Belgium

 

Reliability 1 (excellent) GDP $390-billion 2009 Budget ~$5-billion 2009 Personnel Active 12,600 Reserves: 4000

Organization

Originally Belgium abolished division and brigade HQs, planning two deployable HQs without assigned units. Meanwhile units were to be deployed in a forces command. Two deployable HQ (brigade level) exist.

Deployable HQ

 

-HQ South (Marche en Famenne)

-HQ North (Leopoldsburg)

           

This idea did not work and two brigades were reestablished. Another “innovation” has remained: the Army eliminated all tracked vehicles, and adopt, in effect, a US Stryker battlegroup type configuration using the MOWAG.

 

Because Belgium has two official languages, French and Dutch, unit designations are in one language or the other.

 

 

 

 

Rapid Reaction

 

Parachute Commando Regiment

 

            HHC

1 Bataillon de Parachutistes (Diest)

2 Bataillon de Commandos (Flawinne)

3 Bataljon Parachutisten  (Tielen)

 

Centre d'Entrainement pour Commandos (Marche-les-Dames)

Centre d'Entrainement pour Parachutistes (Schaffen)

 

 

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