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6th Panzergrenadier Division (Bundeswehr)

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The then-named 6th Grenadier Division was constituted in November 1958 as part of the I Corps of the Bundeswehr. Initially, the division was organized with two brigade-sized battle-groups, "A6" and "B6". In 1959, these units were renamed and a third brigade was added, with the brigades being the 16
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and 17th Panzergrenadier Brigades and the 18th Panzer Brigade. At this time, the division was retitled the 6th Panzergrenadier Division. Division headquarters was located at
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command. With the end of the Cold War, the German Army restructured and the 6th Panzergrenadier Division was disbanded in 1994.
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Command in case of war. In the wake of military restructuring brought about by the end of the
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The division provided assistance to civilians during floods in
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had a Soviet attack against Germany taken place during the
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The division was given the strategic mission of defending
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and 1976, and also fought forest and moor fires in 1959.
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1997
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Germany
Army
Mechanized infantry
Division

I Corps (Bundeswehr)
Allied Land Forces Schleswig-Holstein and Jutland

LANDJUT
West German
mechanized infantry
formation
I Corps
Bundeswehr
Allied Land Forces Schleswig-Holstein and Jutland
Cold War
Neumünster
1962
Schleswig-Holstein
Cold War
AFNORTH
Johannes Poeppel
Franz-Joseph Schulze
ISBN
0-87196-407-4
Panzergrenadierbrigade 16 HERZOGTUM LAUENBURG
Panzergrenadierbrigade 17 HAMBURG
54°04′56″N 9°58′08″E / 54.082178°N 9.968977°E / 54.082178; 9.968977
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