6th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

6th Panzer Division
6. Panzer-Division — 6. PzDiv —
Unit insignia 1939
Active	October 1939 – May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	German Army
Type	Panzer
Role	Armoured warfare
Size	Division
Part of	Wehrmacht
Garrison/HQ	Wehrkreis VI: Wuppertal
Engagements	World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of Belgium Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kursk Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket Kamenets-Podolsky pocket
Commanders
Notable commanders	Erich Hoepner
Insignia
Insignia (1939)
Insignia (1941)
Insignia (Kursk)

The 6th Panzer Division (English: 6th Tank Division) was an armoured division in the German Army, the Heer, during World War II, established in October 1939.

The division, initially formed as a light brigade, participated in the invasions of Poland, Belgium, France and the Soviet Union. From 1941 to 1945 it fought on the Eastern Front, interrupted only by periods of refitting spent in France and Germany. It eventually surrendered to US forces in Czechoslovakia in May 1945 but was handed over to Soviet authorities, where the majority of its remaining men would be imprisoned in Gulag hard labour camps.