Linking Stroepen Regiment

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The beret emblem of theverbindingstroepen regiment shows an antique helmet with telecommunication lightning bolts emerging from it .
Historical military telephone exchange , which shows the origin of the Dutch term connecting stepen .
Such a (numbered) medal is awarded by the regiment commander to persons serving in the regiment connectingstroepen .

The regiment Verbindingstroepen ( German  literally means " regiment connection troops" ), the Signal Corps of Koninklijke land power is, therefore, of the Army of the Royal Netherlands Armed Forces .

assignment

In addition to the classic tasks of a telecommunications force, such as establishing and maintaining the communications links required by the military , a special task of the Dutch telecommunications regiment is electronic warfare . This includes military measures that passively try to detect and interpret enemy electromagnetic emissions , as well as actively deceive or disrupt the enemy’s electromagnetic activities, such as radio traffic or radar exploration .

history

Historically, who Verbindingstroepen from the corps of engineers developed, so the branch of service , which was intended to carry out all technical work occurring in the field and fortress war; today this is mostly done by engineer troops. The first field telegraphy department was founded in the Dutch army on February 18, 1874 . After the Second World War , on May 1, 1949, it became an independent regiment that still exists today.

The motto of the connecting step is in Latin Nuncio Transmittendus ( German  meaning "The message must come through" ).

Historical collection

As a successor to the original Museum Connection Service , the Connection Stroepen Regiment has been maintaining an exhibition of telecommunications exhibits since February 18, 2015 in the Bernhard barracks (named after Prince Bernhard ) in Amersfoort , known as the Historische Collectieverbindingsdienst ( German: "Historische Fernmeldesammlung" ).  

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Geschiedenis van het Regiment Verbindingstroepen "History of the Regiment" (Dutch), accessed on February 20 2018th
  2. ^ History of the Royal Netherlands Telecommunications Corps , accessed February 20, 2018.