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Name	Origin	Type	Caliber	Details
Handguns
Glock 17	Austria	Semi-automatic pistol	9×19mm Parabellum	The Glock 17 is the standard service pistol of all army units.^[1]
Submachineguns
FN P90 TR	Belgium	Submachine gun	FN 5.7x28mm NATO	In use with the Korps Commandotroepen^[2]
Carbines
Colt Canada C8NLD	Canada	Carbine	5.56×45mm NATO	Standard service carbine. Modernized version of the Diemaco C8 carbine.^[3]
Heckler & Koch HK416	Germany	Carbine	5.56×45mm NATO	Standard service carbine of the Korps Commandotroepen.^[4]
Rifles
Colt Canada C7NLD	Canada	Assault rifle	5.56×45mm NATO	Standard service rifle. Modernized version of the Diemaco C7 rifle.^[3]
Machine guns
FN Minimi	Belgium	Light machine gun	5.56×45mm NATO	Standard light machine gun.^[5]
FN MAG	Belgium	General-purpose machine gun	7.62×51mm NATO	Standard general-purpose machine gun.^[6]
M2HB-QCB	United States	Heavy machine gun	12.7×99mm NATO	Standard heavy machine gun.^[7]
Precision rifles
Heckler & Koch HK417	Germany	Designated marksman rifle	7.62×51mm NATO	Designated marksman rifle in use with the Korps Commandotroepen and selected conventional sniper groups.^[4]
Accuracy International AWM	United Kingdom	Sniper rifle	.338 Lapua Magnum .308 Winchester	In the process of being replaced by Accuracy AX rifles^[8]
Accuracy International AX	United Kingdom	Sniper rifle	.338 Lapua Magnum .308 Winchester	Gradually replacing the Accuracy AWM rifles.^[8]
Barrett M82A1	United States	Anti-materiel rifle	12.7×99mm NATO	Anti-materiel rifle in use with sniper groups throughout the army.^[9]
Shotguns
Mossberg M590A1	United States	Shotgun	12 gauge	Used for jungle warfare and door breaching.^[10]
Hand grenade
HG 85	Switzerland	Hand grenade	-	Nr300 is the Dutch designation for the HG 85. There is also the Nr330
Grenade launchers
Heckler & Koch AGW	Germany	Automatic grenade launcher	40×53mm HV	Automatic grenade launcher in use throughout the army. Both man-portable and vehicle-fitted versions in use.^[11]
Heckler & Koch UGL	Germany	Grenade launcher	40×46mm LV	Mounted under C7 rifles and C8 carbines.^[3]
M320 Grenade Launcher Module	United States Germany	Grenade launcher	40×46mm LV	In use with special forces of the Korps Commandotroepen.^[12]
Anti-tank weapons
Panzerfaust 3	West Germany / Germany	Rocket propelled grenade	110mm warhead	Equipped with Dynarange system, allows targets to be engaged during all weather conditions, speed and day/night conditions at a maximum range of 900 meters. Can also be used to target hovering helicopters.^[13]
EUROSPIKE	Germany Israel	Anti-tank missile	152mm	Formerly called Gill in Dutch Service, a total 2,400 Spike-MR missiles and 297 launchers were ordered and can be fitted on several vehicle types, including Fennek and LSV.^[14]
M72A3 LAW	United States Norway	Anti-tank rocket launcher	66mm	Exclusively used by the Korps Commandotroepen due to its low weight and compact handling of the weapon, used to great effect against improvised armored vehicles and fighting positions during the Dutch presence in Afghanistan.^[15]

