13th Panzergrenadier Division (Bundeswehr)

13th Panzergrenadier Division
13th Panzergrenadier Division
13. Panzergrenadierdivision
	13th Panzergrenadier Division insignia
Active	September 26, 1990 – June 28, 2013
Country	Germany
Branch	German Army
Type	Panzergrenadier
Role	Conventional warfare, homeland defense
Size	About 12,500 soldiers
Part of	German Army
Garrison/HQ	Leipzig
Nickname(s)	The thirteenth ; Die Dreizehnte
Engagements	Kosovo War; Macedonian Civil War; Afghanistan War Kunduz Province Campaign;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Major General Achim Lidsba; Lieutenant General Roland Kather, former Allied Land Component Commander; Lieutenant General Bruno Kasdorf, serving twice as ISAF Chief of Staff;

The 13th Panzergrenadier Division (13. Panzergrenadierdivision) was a mechanized division of the German Army. Its staff was based at Leipzig. The division was a unit of the German Army's stabilization forces and specialized on conflicts of low intensity and homeland defense. The division was Germany's permanent contribution to Multinational Corps North East.