| 13th Mechanized Infantry Division 13. Panzergrenadierdivision |
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13th Mechanized Infantry Division insignia |
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| Active | 1990 - present |
| Country | Germany |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Division |
| Role | Conventional warfare, homeland defense |
| Size | About 11.500 soldiers |
| Part of | German Army |
| Garrison/HQ | Leipzig |
| Nickname | The thirteenth Die Dreizehnte |
| Anniversaries | September 26th 1990 |
| Engagements | Kosovo War Macedonian Civil War Afghanistan War |
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| Current commander |
Major General Achim Lidsba |
| Notable commanders |
Lieutenant General Roland Kather, currently Allied Land Component Commander Lieutenant General Bruno Kasdorf, serving twice as ISAF Chief of Staff |
The 13th Mechanized Infantry Division (German: 13. Panzergrenadierdivision) is a mechanized division of the German Army. Its staff is based at Leipzig. The division is a unit of the German Army's stabilization forces and specialized on conflicts of low intensity and homeland defense. The division is Germany's permanent contribution to Multinational Corps North East.
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This division was formed in 1990 after the German reunification and integrated troops of the former German Democratic Republic's National People's Army into the new unified military of Germany. This division has seen action on the Balkans during numerous deployments, including one deployment to Kosovo with division commander Lieutenant General Roland Kather serving as KFOR commanding officer. Troops of this division were also deployed to the support of civilian agencies during large natural disasters such as disastrous floods in 1997. In more recent times, the division has seen intense action against insurgents in northern Afghanistan.
A member of 13th Mech.Inf.Div was awarded his nation's highest decoration for gallantry, the Honour Cross for Bravery on January 22, 2010. Master Sergeant Daniel Seibert led a heroic counter attack against a superior insurgent force in the village of Basoz in Afghanistan's Kunduz Province on June 4, 2009. His actions killed ten Taliban insurgents and saved a jeopardized reconnaissance squad from almost certain destruction.[1]
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