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12th Panzer Division (Bundeswehr)

Field	Value
unit_name	12th Panzer Division
12. Panzerdivision
image	Hotchkiss 11-2.jpg
image_size	300
caption	Schützenpanzer SPz 11-2 Kurz of Armoured recce troops of the 35th Panzergrenadier Brigade in 1967
dates	1 January 1961 - 31 March 1994
country	Federal Republic of Germany
role	Armoured warfare
size	Division
command_structure	German III Corps
nickname	Fränkische Division
Zwölfte
identification_symbol	[[File:12. PzDiv.svg	100px]]
identification_symbol_label	12th Panzer Division insignia

12. Panzerdivision Zwölfte The 12th Panzer Division (German:* 12. Panzerdivision*) was a West German armoured formation. It was part of the III Corps of the Bundeswehr, which also incorporated in 1985 the 5th Panzer Division and 2nd Panzergrenadier Division. III Corps was part of NATO's Central Army Group (CENTAG), along with the Bundeswehr's II Corps and the American V and VII Corps. In the wake of military restructuring brought about by the end of the Cold War, the 12th Panzer Division was disbanded in 1994.

The division was constituted as the 12th Panzergrenadier Division in Tauberbischofsheim on January 1, 1961, as part of the II Corps of the Bundeswehr. At that time, it commanded the 35th Panzergrenadier Brigade, and in 1963 the 36th Panzer Brigade was also subordinated to the division. Subsequently, the 12th was re-designated a panzer (armoured) division. In 1970, the division was relieved from assignment to the II Corps and assigned to the III Corps. A third active brigade was not authorized for the division until 1975 during the "Heeresstruktur III" reforms. By 1977, the division's main components were the 14th Panzer, the 35th Panzergrenadier, and the 36th Panzer Brigades. In 1981, the 14th Panzer Brigade became the 34th Panzer Brigade.

Following the end of the Cold War, the 12th Panzer Division was disbanded in 1994.

Commanders

Nr.	Name	Start of command	End of command
14	Generalmajor Manfred Eisele	1992	1994
13	Generalmajor Hartmut Bagger	1990	1992
12	Generalmajor Hartmut Foertsch	1989	1990
11	Generalmajor Gert Verstl	1986	1989
10	Generalmajor Siegfried Storbeck	1984	1986
9	Generalmajor Lutz Moek	1982	1984
8	Generalmajor Gerd-Helmut Komossa	1980	1982
7	Generalmajor Gert Bastian	1976	1980
6	Generalmajor Paul-Georg Kleffel	1973	1976
5	Generalmajor Hans Teusen	1971	1973
4	Generalmajor Gerd Kobe	1967	1971
3	Generalmajor Peter von Butler	1964	1967
2	Brigadegeneral Kurt von Einem	1962	1964
1	Brigadegeneral Artur Weber	1961	1962

References

Isby and Kamps, Armies of NATO's Central Front, Jane's Publishing Company, 1985, p.196

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