Belgian army

Land Component composante terre / Land Component country component
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Country	Belgium
Armed forces	Belgian armed forces
Type	Armed forces ( army )
Strength	12,500

Belgian drill team

The Belgian Army represents the army component of the Belgian armed forces .

organization

Structure of the Belgian Army as of 2019

To make the deployment options more flexible, the army formations are divided into the three operational areas of combat, combat support and operational support groups:

The command land components (COMOPSLAND) are subordinate (as of 2019) to a motorized brigade, a regiment of special forces and other support troops :

• Motorized brigade
  • Headquarters company
  • 5 infantry battalions
  • 1 artillery battalion
  • 1 ISTAR battalion
  • 2 engineer battalions
  • 2 telecommunication groups
  • 2 logistics battalions
  • 2 military training areas

• Special forces regiment
  • Headquarters company
  • 1 airborne battalion (formerly 3rd / Para-Commando-Brigade )
  • 1 command battalion
  • 1 group of special forces
  • 1 telecommunications group
  • Schools for airborne and commandos

• 1 military police group
• 1 ordnance disposal group
• 1 Movement Control Group
• 1 InfoOps group ( PSYOPS , CIMIC )
• 2 telecommunication groups
• 1 logistics battalion
• 2 military training areas

equipment

Several Mowag piranhas on the national day

Belgian Pandur during Exercise Trident Juncture 2015

The Belgian army has u. a. over:

• 242 Mowag Piranha IIIC 8 × 8
• 54 Pandur as a transport and command vehicle
• 6 Pandur as ambulance vehicles
• 220 Dingo 2 (option for additional 132 vehicles)
• 440 Iveco LMV (including armor kits for 120 vehicles / option for a further 400 vehicles / replacement for the VW Iltis )
• MILAN - anti-tank missiles
• Mistral - anti-aircraft missiles .

The Belgian army no longer has any battle tanks . The last shot from a Leopard 1 main battle tank was fired on September 10, 2014 by Major General Hubert de Vos at the Bergen-Hohne military training area.

Web links

Commons : Belgian Army  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Country information from the Austrian Ministry of Defense