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Belgium: Light machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO: The Belgian government signed a 2 million euro contract to replace all man portable MAG's with 242 Minimi's chambered in 7.62×51mm. FN MAG Belgium: General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO: Standard general-purpose machine gun. To be replaced with 242 7.62×51mm chambered Minimi's.
1930 in the Belgian Congo (1 P) / 1930 establishments in Belgium (1 C, 16 P) D. 1930 disasters in Belgium (1 P) S. 1930 in Belgian sport (4 C, 6 P)
In the First World War the Belgian Army held up the Germans for a week at Liège, delaying the German invasion of France, caused Belgium to consider a similar defensive strategy. Belgium rebuilt the Liège fortifications and extended them onto the Pays de Herve (Herve plateau) closer to Germany, using the most advanced fortification technology ...
The 1930 Meuse Valley fog between 1 December and 5 December, killed 63 people in Belgium owing to a combination of industrial air pollution and a localized weather inversion. The River Meuse flows from France through Belgium and the Netherlands before entering the North Sea .
AE Goodwin, Granville; Avteq, Sunshine; Cardiff Locomotive Workshops; Chullora Railway Workshops; Clyde Engineering, Granville, Kelso, Somerton, Eagle Farm, Rosewater & Forrestfield, taken over by Evans Deakin Industries July 1996, became part of Downer Rail in March 2001
flag of Brabant used on the (current) official coat of arms of Belgium Map of the Low Countries including Brabant (yellow). The border between the Northern and the Southern Netherlands is marked in red. The Province of Brabant (/ b r ə ˈ b æ n t /, US also / b r ə ˈ b ɑː n t, ˈ b r ɑː b ən t /; [1] [2] [3] Dutch: [ˈbraːbɑnt ...
19 February Jan Goossens, linguist; Alfons Verplaetse, national banker (died 2020); 18 April – Michel Didisheim, royal secretary (died 2020) 12 June – Herman Daled, art collector (died 2020)
Chièvres Air Base (ICAO: EBCV), also referred to as SHAPE Airfield at Chievres Air Base, [2] is a NATO airfield operated by the United States Air Force.It is located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) east southeast [1] of the Walloon town of Chièvres in the province of Hainaut, Belgium and about 12 mi (19 km) from Headquarters, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), in Casteau.