Was sich durch die "Zeitenwende" für die Panzerbrigade 12 und die Oberpfalz ändert

Knapp 5000 Männer und Frauen hören auf seinen Befehl: Oberst Axel Hardt ist seit Februar Kommandeur der Panzerbrigade 12 "Oberpfalz". Wie er einen der stärksten Kampfverbände Deutschlands kriegstüchtig machen und Russland abschrecken will.

von Tobias Gräf

Geboren in Speyer, nun in einer wichtigen militärischen Führungsposition im Bayerischen Wald: Oberst Axel Hardt, Kommandeur der Panzerbrigade 12 und damit der einzigen schweren Brigade Süddeutschlands, spricht im Mai mit seinen Soldaten bei der Übung "Quadriga 2024" am Truppenübungsplatz Pabrade in Litauen an der Nato-Ostflanke.

Bild: Bundeswehr/Marco Dorow

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