12th Panzer Brigade (Bundeswehr)

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| unit_name = 12th Panzer Brigade

| native_name = Panzerbrigade 12

| image = Panzerbrigade 12 (Bundeswehr).svg

| image_size = 200

| caption = Coat of Arms

| dates = 1 July 1956 – Present

| country = {{flag|West Germany}} (1956-1990)
{{flag|Germany}} (1990-Present)

| branch = German Army

| type = Mechanized brigade

| command_structure = 23px 4th Panzergrenadier Division (1956-1994)
23px 13th Panzergrenadier Division (2001-2006)
23px 10th Panzer Division (2006-Present)

| size = 5,000 troopshttps://www.bundeswehr.de/de/organisation/heer/organisation/10-panzerdivision/panzerbrigade-12

| garrison = Cham, Germany

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| nickname = Upper Palatinate

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| battles = Kosovo War

• Prizren incidenthttps://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/28/world/crisis-balkans-peacekeepers-germans-plan-curfew-crime-rises-city.html

War in Afghanistan

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| website = https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/organisation/heer/organisation/10-panzerdivision/panzerbrigade-12

| commander1 = Brigadier General {{ill|Axel Hardt|de|Axel Hardt}}https://www.mittelbayerische.de/lokales/landkreis-cham/kommandouebergabe-im-februar-brigadegeneral-andreas-kuehne-verlaesst-cham-15191420

| notable_commanders = {{ill|Fritz von Korff|de|Fritz von Korff}}

| identification_symbol = {{Mil Map Symbol

| UNIT SHORT NAME= 12

| PARENT SHORT NAME= 10

| UNIT ICON= Military Symbol - Friendly Unit (Solid Light 1.5x1 Frame)- Armour (NATO APP-6).svg

| UNIT SIZE ICON= NATO Map Symbol - Unit Size - Brigade.svg

| ICON SIZE= 50

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| identification_symbol_label = NATO Map Symbol

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The 12th Panzer Brigade, also known as 12th Panzer Brigade "Upper Palatinate" is a Mechanized brigade of the German Army.https://www.otv.de/mediathek/video/gewaesseruebergang-panzerbrigade-12-in-luhe/