Editor's Foreword

148 ThE MiliTary BalancE 2010
capabilities
ACTIVE 900 (army 900) Paramilitary 612
ORgANIsATIONs By sERVICE
Army 900
fORCEs By ROLE
Recce 2 coy (1 to Eurocorps/BEL div, 1 to NATO pool of
deployable forces)
Lt inf 1 bn
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
ARTY • MOR 81mm 6
AT • MSL• MANPATS 6 TOW
RL 66mm M-72 LAW
Air force
fORCEs By ROLE
None, but for legal purposes NATO’s E-3A AEW ac have
LUX registration
Air 1 sqn with 17 E-3A Sentry (NATO standard);
3 B-707 (trg)
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT
AEW 17 E-3A Sentry (NATO standard)
TPT 3 B-707 (trg)
Paramilitary 612
Gendarmerie 612
DEPLOyMENT
Legal provisions for foreign deployment:
Constitution: Codified constitution (1868)
Specific legislation: ‘Loi du 27 juillet 1992 relatif à la
participation du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg à des
opérations pour le maintien de la paix (OMP) dans le cadre
d’organisations internationales’
Decision on deployment of troops abroad: By government
after formal consultation of relevant parliamentary
committees and the Council of State (Art. 1–2 of the 1992
law)
AfgHANIsTAN
NATO • ISAF 8
BOsNIA-HERzEgOVINA
EU • EUFOR • Operation Althea 1
LEBANON
UN • UNIFIL 3
sERBIA
NATO • KFOR • Joint Enterprise 23
Netherlands NLD
Euro € 2008 2009 2010
GDP € 594bn 576bn
US$ 874bn 860bn
per capita US$ 52,479 51,430
Growth % 2.0 -4.2
inflation % 2.2 1.4
Def exp € 8.34bn
US$ 12.2bn
Def bdgt € 8.09bn 8.73bn 8.55bn
US$ 11.9bn 13.0bn
US$1=€ 0.68 0.67
Population 16,715,999
age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 9% 3% 3% 3% 25% 6%
Female 9% 3% 3% 3% 25% 7%
capabilities
ACTIVE 46,882 (army 21,825; navy 9,420; air
9,559; Military constabulary 6,078 )
REsERVE 3,339 (army 2,778 air 397, Military
constabulary 63)
Soldiers/sailors to age 35, NCOs to 40, officers to 45
ORgANIsATIONs By sERVICE
Army 21,825
fORCEs By ROLE
1 (GER/NLD) Corps HQ; 1 Land Operations Support
Command (LOSC), (EOD, Engr, CS and Logistic Sp
elements)
Mech 2 bde (13, 43) (each: 2 armd inf bn, 1 tk bn, 1
armd recce sqn, 1 SP arty bn (2 bty), 1 engr
bn, 1 maint coy, 1 medical coy)
Air Asslt 1 bde (11) (3 air asst inf bn, 1 mor, 1 AD , 1
engr, 1 med, 1 supply, 1 maint coy)
SF 5 coy (1 counter-terrorist, 1 mtn , 1 amph, 1
para unit)
EOD 46 EOD teams
Engr 1 gp (3 engr bn) (2 in mech bde above 1 in spt
comd )
CS 1 Bde (101) with (1 AD comd (3 bty); 1 ISTAR
bn (2 armd recce sqn, 1 EW coy, 1 UAV bty, 1
arty bty); 1 CIS bn; 1 engr bn
Logistic Sp 1 bde (3 maint coy, 2 tpt / supply bn, 1 med bn)
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
MBT60: 44 Leopard 2A6 (16 in store)
RECCE (W) 148 Fennek
AIFV 224 YPR-765; CV9035 (deliveries (184) from 2009)
APC • APC (W) 70: 70 XA-188 Sisu
LFV 67 Bushmaster IMV
ARTY 357:
SP 155mm 169: 43 PzH 2000; 126 M109A2/90 in store