Paratrooper Battalion 261 (Bundeswehr)

Paratrooper Battalion 261
Insignia of the Paratrooper Battalion 261
Active	September 1956 – 31 March 2015
Country	Germany
Branch	German Army
Type	Airborne infantry
Size	About 1,000 troops
Part of	Airborne Brigade 26, Special Operations Division
Garrison/HQ	Lebach, Germany
Motto(s)	Wie Pech und Schwefel (lit. Like Pitch and Sulfur, German idiom with a similar meaning as "thick as thieves")
Anniversaries	September 3
Engagements	Somalian Civil War Bosnian Civil War Kosovo War Afghanistan War Operation Harekate Yolo I Operation Oqab
Commanders
Current commander	Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Blank

The Paratrooper Battalion 261 (Fallschirmjägerbataillon 261) was one of the three combat battalions of the German Army's Airborne Brigade 26, which was a part of the Special Operations Division. Paratrooper^[1] Battalion 261 was fully airmobile and could act both as air assault infantry or be dropped by parachute into the area of operations.