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1018:. The regiment has approximately 1,500 elite soldiers under its command. It plans and carries out special operations all around the world and is the main expeditionary unit of the Belgian ground forces. The regiment consists of the 2nd commando battalion, the 3rd parachute battalion, the special forces group (SFG), the
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Belgian Army went through a major re-equipment programme for most of its vehicles. The aim was to phase out all tracked vehicles in favour of wheeled vehicles. As of 2010, the tank units were to be disbanded or amalgamated with the Armored Infantry (two infantry companies and one tank squadron
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The nominal strength of a division varied from 25,500 to 32,000 all ranks, with a total strength of eighteen infantry battalions, a cavalry regiment, eighteen machine-guns, and forty-eight guns. Two divisions (the 2nd and 6th) each had an additional artillery regiment, for a total of sixty guns.
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Leopard 1A5 tank was retired on 10 September 2014. 56 of the tanks were sold, about 24 will stay as historic monuments or serve as a museum pieces; the rest will be phased out or used for target practice. In 2008 a sale of 43 Leopard 1A5(BE) to Lebanon was concluded, but as of 2018 was not
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Each infantry division had a divisional staff, reconnaissance unit, medical and logistic support units, engineers and signal troops. Active and first tier reserve divisions had two additional antitank companies. Infantry regiments numbered approximately 3,000 troops. Each active and first tier
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per battalion). Forty
Leopard 1 tanks were to be sold. As of 2013, only some M113 variants (Radar, recovery, command posts, and driving school vehicles) and Leopard variants (Recovery, AVLB, Pionier, driving tanks) will remain in service.
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as the Chief of the
General Staff from 25 May 1914 until 6 September 1914 when a Royal Decree abolished the function of Chief of Staff of the army. In this way the King secured his control of the command.
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2343:"Canada Has Given Up Trying To Find A Good Home For Its Retired Leopard Tanks"
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2361:"Akkoord over het strategisch plan voor Defensie 2030"
2174:"Cold War Battle Orders Make Way for a New NATO Era".
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2319:"Belgium Ditched Its Tanks—And Never Got Them Back"
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2176:Jane's Defence Weekly
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1549:The rank insignia of
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671:(Lieutenant-General
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3286:Turkish Land Forces
3090:Latvian Land Forces
2869:Albanian Land Force
2841:Allied Land Command
2766:States with limited
2443:Military of Belgium
2331:on 8 December 2020.
2233:on 17 February 2005
2223:"IPR Landcomponent"
2063:www.ars-moriendi.be
1790:1ste korporaal-chef
1350:Kapitein-commandant
854:Northern Army Group
802:, Belgium provided
774:Free Belgian Forces
473:2 companies settled
3314:United States Army
3188:Polish Land Forces
2408:(Dutch and French)
2208:. 23 October 1993.
2160:2009-03-31 at the
2135:on 14 October 2013
1943:1er Sergeant major
1857:1er sergeant-major
1763:1ste sergeant-chef
1555:enlisted personnel
1422:Lieutenant-colonel
1408:Général de Brigade
1394:Lieutenant général
1296:Luitenant-generaal
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432:
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370:Belgian Revolution
339:military personnel
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2953:Royal Danish Army
2939:Czech Land Forces
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2469:Medical Component
2005:
2004:
1971:1er Korporal chef
1950:1er Sergeant chef
1864:1er sergeant-chef
1542:
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1332:Luitenant-kolonel
977:Motorized Brigade
947:
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718:Battle of Belgium
714:Belgian Army 1940
564:1 workers company
552:1 railway company
527:1 pontoon company
476:1 discipline body
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926:
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917:
916:
910:
782:Northern Ireland
722:Battle of France
708:Second World War
683:Cavalry Division
395:
388:of the existing
296:Composante terre
269:
250:Jean-Pol Baugnée
231:
219:2,120 reservists
186:
184:
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171:
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3193:
3180:
3179:
3166:
3165:
3152:
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1727:Adjudant-majoor
1635:
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1598:
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1473:Generalleutnant
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1314:Brigadegeneraal
1305:Generaal-majoor
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1175:
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