New German panzer battalion receives first Leopard 2A6sThe Bundeswehr's newly formed Panzerbataillon (Armour Battalion) 363 has received the first four of its future 44 Leopard 2A6 main battle tanks (MBTs), the German Army announced on its website on 7 September.
The tanks were accompanied by a Büffel (Buffalo) armoured recovery vehicle.
The first four Leopard 2A6s delivered to Panzerbataillon 363, led by battalion commander Lt Col Pane (right in the lead tank). (Bundeswehr/Hajo Riewe)The first MBTs that arrived at the battalion's base in Hardheim, Baden-Württemberg, on 3 September will be used for training, with the first live firing exercise planned at the Bergen training area in the spring, according to the unit's commander, Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Pane, who led the first four tanks. Panzerbataillon 363 was stood up in April, following the announcement that it would be created last November.
The Bundewehr returned to Hardheim in 2018 with a Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK) special forces staff and command support company.
Hardheim is the first Bundeswehr base to be reactivated. It was closed in October 2011 after the last Gepard (Cheetah) tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft gun of Panzerflakbataillon (Armoured Anti-Aircraft Battalion) 12 left that year.
The battalion will be assigned to Panzergrenadierbrigade (Armoured Infantry Brigade) 37, one of four brigades of the 10th Panzerdivision. It will be the brigade’s second panzer battalion.http://www.thefifthcolumn.xyz/Forum/viewthread.php?tid=10&page=25https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/organisation/heer/organisation/10-panzerdivision/panzergrenadierbrigade-37?view=canonicalconstituição da PzGB37 actualmente :
37th Panzergrenadier Brigade (Panzergrenadierbrigade 37), in Frankenberg
• Staff and Signal Company 37th Panzergrenadier Brigade, in Frankenberg
• 13th Reconnaissance Battalion (Aufklärungsbataillon 13), in Gotha with Fennek reconnaissance vehicles and KZO drones
• 363rd Panzer Battalion (Panzerbataillon 363), in Hardheim with 44x Leopard 2A6 main battle tanks[1]
• 371st Panzergrenadier Battalion (Panzergrenadierbataillon 371), in Marienberg with 44x Puma infantry fighting vehicles
• 391st Panzergrenadier Battalion (Panzergrenadierbataillon 391), in Bad Salzungen with 44x Puma infantry fighting vehicles
• 393rd Panzer Battalion (Panzerbataillon 393), in Bad Frankenhausen with 44x Leopard 2A6 main battle tanks
• 909th Panzergrenadier Battalion (Panzergrenadierbataillon 909), in Marienberg (Reserve unit)
• 701st Panzer Engineer Battalion (Panzerpionierbataillon 701), in Gera
• 131st Supply Battalion (Versorgungsbataillon 131), in Bad Frankenhausen
o Panzerbataillon 363, tem no guarda lamas esquerdo o mesmo simbolo que a 10PzD exibiu durante a 2ª GM.Abraços