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Swedish Army Mjölner [120] 15 on order with dual-barrel 120mm mortar turret, delivery planned for 2028 based on Swedish Mjölner. [145] [146] The Dutch version will incorporate minor adjustments, such as C2 equipments, adding a machine gun to the turret and a heightened rear compartment to account for the height of the Dutch troops. [147]
The Royal Netherlands Army (Dutch: Koninklijke Landmacht, KL) is the land branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces.Though the Royal Netherlands Army was raised on 9 January 1814, its origins date back to 1572, when the Staatse Leger was raised making the Dutch standing army one of the oldest in the world.
Military equipment of Netherlands includes all military equipment developed by the Netherlands Subcategories. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of ...
149.1mm or 152.4mm guns, 30 calibers barrel length: 5 (type unknown) 149.1mm or 152.4mm guns, 35 calibers barrel length: 6 (type unknown) 149.1mm or 152.4mm guns, 40 calibers barrel length: 21 (Krupp guns, 14200m range, 9 RPM fire rate) 240mm guns, 30 calibers barrel length: 11 (Krupp guns of the 19th century, 8000m range, 0.25 RPM fire rate)
In 1867, the Dutch army converted its Muzzleloader rifles using the Snider–Enfield breechloading system until a new rifle could be chosen. In 1870, after trials of rifles from companies including Peabody, Remington , Cooper, Comblain, Jenks and Benson-Poppenburg, the Dutch army selected the Beaumont rifle designed by Edouard de Beaumont.
The rifle was the standard weapon of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) until the Japanese invasion. [9] M.95 rifles were later used by both sides during the Indonesian National Revolution. [10] [11] After the conclusion of the war, the remaining rifles were handed over by the KNIL to the new Indonesian Armed Forces. [12]
Netherlands: The Royal Netherlands Army adopted the rifle with a bipod and in semi-automatic form, in 1961. In service it was called Het licht automatisch geweer, but usually known as the 'FAL'. The rifles had unique sights (hooded at the front) and the German style sheet metal front handguard.
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