3rd Panzer Brigade (Bundeswehr) explained

Unit Name:3rd (Weser-Leine) Armoured Brigade
(Panzerbrigade 3 "Weser-Leine")
Dates:
Country: Germany
Allegiance:Bundeswehr
Branch: German Army
Garrison:Nienburg
Garrison Label:Last headquarters
Commander1:BrigGen Hans Hübner
Commander1 Label:Last commander

The 3rd (Weser-Leine) Armoured Brigade (German: Panzerbrigade 3 "Weser-Leine") was a brigade in the German Army that was disbanded in 1994. It was headquartered in Nienburg in north Germany. The Brigade's centre of gravity was in eastern Lower Saxony. Its last brigade commander was Colonel Friedrich-Johann von Krusenstiern.

Commanders

Brigade commanders with rank on taking over:

No.NameTakeover dateHandover date
141 January 1993disbandment
13Oberst Hans Hübner1 October 199031 December 1992
121 October 198730 September 1990
11BrigGen Anton Steer1 April 198330 September 1987
10Oberst Baron Adalbert von der Recke1. April 198031 March 1983
9BrigGen Klaus Nennecke1 April 197331 March 1980
8Oberst Erwin Hentschel1 January 197331 March 1973
7Oberst Helmut Fischer1 April 197231 December 1972
6Oberst Kurt Heiligenstadt1 October 1968 31 March 1972
51 April 196730 September 1968
4BrigGen Hans-Joachim von Hopffgarten1 October 196431 March 1967
3Oberst Karl-Reinhard von Schultzendorff1 October 1962 30 September 1964
2Oberst Ernst Philipp5 November 195930 September 1962
1Oberst Paul Scheerle10 July 19574 November 1959

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