Name	Origin	Type	Quantity	Details
Main Battle tanks
Leopard 2A6MA2	Germany	Main battle tank	18	The 18 tanks have been modernised and are equipped with Dutch communications and information systems. These modifications enable digital communications with Dutch units. The tanks are part of the 4th company of the German-Dutch 414 Tank Battalion, which is part of the Dutch 43rd Mechanised Brigade and are leased from Germany.^[16]
Infantry fighting vehicles
CV9035NL	Sweden	Infantry fighting vehicle	149	193 vehicles entered service since 2008, 44 CV90s were sold to Estonia in 2014 and another 44 vehicles placed in reserve.^[17] Mid-life update of 122 infantry fighting and command vehicles, and 6 driver training vehicles commenced in 2021.^[18]^[19] Remaining 21 vehicles will be upgraded in a later stage, or used for spare parts.^[20] First updated vehicle deliveries planned for 2024, to be completed by 2026.
Recovery and repair
YPR-765	Netherlands	Armoured personnel carrier	85	Largely replaced by CV90 and Boxer MRAV vehicles. The YPR PRBR (Pantser Rups Battle Damage Repair) and transport is still in use with the 43rd Mechanised Brigade.^[21] An unknown number of reserve YPRs were donated to Ukraine.
Leopard 2 Bergepanzer 3 "Büffel"	West Germany / Germany	Armoured recovery vehicle	25	Undergoing modernisation starting in 2019.^[22] First updated vehicles were delivered in 2022, process to be completed by 2027.
Wheeled armoured fighting vehicles
Boxer	Netherlands Germany	Armoured fighting vehicle	200+38	German-Dutch armoured fighting vehicle, produced by ARTEC (joint venture between Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Rheinmetall Netherlands). 200 vehicles in total of which 36 command, 52 ambulance, 92 engineering, 12 cargo and 8 driver training vehicles.^[23] Delivery of additional Electronic Warfare vehicles planned from 2027 onwards.
TPz Fuchs	West Germany / Germany	Reconnaissance vehicle	20	6 CBRN Reconnaissance and 14 Electronic Warfare (EW) vehicles. The EW vehicles are gradually being replaced by the Multirole Electronic Warfare variant of the Bushmaster, the CBRN Reconnaissance vehicles will be replaced by 12 new yet to be determined vehicles in cooperation with Germany.^[24]
Bushmaster	Australia	Infantry mobility vehicle	102	First purchased between 2006 and 2009 during the Dutch Uruzgan deployment for increased protection from improvised explosive devices (IEDs).^[25] Multiple vehicles have been converted to the Multirole Electronic Warfare (MREW) variant, in use with the Joint ISTAR Command.^[26] Additional vehicles ordered throughout the years, current total of 102 vehicles in command, transport, EOD, EW, medical and engineer variants. All vehicles will undergo a mid-life update between 2024 and 2027.
Iveco Medium Tactical Vehicle	Italy	Infantry mobility vehicle	1,185 on order	New vehicle designed for the Dutch armed forces, partially based on the Iveco LMV, planned to replace the MB 290GD Wolf. Ordered in 2019, 1185 for the Army (90 for the Marine), delivery planned from 2022 to 2027 and should include 250 vehicles by end 2024.^[27] The variants selected include:^[28] Hardtop (combat variant) Soft-top (combat variant) Pickup (logistics variant) Casualty Transport (CAST, ambulance variant) MP / AFSV (Military Police variant for the Royal Marechaussee)The order includes 130 RCWS FN deFNder^® Light equipped with the FN Minimi or the FN MAG.^[29]
Fennek	Netherlands Germany	Reconnaissance vehicle	345	Original 365 vehicles, 345 vehicles in service after mid-life update. Mid-life update commenced in 2021, 325 vehicles will be updated. The 18 Fennek SWP will not be updated but will remain in service, 345 vehicles will be in service after the MLU has been completed.

Name	Origin	Type	Quantity	Notes
Rocket artillery
PULS	Israel	Multiple rocket launcher	2^[30]	20 ordered in 2023.^[31]^[32] In February 2024 the first PULS multiple rocket launcher arrived in the Netherlands.^[33] While the first systems are mounted on Tatra 815-7 Force 6x6 trucks, these will later be transferred to Scania XT Gryphus trucks.^[30] Serial production is planned for 2025–26 and these systems will be installed on the Scania XT Gryphus 8×8 trucks from the start.^[33]
Howitzers
PzH 2000	Germany	Self-propelled howitzer	49	35 in service, and it will be increased to 45.^[34] 49 are owned by the Dutch Army (57 purchased, 8 transferred to Ukraine in 2022).^[35] Suited to fire the 155mm GPS-guided Excalibur grenade, 3,500 shells ordered initially, + 1999 ordered in 2021^[36]
FH70	United Kingdom West Germany Italy	Howitzer	15	Not in active service, all 15 howitzers in storage. Bought from Germany in the late 1990s.^[37]
25-pounder	United Kingdom	Gun-howitzer	8	Only used for ceremonial gun salutes.^[38]
Mortars
Hirtenberger M6 C-640 Mk.1	Austria	Mortar	155	New 60mm mortars in service with infantry battalions since 2019.^[39]^[40]
Hirtenberger M8 R-1365	Austria	Mortar	122	122 new Hirtenberger M8 mortars entering service from 2023 onwards, replacing the L16A2 mortars.^[41]
MO-120-HB	France	Mortar	22	120mm mortar produced by Hotchkiss-Brandt (HB) for the Royal Netherlands Army, 16 in active service. To be replaced by 20 new 120mm mortars and 4 launchers with loitering munitions from 2023 onwards.^[40]
L16A2	United Kingdom	Mortar	63	Being replaced by 122 new 81mm mortars.^[40]

