page_title: Franco-German Brigade
section_title: Organisation
hierarchical_section_title: Franco-German Brigade / Organisation
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: La brigade franco-allemande en parade à Reims pour les 50 ans de l'amitiée franco allemande.
context_page_description: The Franco-German Brigade is a special military brigade of the Eurocorps, founded in 1989, jointly consisting of units from both the French Army and the German Army.
context_section_description: The Franco-German brigade can be described as a mechanised formation; its combat units are an armoured reconnaissance regiment, three infantry battalions, and an artillery regiment. The logistical support unit and the brigade's HQ have mixed complements drawn from both countries.
   Staff, in Müllheim (D)
   3ᵉ Régiment de Hussards (3e RH) (3rd Hussar Regiment), barracks Séré-de-Rivières in Metz (F)
  1st Reconnaissance Company
  2nd Reconnaissance Company
  3rd Reconnaissance Company
  4th Light Reconnaissance and Anti-Armour Company
  5th Supply and Support Company
  6th Combat Service Support Company
   1ᵉʳ Régiment d'Infanterie (1ᵉʳ RI) - Infantry Regiment in Sarrebourg (F)
  1st Infantry Company
  2nd Infantry Company
  3rd Infantry Company
  4th Reconnaissance and Combat Support Company
  5th Supply and Support Company
  6th Combat Service Support Company
   Jägerbataillon 291 (291st Light Infantry Battalion), in Illkirch-Graffenstaden (F)
  1st HQ & Supply Company
  2nd Light Infantry Company
  3rd Light Infantry Company
  4th Reconnaissance Company
   Jägerbataillon 292 (292nd Light Infantry Battalion), in Donaueschingen (D)
  1st HQ & Supply Company
  2nd Light Infantry Company
  3rd Light Infantry Company
  4th Light Infantry Company
  5th Heavy Infantry Company (8x 120mm Mortars, and 8x TOW Anti-Tank, 8x MK20 Fire Support and 6x Reconnaissance Wiesel Armoured Weapons Carriers)
  6th Combat Service Support Company
   Artilleriebataillon 295 (295th Artillery Battalion), in Stetten am kalten Markt (D)
  1st HQ & Supply Battery
  2nd Self-Propelled Howitzer Artillery Battery with PzH 2000
  3rd Self-Propelled Howitzer Artillery Battery with PzH 2000
  4th Rocket Artillery Battery with MLRS
  5th Target Acquisition Battery with radars (COBRA), UAV (KZO) and weather platoon.
  6th basic training company
   Panzerpionierkompanie 550 (550th Armoured Engineer Company), in Immendingen (D)
    Logistic Battalion (French: Bataillon de Commandement et de Soutien German: Deutsch-Französisches Versorgungsbataillon), in Müllheim (D)
  1st HQ & Supply Company (bi-national)
  2nd Supply Company (bi-national)
  3rd Maintenance Company (bi-national)
  4th Transport Company (German)
  Combat Service Support Company (French)
  Staff Company Franco-German Brigade (bi-national)
caption: The Franco-German Brigade parade in Reims in honor of the 50th anniversary of Franco-German friendship.
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