Component Ground
The Composante Ground is the Army of the Belgian Armed forces. Since the January 2nd 2007, its commander is the Major general Eddy Testelmans.
The organization of the Component Ground rests on the concept of capacity . The units are distributed according to their role and the material which they use. They exist three different capacities.
Capacity of combat
Units para-commandos
- 1 Bataljon Parachutisten
- 2 Battalion of Commandos
- 3 Bataljon Parachutisten
Units of infantry
- Bevrijding Regiment - 5 Linie
- Regiment Police officers Prins Boudewijn - Pomegranates
- Regiment 12th of Line Prince Léopold - 13th of Line
- Regiment of Of the Ardennes Hunters
Units of tanks
- 2/4 Regiment Lansiers
- 1/3 Regiment of Lancers
Capacity of support
Units of recognition
- 1 Jagers Regiment you Paard - Gidsen
- 2/4 Regiment of Hunters with Horse
Unit of information and communication
- 17 Recce
- Special Forces Group
Units of artillery
- 1 Field artillery Regiment
- 2 Regiment Veldarillerie/Batterij Veldartillerie ParaCommando
- 14 Regiment Luchtdoelartillerie
Units of the genius
- 4 Battalion of the Genius
- 11 Bataljon Genius
Capacity of service
Groups of communication system and information (CIS)- 2 Groep
- 4 Group
- 5 Group
- 6 Group
- 10 Groep
logistic Units
- 4 Logistic Battalion
- 18 Bataljon Logistiek
- 20 Battalion Logistic
- 51 Bataljon Logistiek
- 8 Battalion Logistic
- 29 Bataljon Logistiek
military Police
- Groupe Organizes Military
Other units
- Service of Removal and Destruction of Explosive devices
- Movement Control Group
- Camps and centers of drives
Material
Armament
- FN GP : Gun 9 mm
- FN P90: Machine pistol 5,7 mm (used by the special forces and the para-commandos)
- FN FNC: Rifle of attack 5,56 mm
- FN F2000: Rifle of attack 5,56 mm (used by the special forces, FN FNC will probably replace)
- FN Minimi: Machine-gun 5,56 mm
- FN MAG: Machine-gun 7,62 mm
- International Accuracy Arctic Warfare: Rifle of precision 7,62 mm
- FN M2HB: Machine-gun 12,7 mm
- M72 LAW: rocket launcher 66 mm
- MILAN: anti-tank missile radio-controlled (420)
- MISTRAL: Ground-to-air missile
- LG1 Mark II: Howitzer towed 105 mm (13)
- M-109A2 (155 mm motorized) (112)
- Mortars of 120 mm (60)
- Mortars of 81 mm (81)
Vehicles
- Leopard-1A5: Tank (143)
- Fighting vehicles of infantry:
- AIFV-B : 236
- YPR-765 : 60 (including 56 specialized)
- Transport of troops:
- Pandur : 50
- M-113: 486 (including 284 specialized)
- Spartan: 83 (including 7 specialized)
- Vehicles of recognition:
- Scimitar : 119
The near future will see the replacement of all the tanks and tracked armored vehicles by armored vehicles with wheels:
- 242 of which a first firm control of 138 Piranha III coming from the program AIV
- 352 of which a first firm control of 220 Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann (KMW) Nutcase II coming from program MPPV
External bond
- Official site of the Component Ground
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