Name	Origin	Type	Number	Notes
Air Defence Systems
FIM-92 Stinger	United States	Man-portable surface-to-air missile	Unknown	Operated across various army units,^[42] 200 donated to Ukraine in February 2022 amid the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine^[43]
FIM-92K Stinger Block I	United States	MANPADS	—	940 to be ordered with Germany and Italy in 2024 through NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), export approved by DSCA ^[44]
Fennek	Germany Netherlands	FIM-92 Stinger weapon platform	18	Operated by 13th Air Defence Battery^[42]
NASAMS II	Norway	Surface-to-air missile system	2 batteries (2x3 launchers)	Operated by 13th Air Defence Battery^[45]With AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel radars and 100 AIM-120B ordered in 2006 for the NASAMS system.
MIM-104 Patriot	United States	Long range surface-to-air missile	4 batteries (4x6 launchers)	Patriot PAC-2 and PAC-3 missiles, fully modernised & upgraded in 2019. Operated by 802 Squadron with 3 Batteries in operational readiness, fourth battery used for training purposes.^[46]
Surveillance radars
TRML-3D	Germany	Early warning radar	5	Part of GBADS Phases 1 and 2 ^[47]
Thales GM 200 MM/C	Netherlands	Multi-mission 4D AESA radar (air defence and artillery)	1 / 16	9 radars ordered in 2021, 6 for the Fire Support Command and 3 for the Ground Air Defence Command. ^[48]^[49] First delivered in February 2024.^[50]^[51] 7 additional ordered in April 2024. ^[52]

Name	Origin	Type	Number	Notes
Military engineering vehicle
MLC-70 wegenmatsysteem	Netherlands Germany	Military engineering vehicle	10	Used to lay roads.^[53]
AEV 3 Kodiak	Germany Switzerland	Armoured engineering vehicle	10	All operational since May 2018.^[54]
Leopard 1 Panzerschnellbrücke "Biber"	West Germany / Germany	Armoured vehicle-launched bridge	8	2 Bibers for every armoured engineering company. To be replaced by 8 Leopard 2 Panzerschnellbrücke "Leguan"
Leopard 2 Panzerschnellbrücke "Leguan"	Germany	Armoured vehicle-launched bridge	8	8 Leopard 2 armoured vehicle-launched bridge (Leguan), MLC-80, ordered to replace the Leopard 1-armoured vehicle-launched bridge. Planned operational status starting in 2021.^[55]
Leguan	Germany	Military engineering vehicle	4	Replaced 4 Leopard 1 bridge layers.
DAF XM 375 (YBB-95.480)	Netherlands	Recovery truck	—	^[56]

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List of equipment of the Royal Netherlands Army

Infantry weapons and small arms

Vehicles

Armoured vehicles

Artillery

Air defence

Engineering vehicles

Logistics vehicles

Miscellaneous

Unmanned aerial vehicles

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Name	Origin	Type	Number	Notes
DAF XF semi-trailer truck	Netherlands	Truck	104	112 semi-trailer trucks (165 kN DAF XF-trucks and 450 kN/600 kN Broshuis-trailers) operational since 2005.^[57]
DAF YA 4440/4442	Netherlands	Truck	1,200	Various versions, to be partially replaced by additional Scania XT "Gryphus" from 2019 onwards.^[58]
Iveco Stralis	Italy	Truck	—	Used in several variants, Semi truck 4×2 and 6×2 ^[59] Iveco Stralis 450 (transport truck with trailers 6×4)
Scania PLS trucks	Sweden	Truck	555	Various versions in service since 2005.^[60]
Scania XT "Gryphus" 4×4 50kN (5 tons)^[61]	Sweden	Truck	2,847	Replacing the majority of the DAF YA-4400/4442, YA-2300 and YT-2300 trucks, gradually entering service since 2019. Various versions.^[62]^[63]
Scania XT "Gryphus" 6×6 Low Operational 100kN (10 tons)^[61]	Sweden	Truck
Scania XT "Gryphus" 8×8 High Operational 150kN (15 tons)^[61]	Sweden	Truck
Scania XT "Gryphus" 6×6 Powered tractor 150kN ^[61]	Sweden	Semi-truck

