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The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps (Dutch: Korps Mariniers) is the elite naval infantry corps of the Royal Netherlands Navy, [1] one of the four Armed Forces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [2] The marines trace their origins to the establishment of the Regiment de Marine on 10 December 1665, [ 1 ] [ 3 ] by the then grand pensionary of the ...
To be replaced by new 120 mm mortars with loitering munitions from 2026 onwards for the Royal Dutch Marines. [30] Hirtenberger Austria: Mortar: 81 mm Unknown quantity for the marines [30] [31] [32] 126 in total for the Marine Cops and the Army. [33] Successor of the L16A2. Hirtenberger M6 C-640 Mk.1 Austria: Infantry mortar: 60 mm
The Mariniersbrigade (English: Marine Brigade) was a marine unit set up by the Dutch government-in-exile during World War II, which existed between 1943 and 1949.It was formed as part of the Dutch contribution to the Allied war effort against Japan and more particularly for the liberation of the Dutch East Indies.
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NATO code OF(D) Student officer OR-5 OR-4 OR-3 OR-1 5th year 4th year 3rd year 2nd year 1st year Royal Netherlands Army Vaandrig/Kornet: Sergeant / Wachtmeester: Korporaal der 1e klasse
M-Squadron, formerly the Unit Interventie Mariniers (Marine Intervention Unit, UIM), and before that known as the Bijzondere Bijstandseenheid (Special Support Unit, BBE), [2] is an elite Dutch special forces unit which is tasked with conducting domestic counter-terrorist operations.
Marine Specialised Technology Ltd. – RHIBC 01 – RHIBC 19. 2014 [22] 8 tonnes Used by: [23] [24] [25] 8 used on Holland class; 6 used by the Marine Corps (maritime counter-terrorism) 5 used by MARSOF; To be replaced by the FFI. [25] FRISC class – Raiding craft (fast raiding interception and special forces craft) Based on MST 1000 Enforcer ...
The history of the Netherlands Marine Corps on Marinekazerne Suffisant began in 1929 after Venezuelan Rafael Simón Urbina together with a group of followers tried to take over Fort Amsterdam on Curaçao. The Netherlands sent the Marine Corps to provide external security for the Dutch ABC islands. Another reason was to provide resistance ...