43 Mechanised Brigade () is one of the three combat

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s 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,

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and various ceremonial tasks. On 17 March 2016, the 43rd Mechanised Brigade was integrated into the 1st Panzer Division of the

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. 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

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. The Brigades Headquarters as well as most of the units are located at the Johannes Post Barracks in

Havelte Havelte (Drèents dialects, Drèents: ''Haovelte'' or ''Haovelt'') is a village in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is located in the Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of Westerveld, Drenthe, about 60 km (37.2 mi) south-sou ...

, in the province

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Organization

As of March 2025 the 43 Mechanized Brigade consists the following units: * Embleem 43 Gemechaniseerde Brigade

43 Mechanized Brigade (43 Gemechaniseerde Brigade), in

** 43 Staff Company (43 Stafcompagnie), in Havelte ** 44 Armored Infantry Battalion " Regiment Infanterie Johan Willem Friso" (44 Pantserinfanteriebataljon "Regiment Infanterie Johan Willem Friso"), in Havelte *** A, B, C and D Company, with CV9035NL MLU

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s ** 45 Armored Infantry Battalion " Regiment Infanterie Oranje Gelderland" (45 Pantserinfanteriebataljon "Regiment Infanterie Oranje Gelderland"), in Havelte (Will move to Soesterberg in 2027) *** A, B, C and D Company, with CV9035NL MLU infantry fighting vehicles ** 414 Tank Battalion " Regiment Huzaren Prinses Catharina-Amalia" (414 Tankbataljon "Regiment Huzaren Prinses Catharina-Amalia", mixed

and Royal Netherlands Army unit), in

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) *** 1st Staff and Support Squadron (1e Staf- en verzorgingseskadron) *** 2nd (German), 3rd (German), 4th (Dutch) and 5th (Reserve) (German) Tank Squadron, with Leopard 2A7 main battle tanks ** 10 Infantry Battalion (10 Infanteriebataljon) National Reserve Corps, in

Assen Assen () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital (politics), capital of the province of Drenthe. It received City rights in ...

*** Alpha Company (Alfa-compagnie), in Assen, Zoutkamp, and Leeuwarden *** Bravo Company (Bravo-compagnie), in Assen and Havelte *** Charlie Company (Charlie-compagnie), in Wezep and Bathmen *** Delta Company (Delta-compagnie), in

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*** Echo Company (Echo-compagnie), in Amersfoort *** Foxtrot Company (Foxtrot-compagnie), in

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and Eibergen ** 11 Horse Artillery Battalion (11 Afdeling Rijdende Artillerie), in 't Harde *** Staff Battery (Stafbatterij) *** C and D Battery (C-batterij, D-batterij), with 9× Panzerhaubitze 2000 per battery ** 11 Armored Engineer Battalion (11 Pantsergeniebataljon), in Wezep *** Staff Company *** 111 and 112 Armored Engineer Company (111, 112 Pantsergeniecompagnie) *** Multi Role Engineer Company ** 43 Brigade Reconnaissance Squadron " Regiment Huzaren van Boreel" (43 43 Brigade Verkenningseskadron "Regiment Huzaren van Boreel"), in Havelte, with Fennek reconnaissance vehicles ** 43 Medical Company (43 Geneeskundige Compagnie), in Havelte ** 43 Maintenance Company (43 Herstelcompagnie), in Havelte and Wezep

References

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