The 3rd (Weser-Leine) Armoured Brigade () was a brigade in the German Army that was disbanded in 1994. It was headquartered in Nienburg in north Germany. The Brigade's centre of gravity was in eastern Lower Saxony. Its last brigade commander was Colonel Friedrich-Johann von Krusenstiern.
Commanders Brigade commanders with rank on taking over:
No. Name Takeover date Handover date14Oberst Friedrich-Johann von Krusenstiern 1 January 1993disbandment13Oberst Hans Hübner1 October 199031 December 199212Oberst Wilfried-Otto Scheffer 1 October 198730 September 199011BrigGen Anton Steer1 April 198330 September 198710Oberst Baron Adalbert von der Recke1. April 198031 March 19839BrigGen Klaus Nennecke1 April 197331 March 19808Oberst Erwin Hentschel1 January 197331 March 19737Oberst Helmut Fischer1 April 197231 December 19726Oberst Kurt Heiligenstadt1 October 1968 31 March 19725BrigGen Hans-Jürg von Kalckreuth 1 April 196730 September 19684BrigGen Hans-Joachim von Hopffgarten1 October 196431 March 19673Oberst Karl-Reinhard von Schultzendorff1 October 1962 30 September 19642Oberst Ernst Philipp5 November 195930 September 19621Oberst Paul Scheerle10 July 19574 November 1959
External links Federal archive on the Brigade