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In the modern German Bundeswehr, Fallschirmjäger continue to form the core of Special Operations. The Division has two brigade equivalents and several independent companies and battalions. All told, about 10,000 troops served in that division in 2010, most of them support or logistics personnel. The Division has the following structure:
- Special Operations Division Headquarters Company (stationed in Stadtallendorf)
- Airborne Signal Battalion (Stadtallendorf)
- Airborne Air Defence Missile Battery 100 (Seedorf[disambiguation needed])
- Long Range Reconnaissance Training Company 200 (Pfullendorf)
- Army Band 300 (Koblenz)
- Airborne Brigade 26 (Saarlouis) Headquarters Company (Saarlouis)
- Airborne Reconnaissance Company 260 (Zweibrücken)
- Airborne Engineer Company 260 (Saarlouis)
- Fallschirmjäger Battalion 261 (Lebach)
- Airborne Support Battalion 262 (Merzig)
- Fallschirmjäger Battalion 263 (Zweibrücken)
- Airborne Brigade 31 (Oldenburg) Headquarters Company (Oldenburg)
- Airborne Reconnaissance Company 310 (Seedorf)
- Airborne Engineer Company 270 (Seedorf)
- Fallschirmjäger Battalion 313 (Seedorf)
- Fallschirmjäger Battalion 373 (Seedorf)
- Airborne Support Battalion 272 (Oldenburg, Seedorf)
- Special Forces Command (KSK) (Calw)
The vast majority of division members is deployable by parachute, and all of it is at least air mobile. Almost all vehicles and heavy equipment are transportable by helicopter, including special lightly armored Wiesel fighting vehicles adopted for this purpose. In addition to the Special Operations Division, Germany is also setting up an air mobile or air assault regiment.
Aantal soldaatjes; 4.
Aantel onderdelen; 54+
