| 21st Panzer Brigade "Lipperland" | |||||
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| Panzerbrigade 21 "Lipperland" | |||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Panzerbrigade_21_(Bundeswehr).svg) Formation sign for Panzerbrigade 21 | |||||
| Active | 15 August 1957–present | ||||
| Country |  Germany | ||||
| Allegiance | Bundeswehr | ||||
| Branch | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Bundeswehr_Logo_Heer_with_lettering.svg){kind=logo} German Army | ||||
| Type | Reaction brigade[1] | ||||
| Size | ca. 4,200 men[2][3] | ||||
| Part of | &sq=&lang=&file=File:1._Panzerdivision_(Bundeswehr).svg){kind=small} 1st Panzer Division | ||||
| Headquarters | GFM Rommel Barracks, Augustdorf | ||||
| Motto(s) | Für den Kampf bereit, um Frieden zu schaffen[4] | ||||
| March | Des Großen Kurfürsten Reitermarsch | ||||
| Commanders | |||||
| Current commander | Oberst Marco Eggert | ||||
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The 21st Panzer Brigade "Lipperland" (German: Panzerbrigade 21 "Lipperland", abbreviated to: PzBrig 21) is a brigade in the German Army and part of the Bundeswehr. The brigade staff and most of its units are based at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia. Several companies are based in Glückauf Barracks in Unna-Königsborn.
The roughly 4,200[2][3] strong brigade is one of the Army's reaction forces and, like the Panzerlehrbrigade 9 and Panzergrenadierbrigade 41, is subordinate to the 1st Panzer Division headquartered in Hanover.
21st Panzer Brigade was formed in 1957 as Combat Group (Panzerkampfgruppe) C3 in the 3rd Panzer Division and, from 1959 to 2006, was assigned to the 7th Panzer Division. The Brigade carries the honorific title "Lipperland" as it is stationed in the Lippe area.
- ^ Redaktion Heer (2010-12-16). "Auftrag". Bundesministerium der Verteidigung, der Leiter des Presse- und Informationsstabs. Archived from the original on May 11, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
- ^ a b Redaktion Heer (2010-12-16). "Geschichte". Bundesministerium der Verteidigung, der Leiter des Presse- und Informationsstabs. Archived from the original on May 11, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-02. – siehe Zeile „2007“: „ Ein [...] Großverband mit ca. 4100 Soldatinnen und Soldaten ...“
- ^ a b "Trauerfeier für getöteten Soldaten in Detmold". Lippische Landes-Zeitung. 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2015-03-09. – „ Derzeit sind rund 1.100 der 4.200 Soldaten der Panzerbrigade 21 in Afghanistan im Einsatz“
- ^ Lippische Landes-Zeitung (ed.), Ein Kommandeur spricht Klartext. Neujahrsempfang: Panzerbrigade 21 ändert ihren Leitspruch (Digitalisat bei Kulturinitiative Detmold/ www.hiergeblieben.de) (in German), retrieved 2011-06-02