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Tank-Masters.de supported the new Special Issue I/2023 covering the U.S. Army Rangers published by Kommando – International Special Operations Magazine (K-ISOM) with various high-quality photos of this legendary Special Operations Force

On 30 March 2023, Tank-Masters.de had the great opportunity to attend the parade on the occasion of the subordination of the 13th Dutch Light Brigade under the German 10th Armored Division in Veitshöchheim.

During a ceremonial roll call, the Dutch 13th Light Brigade was integrated into the German 10th Armored Division – a major step that moves the two land forces forward together.

Before the change of subordination with about 300 soldiers in the rococo garden of the Veitshöchheim Residence Palace, the Dutch Secretary of Defense Kasja Ollongren and the German Secretary of Defense Boris Pistorius signed a cooperation agreement in the presence of the Commander of the German Army, Lieutenant General Alfons Mais, and the Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army, Lieutenant General Martin Wijnen. This document is the official basis for the integration of the Dutch brigade into the German division. It regulates the competencies and responsibilities at various levels within the 10th Armored Division.

The 13th Light Brigade from Oirschot in the Netherlands is one of a total of three combat brigades of the Royal Netherlands Army. It includes the armored infantry battalions „Fusiliers Princss Irene“ and „Limburgse Jagers“ as well as an armored engineer battalion. The brigade is equipped with Bushmaster and Boxer wheeled armored vehicles and Fennek reconnaissance vehicles, the latter two of which are also used by the Bundeswehr.

On 23 March 2023, Tank-Masters.de had the great opportunity to attend the Change of Command Ceremony of our friend Lieutenant General Johann Langenegger to his successor Major General Harald Gante at Schloss Nymphenburg in Munich.

We wish our friend Lieutenant General Johann Langenegger all the best for his upcoming retirement and Major General Harald Gante godspeed for his new position.

(c) Bundeswehr/Marco Dorow

(c) Bundeswehr/Marco Dorow

(c) Bundeswehr/Marco Dorow

Tank-Masters.de supported this new WalkAround Series Nr. 003 published by Dio-Factory with various high-quality photos

On 3rd February 2023, Tank-Masters.de was invited by Panzerbataillon 104 in Pfreimd to the vehicle handover ceremony of their first Leopard 2A7V Main Battle Tank.

Panzerbataillon 104 belonging to Panzerbrigade 12 „Oberpfalz“ will be part of Division 25 which will be formed by 10. Panzerdivision.

Tankograd Publishing just released this book about the German Armour Corps Vehicles – Today written by Tank-Masters.de

Tank-Masters.de supported this issue of Clausewitz with high quality photos of the Pionierpanzer 2A1 NVK Dachs

An dieser Stelle möchten wir uns nochmals sehr herzlich bei allen beiliegten Dienststellen und Freunden im In- und Ausland für die hervorragende Unterstützung und das uns entgegengebrachte Vertrauen im vergangenen Jahr bedanken.

Wir wünschen allen Soldatinnen und Soldaten ein frohes und gesegnetes Weihnachtsfest.

We would like to take this opportunity to once again express our sincere thanks to all the involived units and friends at home and abroad for their outstanding support and the trust they have placed in us over the past year.

We wish all soldiers a merry and blessed Christmas.

Recently Tank-Masters.de visited the exercise Urban Strike taking place in the urban metropolitan training area Schnöggersburg which is located within the German Army Combat Training Center in Letzlingen.

During the very challenging and intense exercise, the mechanized infantry company of Jägerbataillon 1 from Schwarzenborn with their GTK Boxer Armored Personnel Carriers trained to break into and attack an area of Schnöggersburg

Besides others, they were supported by an armored infantry platoon of 2nd Company, Panzergrenadierbataillon 212 from Augustdorf with Puma Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicles, armored engineers of Panzerpionierbataillon 1 from Holzminden, an armored infantry platoon of the 2nd Company of the training unit of the German Army Combat Training Center with Marder 1A3 Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicles, a tank platoon of the 3rd Company of training unit of the German Army Combat Training Center with Leopard 2A5 Main Battle Tanks as well as a Kaderpräsenzkompanie of the Austrian Jägerbataillon 19 from Güssing with Pandur Armored Personnel Carriers. The Kaderpränzkompanie is part of Austria’s units earmarked for international deployments.

On 21 and 22 November 2022 Tank-Masters.de visited the multinational exercise Celtic Thunder of the Multinational Artillery Battalion of the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (Land) 2023 in the maneuver rights area between Kusel and Landstuhl.

The Celtic Thunder exercise was based on a very sophisticated training schedule. For three days, almost around the clock, the self-propelled howitzers and multiple launch rocket systems processed the required fire commands. In addition, soldiers from Jägerbatallion 291 regularly disrupted the artillerymen’s staging areas with enemy insertions. Furthermore, soldiers from the Idar-Oberstein Medical Deployment Company repeatedly placed wounded comrades or casualties that needed to be rescued, and German Luftwaffe Tornados flew enemy reconnaissance flights to increase the pressure of the exercise. By the end of Celtic Thunder, however, all self-propelled howitzers and multiple launch rocket systems had worked through their fire commands and laid down their fire along the coordinated fire line. The fire along this CFL was the basis for the counterattack planned in the scenario.