Tank battalions of the German Army 1956–2008
Tank Battalions of the Bundeswehr 1956–2008
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! ! Units name ! Raising ! Garrisons ! Remaining ! Notes | |||||
| 50px | PzLehrBtl | April 1956 | Munster | renamed December 1958 PzLehrBtl 93 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 1 | Juli 1956 | Dedelstorf since 1957 Augustdorf (Generalfeldmarschall-Rommel-Kaserne) | renamed March 1959 PzBtl 213 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 2 | 1956 | Hemer | renaming March 1959 PzBtl 204 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 3 | August 1956 | Hamburg (Graf-Goltz-Kaserne) | renaming March 1959 PzBtl 174 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 4 | September 1956 | Amberg | renaming March 1959 PzBtl 123 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 5 | September 1956 | Hohenfels since 1957 Koblenz | renaming March 1959 PzBtl 143 | |
| 50px | GebPzBtl 8 | October 1981 | Pocking | September 1996 inactive | Reserve unit in Pfreimd. Since September 2014 partly reactivated with two active companies as a Reserve Unit in Pfreimd. |
| 50px | PzBtl 13 | August 1956 | Flensburg 1958 Boostedt | renaming March 1959 PzBtl 183 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 14 | Juli 1959 | Koblenz 1959 Stadtoldendorf 1962 Hildesheim (Gallwitz-Kaserne) | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 15 | September 1956 | Grafenwöhr | renamed Januar 1959 PzBtl 134 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 21 | April 1981 | Braunschweig | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 23 | Januar 1958 | Schwanewede | renamed March 1959 PzBtl 324 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 23 | April 1976 | Braunschweig | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 24 | July 1960 | Dedelstorf 1962 Braunschweig (Roselies- / Heinrich der Löwe-Kaserne) | disbanded Dezember 2003 | Canadian Army Trophy team, 1985 |
| 50px | PzBtl 25 | September 1956 | Koblenz | renamed 1 April 1959 PzBtl 153 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 31 | 1981 | Nienburg | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 33 | December 1958 | Munster 1959 Dörverden 1965 Luttmersen | Was remodeled into PzGrenBtl 33 (MechInfBtl) beginning summer of 2015 | Canadian Army Trophy team, 1968, 1970 |
| 50px | PzBtl 34 | April 1959 | Nienburg 1969 Scheuen | renamed October 1981 PzBtl 334 | Canadian Army Trophy team, 1970 |
| 50px | PzBtl 34 | October 1981 (PzBtl 334) | Nienburg | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 44 | January 1962 | Allendorf Arolsen | 1975 divided into PzBtl 342 und PzBtl 343 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 44 | October 1980 | Göttingen | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 53 | April 1976 | Hessisch-Lichtenau | disbanded March 1983 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 54 | Januar 1959 | Wetzlar 1960 Wolfhagen | October 1981 renamed PzBtl 64 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 54 | October 1981 | Hessisch-Lichtenau | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 61 | October 1980 | Wolfhagen | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 63 | March 1959 | Stadtallendorf | October 1981 renamed PzBtl 143 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 63 | October 1981 (PzBtl 342) | Arolsen | disbanded December 2002 | Canadian Army Trophy team, 1985 |
| 50px | PzBtl 64 | April 1961 | Stadtallendorf (Hessen-Kaserne) | October 1981 renamed PzBtl 144 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 64 | October 1981 (PzBtl 54) | Wolfhagen | disbanded June 2008 | at last with Panzerbrigade 14 / 14th Tank Brigade |
| 50px | PzBtl 73 | April 1992 (PzGrenBtl 73, PzBtl 324) | Cuxhaven Altenwalde | disbanded 2003 | as inactive unit |
| 50px | PzBtl 74 | April 1959 | 1959 Seedorf 1963 Altenwalde | disbanded December 2003 | Canadian Army Trophy team, 1983 |
| 50px | PzBtl 81 | Oktober 1980 | Lüneburg, Schlieffen-Kaserne | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 83 | 1958 | Lüneburg, Schlieffen-Kaserne | Reserve unit since April 1992, inactive 1996 | Canadian Army Trophy winner 1973; team 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967 |
| 50px | PzBtl 84 | July 1959 | Lüneburg, Schlieffen-Kaserne | disbanded December 2002 | Canadian Army Trophy winner 1975, 1991 |
| 50px | PzLehrBtl 91 | January 1980 | Munster (Örtze), Georg Freiherr von Boeselager - Kaserne | disbanded September 1992 | |
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| 50px | PzLehrBtl 93 | December 1958 (PzLehrBtl) | Munster | — | in service with Panzerlehrbrigade 9 |
| 50px | PzLehrBtl 94 | Juli 1960 | Munster | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 94 | 1997 | Celle | inactive since June 2008 | Reserve unit |
