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Eurocorps

Eurocorps consists of over 60,000 soldiers from France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and Spain.

It uses the British XXI (21st) Corps Headquarters, it is based in Strasbourg near the French-German border and contains following units:

  • The Franco-German Brigade,
  • 3rd French Armored Division,
  • the 10th German Armored Division,
  • the Land Operation Command (a division equivelant),
  • a Spanish 1st Mechanized Division,
  • a Luxumburg Recon Company,
  • a Multi-national Support Brigade.

English is the command language and all personnel assigned to Eurocorps headquarters must be able to use it.

It participated in peacekeeping missions in Bosnia and Kosovo.

External link

  • Official Eurocorps website http://www.eurocorps.org/