbataillon 7 (Combat Logistic Bataillon), Unna