| 50px | PzBtl 104 | November 1960 | Amberg | renamed October 1971 PzBtl 303 | |
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|50px | PzBtl 104 | April 1981 | Pfreimd | — | in service with Panzerbrigade 12 |
| 50px | PzBtl 110 | April 1970 (PzBtl 204) | Hemer | renamed April 1975 PzBtl 202 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 114 | September 1962 | Gärmersdorf 1963 Neunburg vorm Wald | remodeled October 1970 PanzerJgBtl 114 (Anti Tank Battalion) | |
| 50px | PzBtl 114 | April 1981 | Neunburg vorm Wald | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 120 | March 1970 | Hemer | renamed April 1975 PzBtl 203 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 121 | April 1981 | Kümmersbruck, Schweppermann-Kaserne | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 123 | March 1959 (PzBtl4) | Amberg 1960 Gärmersdorf (Kümmersbruck, Schweppermann-Kaserne) | disbanded September 1994 | Canadian Army Trophy winner 1989 |
| 50px | PzBtl 124 | June 1959 | Grafenwöhr 1960 Gärmersdorf-Kümmersbruck, Schweppermann-Kaserne | disbanded September 1994 | Canadian Army Trophy team, 1987 |
| 50px | PzBtl 134 | January 1959 (PzBtl 15) | Wetzlar (Sixt von Armin-Kaserne) | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 141 | October 1981 | Stadtallendorf, Hessenkaserne | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 143 | March 1959 (PzBtl 5) | Koblenz, Fritsch-Kaserne | renamed October 1981 PzBtl 343 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 143 | October 1981 (PzBtl 63) | Stadtallendorf, Hessenkaserne | disbanded June 2003 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 144 | April 1959 | Koblenz, Gneisenau-Kaserne | renamed October 1981 PzBtl 344 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 144 | October 1981 (PzBtl 64) | Stadtallendorf, Hessenkaserne | inactive since 1991, disbanded 2003 | Canadian Army Trophy team 1977 |
| 50px | PzBtl 151 | October 1981 | Koblenz, Fritsch-Kaserne | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 153 | April 1959 (PzBtl 25) | Koblenz, Fritsch-Kaserne | inactive since 1992, disbanded 31 December 2002 | Canadian Army Trophy team, 1983, 1991 |
| 50px | PzBtl 154 | October 1967 | Hessisch-Lichtenau | disbanded October 1981 | |
| | 50px | PzBtl 154 | October 1981 | Westerburg, Wäller-Kaserne | disbanded 21 September 2006 | |
| | 50px | PzBtl 164 | November 1961 | Flensburg 1969: Schwarzenbek, Elmenhorst/Lanken, Sachsenwald Kaserne | disbanded September 1994 | |
| 50px | |PzBtl 174 | March 1959 (PzBtl 3) | Hamburg | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 181 | Neumünster (Scholtz-Kaserne) | disbanded September 1992 | ||
| 50px | PzBtl 183 | March 1959 (PzBtl 13) | Boostedt | inactive 2007 | Reserve unit |
| 50px | PzBtl 184 | April 1959 | Boostedt | disbanded July 2008 (Rantzau Kaserne Boostedt | inactive since September 1992 |
| 50px | PzBtl 194 | April 1959 (PzJgBtl 5) | Münster | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 201 | October 1980 | Hemer, 1. & 4. Kp Ahlen | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 202 | April 1975 (PzBtl 110) | Hemer | October 1980 renamed PzBtl 204 | |
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|50px | PzBtl 203 | April 1975 (PzBtl 120) | Hemer 2007 Augustdorf | — | in service with Panzerbrigade 21
Canadian Army Trophy winner 1989 |
| 50px | PzBtl 204 | March 1959 (PzBtl 2) | Hemer | April 1970 renamed PzBtl 110 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 204 | October 1980 (PzBtl 202) | Ahlen 1992 Hemer | disbanded June 2002 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 210 | October 1970 (PzBtl 303) | Dornstadt | April 1975 renamed PzBtl 282 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 211 | October 1980 | Augustdorf | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 213 | March 1959 (PzBtl 1) | Augustdorf | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 214 | June 1959 | Augustdorf | disbanded October 2002 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 220 | October 1971 (PzBtl 304) | Dornstadt | April 1975 renamed PzBtl 284 | |
| 50px | GebPzBtl 224 | April 1966 (PzBtl 243) | Landsberg | remodeled February 1971 into GebPzJgBtl 224 (Mountain Anti Tank battalion) | |
| 50px | GebPzBtl 224 | April 1981 | Landsberg | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | GebPzBtl 234 | October 1964 | Pocking | remodeled October 1971 into GebPzJgBtl 234 (Mountain Anti Tank battalion) | |
| 50px | GebPzBtl 241 | October 1981 | Landshut 1985 Kirchham | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | GebPzBtl 243 | April 1959 | Traunstein 1960 Landsberg | renamed April 1966 GebPzBtl 224 | |
| 50px | GebPzBtl 243 | October 1981 | Kirchham | disbanded April 1996 | |
