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43 Mechanised Brigade (Dutch: 43 Gemechaniseerde Brigade) is one of the three combat brigades of the Royal Netherlands Army, the others being the 13th Light Brigade and 11th Airmobile Brigade. The brigade has armored and non-armored vehicles at its disposal, and is tasked with conducting combat operations, peacekeeping and various ceremonial ...
The 43 Mechanised Brigade (Dutch: 43 Gemechaniseerde Brigade) is a mechanised brigade integrated into the 1st Panzer Division of the German Army. Armoured vehicles, such as the CV90 infantry fighting vehicle and the Leopard 2 main battle tank, are at the core of the brigade. The brigade is based, with the exception of the 414 Panzer Battalion ...
43rd Mechanized Brigade (43 Gemechaniseerde Brigade), in Havelte 1st Operations Support Battalion (Unterstützungsbataillon Einsatz 1), in Oldenburg (Reserve unit) 325th Artillery Demonstration Battalion (Artillerielehrbataillon 325), in Munster
For example, the planned non-active 414 Tank Battalion was transformed into a German-Dutch active tank battalion and subordinated to the Dutch 43 Mechanised Brigade. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine from February 2022, NATO began expanding its forces in the three Baltic states of Estonia , Latvia , and Lithuania .
Ton van Loon (born October 10, 1956, in Weert) is a commander from the Netherlands. He is a lieutenant general employed by NATO who took control of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Regional Command South (RC-S) on November 1, 2006, until May 1, 2007.
Tiendaagse Veldtocht 1831; Citadel van Antwerpen 1832; Java en Sumatra 1946-1949; Noord-Kandahar en Uruzgan 2006; Each member of the 44th armoured infantry battalion (which is part of the regiment) carries a blue lanyard on their uniform in commemoration of their involvement in the UNIFIL peacekeeping operation in Lebanon from 1979 to 1985.
General Hans van der Louw is a two-star general in the Royal Netherlands Army and the former commander of 43 Gemechaniseerde (Mechanized) Brigade. since 1 January 2014 he's the Chief of the Military House of the King. As chief of the Military House of der Louw is also the adjutant-general of the King.
He held several positions within the Netherlands Army before he became commander of the 43 Gemechaniseerde Brigade in Havelte in 2007. On 1 November 2008 he was promoted to Major General . On the same day he took over the Regional Command South (RC-S) of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan from Canadian Major ...