• Source: 43rd Mechanized Brigade (Netherlands)

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 tasks.
On 17 March 2016, the 43rd Mechanised Brigade was integrated into the 1st Panzer Division of the German Army. At the same time, the German 414 Tank Battalion became subordinate to the 43rd Mechanised Brigade. In this battalion one of the four companies is manned by Dutch personnel equipped with 18 German Leopard 2A6 main battle tanks.
The Brigades Headquarters as well as most of the units are located at the Johannes Post Barracks in Havelte, in the province Drenthe.




Organization


The 43 Mechanized Brigade is made up of the following units:

43 Mechanized Brigade, in Havelte
43 Staff Company (43 Stafcompagnie), in Havelte
44 Armoured Infantry Battalion "Johan Willem Friso" (44 Pantserinfanteriebataljon Johan Willem Friso), in Havelte
Battalion Staff with two CV9035 infantry fighting vehicles
3x armoured infantry companies with 14 CV9035 each
Weapons Company
1x reconnaissance platoon with Fennek light armoured reconnaissance vehicles
2x anti-tank platoons with Spike anti-tank missiles
1x mortar platoon with nine 81mm mortars
45 Armoured Infantry Battalion "Oranje Gelderland" (45 Pantserinfanteriebataljon Oranje Gelderland), in Havelte
Battalion Staff with two CV9035 infantry fighting vehicles
3x armoured infantry companies with 14 CV9035 each
Weapons Company
1x reconnaissance platoon with Fennek light armoured reconnaissance vehicles
2x anti-tank platoons with Spike anti-tank missiles
1x mortar platoon with nine 81mm mortars
414th Panzer Battalion (GE & NL, 414 Pantserbataljon), in Bergen (Germany)
1st Staff Company
2nd; 3rd; 4th (Dutch) and 5th (Reserve) Tank Company, with Leopard 2A6MA2 main battle tanks
10 Infantry Battalion Bewaken Beveiligen National Reserve Corps (10 Infbat BB KNR) in Assen
Alpha Company (Alfacompagnie), in Assen
Bravo Company (Bravocompagnie), in Assen
Charlie Company (Charliecompagnie), in Wezep
Delta Company (Deltacompagnie), in Amersfoort
Echo Company (Echocompagnie), in Amersfoort
Foxtrot Company (Foxtrotcompagnie), in Enschede
11 Armoured Engineer Battalion (11 Pantsergeniebataljon), in Wezep
Staff Company, 111 and 112 Armored Engineer Company, 101 CBRN Defense Company
43 Brigade Reconnaissance Squadron "Huzaren van Boreel" (43 Brigadeverkenningseskadron Huzaren van Boreel), in Havelte, with Fennek light armoured reconnaissance vehicles
43 Medical Company (43 Geneeskundige Compagnie), in Havelte
43 Maintenance Company (43 Herstelcompagnie), in Havelte




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• 43rd Mechanized Brigade (Netherlands)
• 43rd Brigade
• 13th Light Brigade (Netherlands)
• CENTAG wartime structure in 1989
• Structure of the Royal Netherlands Army
• 1st Panzer Division (Bundeswehr)
• Structure of the German Army
• Battle of France order of battle
• Regiment Huzaren van Boreel
• Jan Swillens