| 50px | GebPzBtl 244 | April 1959 | Landshut | disbanded September 1992 | Canadian Army Trophy winner 1985 |
| 50px | PzBtl 273 | April 1959 | Böblingen | divided Oktober 1963 into PzBtl 363 & PzBtl 364 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 281 | April 1981 (PzBtl 282) | Dornstadt | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 282 | April 1975 (PzBtl 210) | Dornstadt | April 1981 renamed PzBtl 281 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 283 | April 1976 | Münsingen | remodeled April 1992 into FschPzAbwBtl 283 (Airborne anti Tank Battalion) | |
| 50px | PzBtl 284 | October 1968 | Dornstadt | April 1970 renamed PzBtl 304 | Canadian Army Trophy winner 1979 |
| 50px | PzBtl 284 | April 1975 (PzBtl 220) | Dornstadt 1992 Heidenheim | inactive 1992, disbanded March 2004 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 291 | April 1981 | Lager Heuberg | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 293 | April 1970 | Münsingen | renamed October 1971 PzBtl 303 | Canadian Army Trophy winner 1983 |
| 50px | PzBtl 293 | October 1971 (PzBtl 304) | Lager Heuberg | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 294 | March 1959 (PzBtl 322) | Stetten a.k.Markt | September 1992 remodeled into PzGrenBtl 294 | Canadian Army Trophy winner 1981 |
| 50px | PzBtl 303 | March 1959 (PzBtl 310) | Münsingen 1962 Dornstadt | Oktober 1971 remodeled into PzRgt 200 (Tank Regiment 200) | |
| 50px | PzBtl 303 | October 1971 (PzBtl 293) (PzBtl 294) | Amberg 1973 Heidenheim | April 1981 renamed PzBtl 304 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 304 | August 1959 | Münsingen | April 1970 renamed PzBtl 293 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 304 | April 1970 (PzBtl 284) | Dornstadt | Oktober 1971 remodeled into PzRgt 200 (Tank Regiment 200) | |
| 50px | PzBtl 304 | Oktober 1971 | Münsingen | disbanded March 1981 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 304 | April 1981 (PzBtl 303) | Heidenheim | disbanded March 2004 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 310 | April 1958 | Augustdorf 1958 Münsingen | March 1959 renamed PzBtl 303 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 311 | 1988 (PzGrenBtl 311) | Delmenhorst | September 1992 | inactive unit |
| 50px | PzBtl 314 | April 1961 | Oldenburg | October 1992 remodeled into FschJgBtl 314 (314th Airborne Battalion) | |
| 50px | PzBtl 322 | März 1958 | Großengstingen | March 1959 renamed PzBtl 294 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 324 | March 1959 (PzBtl 23) | Schwanewede | disbanded September 1992, parts transferred to PzBtl 73
Canadian Army Trophy team 1966, 1987 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 331 | April 1981 | Celle | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 333 | March 1959 | Lingen | renamed April 1981 PzBtl 523 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 333 | October 1981 | Celle | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 334 | October 1972 | Nienburg | Oktober 1981 renamed PzBtl 34 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 334 | October 1981 (PzBtl 34) | Nienburg | Oktober 1992 renamed PzLBtl 334 | |
| 50px | PzLehrBtl 334 | October 1992 (PzBtl 334) | Celle (Freiherr von Fritsch Kaserne) | disbanded June 2006 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 341 | October 1980 | Koblenz (Gneisenau-Kaserne) | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 342 | March 1975 (PzBtl 44) | Arolsen | April 1981 renamed PzBtl 63 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 343 | April 1975 (PzBtl 44) | Arolsen | disbanded October 1980 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 343 | October 1981 (PzBtl 143) | Koblenz (Augusta-Kaserne) | remodeled into an inactive MechInfBattalion PzGrenBtl 343 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 344 | October 1981 (PzBtl 144) | Koblenz (Gneisenau-Kaserne) | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 354 | January 1960 | Hammelburg | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 361 | October 1980 | Külsheim | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 363 | October 1963 (PzBtl 273) | Böblingen 1964 Külsheim (Prinz-Eugen-Kaserne) | disbanded 30 Oktober 2006 | Canadian Army Trophy team, 1987 |
| 50px | PzBtl 364 | Oktober 1963 (PzBtl 273) | Böblingen 1964 Külsheim | disbanded June 2002 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 373 | April 1991 | Kirchhain | disbanded April 1996 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 383 | March 1991 | Bad Frankenhausen, Kyffhäuser Kaserne | disbanded 30 Juni 2007 | |
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| 50px | PzBtl 384 | Bad Frankenhausen, Kyffhäuser-Kaserne | disbanded 30 June 2008 | always inactive | |
