A new modular joint fighting force, fielded by the Netherlands, recently achieved the operational readiness status (ORS). The 5,000-strong expeditionary-capable unit, known as 11 (NL) Air Maneuver Brigade (AMB), was declared fully operational ten years after its army component (11 Airmobile Brigade) and eight years after its air force component (Tactical Helicopter Group) were formed. The brigade's ORS was established during a full-size field training exercise (FTX) called ‘Gainful Sword’ in Poland.
Although 11 (NL) AMB was the...
King of Battle: The Field Artillery (FA) mission is to destroy, neutralize, or suppress the enemy by cannon, rocket and missile fire and to help integrate all fire support assets into combined arms operations. The FA battalion is one of the most synergistic units in a brigade combat team. Its devastating fires can have a truly destructive effect on the enemy when it is synchronized with the other members of the combat team. Within it, the sum of its several individual crews is what produces this devastation, provided it has trained on the...
Current operations in Iraq present our armored and mechanized units with unique challenges that require a new approach to our traditional, National Training Center (NTC)-based training progression. Many of the tried-and-true maneuver fundamentals remain essential for success, but the nature of the tactical environment in Iraq demands that our forces refocus training in areas that have received little attention in the past or have been completely neglected due to our traditional training mindset. A prolonged U.S. presence in Iraq, requiring a...
Bunkers bouwen, is de rode draad in het verhaal van de uitzending van 104 Constructiecompagnie uit Wezep. Geen huisjes bouwen voor de lokale bevolking maar grote solide bunkers op de diverse ISAF locaties in Kaboel. Dit terwijl het Mortier Opsporingspeloton met twee radars, tijdens ISAF-6 continu de horizon van Kabul afspeurt. Op zoek naar artillerieprojectielen die eventueel vanuit de omliggende bergen richting diezelfde ISAF-locaties afgevuurd kunnen worden.
Garantie: “104 moest in drie maanden het werk afmaken waar onze...
Sinds het begin januari van 2002 levert Nederland een bijdrage aan de International Security Assistance Force, afgekort ISAF. Nederland doet mee met een luchtmobiele infanteriecompagnie bestaande uit ongeveer 200 man. Voor ISAF-4 levert het 13 bataljon Regiment Stoottroepen Prins Bernhard mannen van de Bravo-compagnie. Daarnaast is er een KCT-detachement voor de force protection en een klein contigent dat een bijdrage levert om het werk van de compagnie mogelijk te maken. Sinds begin dit jaar bivakkeren deze militairen in tenten op een...
Twee Leopard II A5 tanks staan in de bosrand waar te nemen. Nadat ze een aantal rookgranaten hebben afgevuurd rijden YPR-756 pantserrups voertuigen gevuld met genisten en infanteristen onder dekking hiervan richting een hindernis welke in hoog tempo wordt geslecht. Dan staan de infanteristen plotseling in de pas aangelegde achtertuintjes van keurige gele, rode en witte vinex woningen. Schoten, rook, lawaai en veel geschreeuw als militairen door ramen klimmen en koortsachtig de vertrekken in de huizen beginnen te zuiveren. De beide Leopards...
In August 2002, a joint initiative of the Bundeswehr and the German defence industry succeeded in setting the stage for the development of a new infantry fighting vehicle. The first procurement decision of the country's new Minister of Defence related to the Neuer Schützenpanzer, or "New Infantry Fighting Vehicle". With his approval, the Budget Committee cleared the way for development of the new system on September 12th 2002.
Known successively as the MMWS Panther, Neuer Schützenpanzer, Igel ("hedgehog"), and ultimately as the Puma, the...
‘Homeland defence’ a slogan now both common and predictive - since the 9-11 attacks two years ago in the U.S. - captures the new realities of fighting an unseen enemy on multiple fronts in an even so dynamic world. An awakening that came at a horrible price and still terrorists aspire to even greater destruction. While signs of a revived Al Qaeda are seen, according to senior counterterrorism officials in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East. Leaders and operatives of Al Qaeda have reorganized bases of operations in at least a half-dozen...
A pioneering concept recently unveiled by a consortium consisting of Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Rheinmetall W&M at the HDW wharf in Kiel looks set to create a whole new dimension in surface combatant firepower. Known as MONARC (Modular Naval Artillery Concept for Naval Gun Fire), this solution promises to increase the range and effectiveness of ship-mounted artillery and ammunition several times over. As a result, naval units now stand to benefit from the technological edge enjoyed by German industry in...
Op 1 januari 1677 was de oprichting van een regiment artillerie een feit. Nu, 326 jaar later, staat datzelfde Wapen der Artillerie er redelijk goed voor. Dit ondanks het feit dat de veldartillerie, na afloop van de Koude Oorlog, flink ingeleverd heeft. Bezuinigings- en reorganisatierondes zorgden ervoor dat veel afdelingen werden opgeheven. Met als gevolg dat het gros van het personeel zijn heil ergens anders, binnen of buiten de KL, zocht en veel specifieke kennis verloren is gegaan. Binnenkort zullen alle 120mm mortieren bij de...
Er staat de ‘logistieke steunpilaar’ van de KL een rigoureuze transformatieslag te wachten. Voor het landoptreden maakt een nieuw operationeel bevoorradingsconcept, Fysieke Distributie (FD) genaamd, voor zowel de KL als de overige aan landoperaties deelnemende krijgsmachtdelen zijn opwachting. Hiermee gaat het huidige vervoers- en distributiesysteem volledig op de schop. De totstandkoming en introductie van dit nieuwe FD concept zal dan ook gevolgen hebben voor – nagenoeg - alle eenheden binnen de KL. DDP sprak hierover met kolonel...
Twenty-six rounds per minute, Multiple Rounds Simultaneous Impact, full armour protection, shoot-and-scoot. Are we talking about the Paladin, PzH2000 or another artillery system of the 21st century? No! We are talking about a mortar system, plain good old mortars. Not just any old mortar but the newest system to come out of Finland, the Advanced MOrtar System or AMOS for short.
Close fire-support will be very important on future battlefields, as it has always been. The infantry’s own ‘artillery’ consists of 81mm or 120mm barrel...
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