Franco-German Brigade

Franco-German Brigade

Active	October 2, 1989-
Country	France, Germany
Type	Mechanised Infantry
Size	1 Brigade (5.980)
Part of	Eurocorps
Garrison/HQ	Müllheim
Motto	Dem Besten verpflichtet/Le devoir d'excellence (Devoted to excellence)
Commanders
Current commander	Général de brigade Philippe Chalmel Oberst Klaus Hahndel

The Franco-German Brigade (French: Brigade Franco-Allemande; German: Deutsch-Französische Brigade) is a joint formation consisting of units from both the French Armée de Terre and German Heer armies and is integrated in Eurocorps.^[1]

1 History
2 Organisation
3 See also
4 Notes
5 External links

History

The Brigade was formed in 1987 following a summit between President Mitterrand of France and Chancellor Kohl of Germany. The Brigade became operational on October 2, 1989 under the command of General Jean-Pierre Sengeisen. Currently, the FGB is stationed at Müllheim, Metz, Donaueschingen, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, and Immendingen as part of the Eurocorps.^[2]

In February 2009 it was announced that a German battalion of the force was to be moved to Illkirch near Strasbourg in France.^[3]

Organisation

The Franco-German brigade can be described as a mechanised formation; its combat units are an armoured reconnaissance regiment, three mechanised infantry battalions, and an artillery regiment. The logistical support unit and the brigade's HQ have mixed complements drawn from both countries.^[4]

Staff, in Müllheim (D)
3e Régiment de Hussards (3e RH) (3rd Hussar Regiment), in Metz (F)
- 1st Reconnaissance Company
- 2nd Reconnaissance Company
- 3rd Reconnaissance Company
- 4th Light Reconnaissance and Anti-Armour Company
- 5th Supply and Support Company
- 6th Combat Service Support Company
110e Régiment d'Infanterie (110e RI) (110th Infantry Regiment), in Donaueschingen (D)
- 1st Infantry Company
- 2nd Infantry Company
- 3rd Infantry Company
- 4th Reconnaissance and Combat Support Company
- 5th Supply and Support Company
- 6th Combat Service Support Company
Jägerbataillon 291 (291st Light Infantry Battalion), in Illkirch-Graffenstaden (F)
- 1st HQ & Supply Company
- 2nd Light Infantry Company
- 3rd Light Infantry Company
- 4th Reconnaissance Company
Jägerbataillon 292 (292nd Light Infantry Battalion), in Donaueschingen (D)
- 1st HQ & Supply Company
- 2nd Light Infantry Company
- 3rd Light Infantry Company
- 4th Light Infantry Company
- 5th Heavy Infantry Company (8x 120mm Mortars, and 8x TOW Anti-Tank, 8x MK20 Fire Support and 6x Reconnaissance Wiesel Armoured Weapons Carriers)
- 6th Combat Service Support Company
Panzerartilleriebataillon 295 (295th Armoured Artillery Battalion), in Immendingen (D)
- 1st HQ & Supply Battery
- 2nd Self-Propelled Howitzer Artillery Battery with PzH 2000
- 3rd Self-Propelled Howitzer Artillery Battery with PzH 2000
- 4th Rocket Artillery Battery with MLRS
- 5th Combat Service Support Company
Panzerpionierkompanie 550 (550th Armoured Engineer Company), in Immendingen (D)
Logistic Battalion (French: Bataillon de Commandement et de Soutien German: Deutsch-Französiches Versorgungsbataillon), in Müllheim (D)
- 1st HQ & Supply Company (bi-national)
- 2nd Supply Company (bi-national)
- 3rd Maintenance Company (bi-national)
- 4th Transport Company (German)
- Combat Service Support Company (French)
- Staff Company Franco-German Brigade (bi-national)

Notes

^ "Franco-German Brigade on official Eurocorps website". Archived from the original on 2008-02-20. http://web.archive.org/web/20080220071754/http://www.eurocorps.net/organisation/german_french_brigade/. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
^ "History of the Franco-German Brigade (in German)". Archived from the original on 2007-12-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20071212214138/http://www.df-brigade.de/site_de/gesch.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
^ International Herald Tribune, German battalion to be stationed in France, February 7, 2009
^ "Structure of the Franco-German Brigade (in German)". http://www.df-brigade.de/site_de/struktur.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-23.

External links

Commandement des Forces Terrestres

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Franco-German Brigade

Contents

History

Organisation

See also

Notes

External links