Dutch armed forces

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Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch armed forces
Nederlandse krijgsmacht
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guide
Commander in Chief : The government of the Netherlands
Defense Minister: Ank Bijleveld
Military Commander: Luitenant-admiraal Rob Bauer
Military strength
Active soldiers: 41,000 (as of 2019)
Conscription: No
Resilient population: 2,856,691, Ages 15 to 49 (2005)
Eligibility for military service: 17th
household
Military budget: 10.86 billion euros (as of 2019)
Share of gross domestic product : 1.35% (as of 2019)
history

The Dutch Armed Forces ( Dutch Nederlandse krijgsmacht ) are the armed forces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands .

organization

According to Art. 97. (1) of the Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the government has supreme command over the armed forces. The armed forces comprise in 2011 a total of 68,000 civilian and military employees ( professional soldiers and reservists ). General conscription was suspended indefinitely in 1996. The Netherlands now has a professional army . The military spending amounted to 1.3% of GDP (for comparison, Germany 1.4% United States 4.0%).

In 2011, the army employed 26,000 people. The "Koninklijke Landmacht" is closely linked to the German Bundeswehr through the 1st German-Dutch Corps . It has among other things armored personnel carriers of the type CV 90 , transport armored vehicles of the type Bushmaster and the Panzerhaubitze 2000 . The 200 GTK Boxer armored transport vehicles that have been ordered are currently in delivery, which should be completed by 2018.

The air force includes as of year 2004 11.050 people. She has, among other modern F-16 - interceptor for air defense tasks.

The Marine with the Marine Corps ( Corps Mariniers ) and the Coast Guard has with level of 2011 10,500 soldiers and employees, of which 2,830 in the Marines are busy. The Navy has seven frigates , ten minehunters , supply ships and two amphibious transport ships, as well as four submarines .

In addition, the Koninklijke Marechaussee has existed since 1998 as an independent part of the armed forces with 6,800 employees (2011), which acts as a military police for the navy, the army and the air force. In addition, she performs police and security tasks (including passport control) at national airports, is responsible for monitoring (former) border crossings and guards the royal castles and residences and the official residence of the Prime Minister.

The “Commando DienstenCentra” (CDC) as a cross-armed support service was founded in April 1996 under the name “Defensie Interservice Commando” (DICO) and has more than 5000 employees. He supports the armed forces with numerous services (e.g. catering , personnel management , transport logistics, etc.).

All branches of the armed forces, with the exception of service on submarines and in the marine infantry, are also accessible to women.

In April 2011, the Dutch government decided to undertake a comprehensive reorganization and staff reduction for the armed forces due to a lack of financial resources. The number of employees is to be effectively reduced by 10,000 people. In addition to the complete abandonment of the Leopard 2 -Kampfpanzer and the Eurocopter Cougar -Transporthubschrauber should include the F-16 - multi-role combat aircraft in four seasons combined and reduced from 87 to 58 machines. In the long term, only three air mobiles in the 11 Luchtmobiele Brigade and four mechanized infantry battalions of the Army (Koninklijke Landmacht) - see Dutch Army  - and two units of marine infantry (Corps Mariniers) were to be available as combat troops .

In January 2014, 100 main battle tanks were sold to Finland. In 2016, a company comprising 16 Leopard battle tanks was integrated into the German tank battalion 414. This is subordinate to the " 43 Gemechaniseerde Brigade ".

Armed forces

The Dutch armed forces are divided into four branches , each of which bears the adjective "Koninklijke" ("royal"):

tasks

Dutch soldiers building a Bailey bridge over the Oude IJssel , Ulft

Tasks are the defense of the Dutch national territory and that of the allies within the framework of NATO , international missions within the framework of the United Nations and the support of civil agencies in law enforcement, disaster relief and humanitarian aid at home and abroad.

literature

  • JW Honey: Defense Policy in the North Atlantic Alliance. The Case of the Netherlands. Westport, Connecticut / London 1993.
  • C. Meyer: Adaptation and Continuity. The foreign and security policy of the Netherlands from 1989 to 1998. Münster 2007, pp. 65–74.

See also

Web links

Commons : Dutch Armed Forces  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands 2002. ( PDF ) In: Art. 97. Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations Department Constitutional Affairs and Legislation, p. 23 , accessed on July 8, 2009 .
  2. ↑ a b c "Defense Expenditure of NATO Countries (2012-2019)", Press Release Communique PR / CP (2019) 069, NATO Public Diplomacy Division, June 29, 2019 (PDF, 128kB)
  3. ↑ “Financial and Economic Data Relating to NATO Defense”, Press Release Communique PR / CP (2012) 047, NATO Public Diplomacy Division, April 12, 2012 (PDF, 99kB)
  4. ^ First BOXER vehicle for the Army of the Netherlands. In: artec-boxer.com: News. August 2013, accessed March 5, 2014 .
  5. ^ "The latest plans for the Dutch neighbors", (German summary), letter from the Defense Minister to Parliament of April 8, 2011 (PDF, 48 kB)
  6. ↑ Finland in 200 million-euro used tank deal with the Netherlands. In: Yle.fi. January 16, 2014, accessed January 20, 2014 .