Editor's Foreword

MOR 43: 81mm 27 L16/M1
TOWED 120mm 16 Brandt
AT
ATGW 168
SP 96 Fennek MRAT
MANPATS 906+: 72 MR Spike (Gill)
RL 834 Pzf
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 6: 3 PBR; 3
PCC
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT 1 tpt (tk)
UAV 43: 30 Sperwer; 5 Aladin; 8 MALE
AD
SAM
SP 18 Fennek with FIM-92A Stinger 18 MB with FIM-
92A Stinger
MANPAD 18 FIM-92A Stinger
GUNS• SP35mm 60 Gepard (in store for sale)
RADAR • LAND 6 AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder (arty, mor);
WALS; SQUIRE
reserves 2,778 reservists
national command
Cadre bde and corps tps completed by call-up of
reservists (incl Territorial Comd)
Inf 5 bn (Could be mob for territorial defence).
Navy 9,420 (incl 2,654 Marines)
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
SUBMARINES • TACTICAL • SSK 4:
4 Walrus each with 4 single 533mm TT with Mk48 Sea
Arrow HWT/UGM-84C Harpoon tactical USGW (equipped
for Harpoon but not embarked)
PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS 6
DESTROYERS • DDG 4:
4 Zeven Provinciën each with 2 Mk 141 Harpoon quad (8
eff.) with RGM-84F Harpoon tactical SSM, 1 40 cell Mk
41 VLS (40 eff.) with 32 SM-2 MR SAM, 32 enhanced
Sea Sparrow SAM (quad pack), 2 twin ASTT (4 eff.) each
with Mk 46 LWT, 1 Otobreda 127mm gun, (capacity 1
Lynx MK86 ASW hel)
FRIGATES • FFG 2:
2 Karel Doorman each with 2 Mk 141 Harpoon quad
(8 eff.) with RGM-84A Harpoon/RGM-84C Harpoon, 1
Mk 48 VLS with 16 RIM-7P Sea Sparrow SAM, 2 twin
324mm ASTT (4 eff.) with Mk 46 LWT 1 76mm gun,
(capacity 1 Lynx ASW hel)
MINE WARFARE • MINE COUNTERMEASURES •
MHC 10 Alkmaar (tripartite)
AMPHIBIOUS
PRINCIPAL AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS • LPD 2:
1 Rotterdam (capacity either 6 Lynx utl hel or 4 NH-90
utl hel; either 6 LCVP or 4 LCU or 4 LCM; either 170
APC (T) or 33 MBT; 600 troops)
1 Johan de Witt (capacity 6 NH-90 utl hel or 4 EH101
Merlin; either 4 LCVP or 2 LCU or 2 LCM; either 170
APC (T) or 33 MBT; 610 troops)
CRAFT 17: 5 LCU; 12 LCVP
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT 15
AORH 1 Amsterdam with capacity for 4 Lynx or 2 NH-90
AOL 1 Zuiderkruis with capacity for 2 Lynx or NH-90
AORL 1 Patria
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TRG 2
SPT 1 Pelikaan
TRV 1 Mercuur
YDT 4
YFS 4
fACILITIEs
Bases Located at Den Helder, Willemstad (Dutch
Antilles)
Naval airbase Located at De Kooy (hel)
naval aviation (part of nlD air Force
Defence helicopter command)
HELICOPTERS 21: 14 ac in use; 7 (extended maintenance)
ASW/SAR 14 SH-14D Lynx* (ASW/SAR); SH-14D Lynx*
to be replaced by 12 NH-90 NFH and 8 NH-90 TNFH
first hel expected 2009)
Marines 3,100
fORCEs By ROLE
Marine 2 infantry bn (1 cadre); 1 bn (integrated with
UK 3 Cdo Bde to form UK/NLD Amphibious
Landing Force)
CS 1 amphibious support bn (1 recce coy, 2 mor
coy, 1 AD plt, SF, 2 amphibious beach units, 1
Maritime Joint Effect Battery, 1 AD plt)
CSS 1 bn (2 CSS units, 1 Sea Based Support Group, 2
medical facility)
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
ATV 74 BVS-10 Viking
ATV/S 153 BV-206D
APC (W) 20 XA-188 Sisu (Patria)
ARTY • MOR 32: 81mm 18; 120mm 14 Brandt
AT • MSL • MANPATS • MRAT Gill
RL 84mm SRAT Pantserfaust III Dynarange 2000
AD • SAM • MANPAD FIM-92A Stinger
Air force 9,559
Flying hours 180 hrs/year
fORCEs By ROLE
Comd 1 logistics HQ; 1 Tac Air HQ; 1 Education HQ
Ftr/FGA/
Recce
5 (multi role) sqn with F-16 MLU AM/15
F-16 MLU BM Fighting Falcon
SAR 1 sqn with AB-412SP Griffin; 3 SH-14D Lynx
at readiness for SAR
Tpt 1 sqn with KDC-10/ DC-10; C-130H/C-
130H-30 Hercules; Fokker 50; Gulfstream IV
Trg 1 sqn with PC-7 Turbo Trainer
Hel 1 sqn with CH-47D Chinook; 1 sqn with AS-
532U2 Cougar II; SA-316 Alouette III; 1 sqn
with AH-64D Apache;
AD 4 sqn (total: 7 AD Team. 4 AD bty with MIM-
104 Patriot (TMD capable))
Multinational
Strat Airlift
NLD participation in Euro Air Tpt Coord
centre in Eindhoven, NLD. Participation in
Strategic Airlift Interim Solution (SALIS)
with An-124 hy flt transport in fulltime
lease, based in Leipzig, Germany.
Participation in Heavy Airlift Wg (HAW)
with 3 C-17 ac based Papa, Hungary
Europe (naTO)