Franco-German Brigade
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The Franco-German Brigade (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a special military brigade of the Eurocorps, founded in 1989, jointly consisting of units from both the French Army and the German Army.[1]
History
The Brigade was formed in 1987 following a summit between President Mitterrand of France and Chancellor Kohl of Germany. The Brigade became operational on 2 October 1989, under the command of General Jean-Pierre Sengeisen. Currently, the FGB is stationed at Müllheim, Metz, Donaueschingen, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, Sarrebourg, and Stetten am Kalten Markt as part of the Eurocorps.[2]
In February 2009 it was announced that a German battalion of the force was to be moved to Illkirch near Strasbourg, the first time a German unit had been stationed in France since the German occupation of World War II.[3]
On 31 October 2013, France announced that in 2014 it would inactivate the 110th Infantry Regiment based in Donaueschingen and thus withdraw around 1000 men from Germany. This would leave the brigade with 4000 men, but would put an end to each country having a major presence in the other, France would be left with ~500 troops in Germany and vice versa.[4]
Since 2016, French units are part of 1st Division and German units are part of 10th Panzer Division.
Organisation
The Franco-German brigade can be described as a mechanised formation; its combat units are an armoured reconnaissance regiment, three infantry battalions, and an artillery regiment. The logistical support unit and the brigade's HQ have mixed complements drawn from both countries.[5]
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Staff, in Müllheim (D)
- Template:Flagicon 3e Régiment de Hussards (3e RH) (3rd Hussar Regiment), barracks Séré-de-Rivières in Metz (F)
- 1st Reconnaissance Company
- 2nd Reconnaissance Company
- 3rd Reconnaissance Company
- 4th Light Reconnaissance and Anti-Armour Company
- 5th Supply and Support Company
- 6th Combat Service Support Company
- Template:Flagicon 1er Régiment d'Infanterie (1er RI) - Infantry Regiment in Sarrebourg (F)
- 1st Infantry Company
- 2nd Infantry Company
- 3rd Infantry Company
- 4th Reconnaissance and Combat Support Company
- 5th Supply and Support Company
- 6th Combat Service Support Company
- Template:Flagicon Jägerbataillon 291 (291st Light Infantry Battalion), in Illkirch-Graffenstaden (F)
- 1st HQ & Supply Company
- 2nd Light Infantry Company
- 3rd Light Infantry Company
- 4th Reconnaissance Company
- Template:Flagicon Jägerbataillon 292 (292nd Light Infantry Battalion), in Donaueschingen (D)
- Template:Flagicon Artilleriebataillon 295 (295th Artillery Battalion), in Stetten am kalten Markt (D)
- Template:Flagicon Panzerpionierkompanie 550 (550th Armoured Engineer Company), in Stetten am kalten Markt (D)
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Logistic Battalion (Template:Langx Template:Langx), in Müllheim (D)
- 1st HQ & Supply Company (bi-national)
- 2nd Supply Company (bi-national)
- 3rd Maintenance Company (bi-national)
- 4th Transport Company (German)
- Combat Service Support Company (French)
- Staff Company Franco-German Brigade (bi-national)
See also
- 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment
- Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF)
- Eurocorps
- Franco-British Defence and Security Cooperation Treaty and Downing Street Declaration
- French Foreign Legion
- List of French paratrooper units
- NATO
- European army
References
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External links
- Deutsch-Französischen Brigade at Bundeswehr.de Template:In lang
- The Franco-German brigade and the pilot unit of a proposed Single Eu27pean regiment of a European Army.
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