Name	Origin	Type	Number	Notes
Multipurpose wheeled vehicles
Defenture VECTOR	Netherlands	Special operations vehicle	75	Developed for and in cooperation with the special operations forces of the Korps Commandotroepen, currently part of a joint NLD SOCOM pool.^[64]
Mercedes-Benz G280 CDI	West Germany / Germany Austria	Multipurpose wheeled vehicle	128	88 vehicles were in use with the Korps Commandotroepen (KCT), 44 additional vehicles formerly in use with the Netherlands Marine Corps were added to the Army fleet in 2019. KCT have moved to the VECTOR vehicle, all 128 G280 CDIs have been transferred to conventional infantry battalions.^[65]
MB 290GD Wolf	West Germany / Germany Austria	Utility vehicle	1,700	Various versions in service. Partially replaced by 1527 Volkswagen Amarok, remaining vehicles to be replaced by 1175 Iveco MTVs from 2022 onwards.^[66]
Rheinmetall "Caracal"	Germany Netherlands Austria	Utility vehicle	0	504 ordered in 2023 for the "Luchtmobiele Brigade". Delivery planned from 2025, Dutch variant assembled by VDL Special Vehicles BV - Eindhoven. Goal of 1,004 Caracal for the Netherlands Army. First order is a common one with the German Army, total 1508 vehicles for €870 million.^[67]
Volkswagen Amarok	Germany	Pick-up	1,527	All ordered vehicles in service since 2018.^[68]
All-terrain vehicles
Luchtmobiel Speciaal Voertuig	Netherlands	All-terrain vehicle	135	Used by Air Mobile brigade, will be replaced by 515 Mercedes-Benz G300 CDI Air Assault (AASLT) vehicles.^[69]
Defenture MDQ	Netherlands	All-terrain vehicle	274 on order	Diesel ATV produced for the armed forces by Dutch manufacterer Defenture.^[70] Users will be Korps Commandotroepen, Netherlands Marine Corps and 11th Airmobile Brigade (Netherlands). The contract includes an option for an additional 120 vehicles. Deliveries are planned for 2023 and 2024.
Suzuki King Quad 750 AXI 4x4	Japan	All-terrain vehicle	48	Quad for Korps Commandotroepen and deployed conventional infantry.^[71]
Motorcycles
KTM LC4	Austria	Motorcycle	104	Used by 11th Airmobile Brigade.^[72]
KTM 350 EXC-F	Austria	Motorcycle	89	89 new motorcycles entering service since 2020 with 11th Airmobile Brigade, will replace some of the KTM LC-4s.^[73]
Unmanned ground vehicles
Milrem THeMIS	Estonia	Unmanned ground vehicle	6	Two vehicles of the Cargo variant, which can be optionally equipped with an FN deFNder remote weapon station, and four Combat variants which are equipped with an EOS R400 remote weapon station.^[74]

Name	Origin	Type	Number	Notes
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Black Hornet Nano	Norway	Micro unmanned aerial vehicle	48	In use with Brigade Reconnaissance Squadrons and Korps Commandotroepen.^[75]
AeroVironment RQ-11B DDL Raven	United States	Miniature unmanned aerial vehicle	48	Replaced the Raven B NLD, acquired combinedly with the RQ-21, Wasp III and RQ-20.^[76]
AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma	United States	Low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle	12	Acquired combinedly with the RQ-21, RQ-11B DDL and Wasp III.^[77]
AeroVironment Wasp III	United States	Low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle	18	Acquired combinedly with the RQ-21, RQ-11B DDL and RQ-20.^[77]
Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack	United States	Low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle	15	5 systems in use, with 3 UAVs eachs.^[77] Operated by the Joint ISTAR Command.
Boeing Insitu ScanEagle	United States	Low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle	12	Gradually replaced by the RQ-21.^[78]