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|50px | PzBtl 393 | March 1991 | Bad Salzungen Bad Frankenhausen | — | in service with Panzergrenadierbrigade 37 |
| 50px | PzBtl 403 | April 1991 | Schwerin-Sternbuchholz (Blücher-Kaserne) | disbanded 2 November 2006 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 404 | April 1991 | Schwerin-Sternbuchholz (Blücher-Kaserne) | disbanded 30 September 2007 | inactive since 1991 (?) |
| 50px | PzBtl 413 | Mai 1991 | Torgelow | — | was remodeled into active JgBtl 413 (413th Rifles Battalion) with Panzergrenadierbrigade 41 in October 2015 |
| 50px | PzBtl 414 | 1991 | Spechtberg | disbanded 2006 | inactive unit |
| 50px | PzBtl 423 | March 1991 | Brück | disbanded March 2003 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 424 | 1991 | Brück | disbanded 2002 | inactive unit |
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Territory Defense Units
= Semi-active battalions (Home Defence Forces) =
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! ! Unit name ! Raising ! Garrisons ! Remaining ! Notice | |||||
| 50px | PzBtl 513 | April 1981 | Flensburg | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 514 (tmob) | April 1981 | Flensburg | disbandes February 1992 | no HQ company, no support platoon, no maintenance platoon, appendix of PzBtl 513 |
| 50px | PzBtl 523 | October 1981 (out of PzBtl 333) | Lingen | remodeling into JgBtl 523 (523rd Rifles Battalion) in October 1991 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 524 (tmob) | Okt. 1981 | Lingen | disbanded October 1991 | no HQ company, no support platoon, no maintenance platoon, appendix of PzBtl 523 |
| 50px | PzBtl 533 | October 1981 | Düren | October 1991 remodeled into JgBtl. 533 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 534 | October 1981 | Düren | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 543 | October 1981 | Hermeskeil | disbanded October 1991 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 544 (tmob) | October 1981 | Hermeskeil | disbanded October 1991 | no HQ company, no support platoon, no maintenance platoon, appendix of PzBtl 543 |
| 50px | PzBtl 553 | October 1981 | Lager Heuberg | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 554 | October 1981 | Lager Heuberg | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 563 | October 1981 | Landshut | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 564 | October 1981 | Landshut | disbanded September 1993 |
= Non-active units (reserves) =
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! ! Unit name ! Raising ! Garrisons ! Remaining ! Notice | |||||
| 50px | PzBtl 613 | October 1983 | Hamburg | disbanded September 1991 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 623 | April 1984 | Wietmarschen-Lohne | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 633 | April 1984 | Ahlen | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 643 | April 1984 | Baumholder-Lager Aulenbach | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 653 | January 1983 | Münsingen | disbanded September 1992 | |
| 50px | PzBtl 663 | Apr. 1982 | Heidenheim | disbanded June 1993 |
= Remaining units =
2 tank divisions (Panzerdivisionen) with a total of:
3 tank brigades (Panzerbrigaden)
4 tank battalions (Panzerbataillone)
- Panzerlehrbataillon 93, Munster, part of Panzerlehrbrigade 9
- Panzerbataillon 104, Pfreimd, part of Panzerbrigade 12
- Panzerbataillon 203, Augustdorf, part of Panzerbrigade 21
- Panzerbataillon 393, Bad Salzungen, part of Panzergrenadierbrigade 37
Others
This list does not include the Panzerjäger (tank destroyer units), at last 39 independent and the companies to assigned brigades of the main combat forces, equipped with Kanonenjagdpanzer and Raketenjagdpanzer Jaguar 1 / Jaguar 2. As well the tank destroyer units of the Home Defence Forces altogether 12 independent companies, equipped with Kanonenjagdpanzer and MBT M48 (90mm gun).
Sources
- Military Balance 1982/83, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London
- Tanks of the World. F.M. von Senger und Etterlin. Arms and Armor Press, London, 1983.
External links
{{Commons category|Panzerdivision der Bundeswehr}}
{{Wiktionary|Bundeswehr}}
- [http://www.bundeswehr.de Homepage der Bundeswehr]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060127005113/http://www.terrwv.bundeswehr.de/ Homepage der Territorialen Wehrverwaltung]
- [http://www.bmvg.de Homepage des Verteidigungsministeriums]
- [http://www.janmaat.de/m_geschichte1htm Chronik der Gründung der Bundeswehr]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080112042822/http://www.zeit.de/deutschland/bundeswehr/index Die Bundeswehr in Wandel]
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