3rd Panzer Brigade (Bundeswehr)

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3rd (Weser-Leine) Armoured Brigade
(Panzerbrigade 3 "Weser-Leine")
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Formation sign
Active10 July 1957 (10 July 1957)–31 December 1993 (31 December 1993)
CountryFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Allegiance Bundeswehr
Branch Bundeswehr Logo Heer with lettering.svg German Army
Last headquarters Nienburg
Commanders
Last commander BrigGen Hans Hübner

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
14Oberst Friedrich-Johann von Krusenstiern (Brigadeführer)1 January 1993disbandment
13Oberst Hans Hübner 1 October 199031 December 1992
12Oberst Wilfried-Otto Scheffer 1 October 198730 September 1990
11BrigGen Anton Steer 1 April 198330 September 1987
10Oberst Baron Adalbert von der Recke 1. April 198031 March 1983
9BrigGen Klaus Nennecke 1 April 197331 March 1980
8Oberst Erwin Hentschel 1 January 197331 March 1973
7Oberst Helmut Fischer 1 April 197231 December 1972
6Oberst Kurt Heiligenstadt 1 October 196831 March 1972
5BrigGen Hans-Jürg von Kalckreuth 1 April 196730 September 1968
4BrigGen Hans-Joachim von Hopffgarten 1 October 196431 March 1967
3Oberst Karl-Reinhard von Schultzendorff 1 October 196230 September 1964
2Oberst Ernst Philipp 5 November 195930 September 1962
1Oberst Paul Scheerle 10 July 19574 November 1959

52°36′58″N9°15′14″E / 52.616065°N 9.253922°E / 52.616065; 9.253922


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