The Korps Commandotroepen (KCT) (English: Commando Corps) is the elite special forces unit of the Royal Netherlands Army. The KCT traces its origins to...
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Eurasians and native soldiers, including Moluccans. The present day Korps Commandotroepen (KCT; 'Commando Corps') of the Royal Netherlands Army is considered...
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Netherlands Marine Corps (redirect from Korps mariniers)
and on 14 August 1806 the Korps Koninklijke Grenadiers van de Marine was raised under King Louis Bonaparte. The modern Korps Mariniers dates back to 1814...
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Princess Irene Brigade and No. 2 (Dutch) Troop (predecessor to the Korps Commandotroepen) as part of the Free Dutch Forces in exile, and with army personnel...
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Havelte 43 Maintenance Company (43 Herstelcompagnie), in Havelte The Korps Commandotroepen is the special operations force of the Royal Netherlands Army and...
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units while the Army's special operations forces are part of the Korps Commandotroepen. The Army's infantry regiments fulfil several distinct roles, these...
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Europe and the United States: the French Commandos Marine; Dutch Korps Commandotroepen; Belgian Special Operations Regiment; the Greek 1st Raider–Paratrooper...
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2020. "Dutch Defence Press » The present Dutch Special Forces "Korps Commandotroepen"". 10 July 2011. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved...
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class) of the Order on Marco Kroon, platoon commander with the Korps Commandotroepen, at the Binnenhof, in The Hague. Kroon was honoured for conspicuous...
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G280 CDI fleet of the Royal Netherlands Army's special forces, the Korps Commandotroepen. In 2013, the Dutch Ministry of Defence launched a procurement program...
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operations conducted by the Dutch special operations forces, the Korps Commandotroepen (KCT) and the Netherlands Maritime Special Operations Forces (NLMARSOF)...
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with special operations in the Netherlands (the other being the Korps Commandotroepen and 300SQN). The unit can be deployed worldwide to conduct special...
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forces. The VECTOR was developed in close cooperation with the Korps Commandotroepen (KCT) of the Royal Netherlands Army and is tailor-made for use in...
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RMWO (born 15 July 1970), is a Dutch officer serving with the Korps Commandotroepen. Kroon is one of only three living knights 4th class of the Military...
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volunteers from occupied Europe led to French Commandos Marine, Dutch Korps Commandotroepen, Belgian Paracommando Brigade. The first modern special forces unit...
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were active in their sectors. After two years, during which the Korps Commandotroepen (KCT) and Netherlands Maritime Special Operations Forces (NLMARSOF)...
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Special Forces Group. The Korps Commandotroepen and NLMARSOF are LRRP capable. During the Cold War, the Korps Commandotroepen were known as Waarneming...
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control. The submarine service opened to women on 1 January 2017. The Korps Commandotroepen, the Special Operations Force of the Netherlands Army, is open to...
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Retrieved August 29, 2009. "The present Dutch Special Forces "Korps Commandotroepen"". Dutch Defence Press. October 5, 2002. Archived from the original...
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Minimi to replace the FN MAG in some infantry roles. The Dutch Korps Commandotroepen use the Minimi 5.56 para version. The MAG is still being used as...
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Troepen (DST) after former in Korps Speciale Troepen (KST) (1945–1950); after that it formed the Korps Commandotroepen. No. 3 Troop, perhaps better known...
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Netherlands Navy Army: Green (The Green Beret) – Commandos of the Korps Commandotroepen Maroon (The Red Beret) – Airmobile troops of the 11 Air Manoeuvre...
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sniper teams of the Royal Malaysian Navy – – 2006 Netherlands Korps Commandotroepen (KCT) of the Royal Netherlands Army acquired the 16″ 'Recce' paired...
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force. [citation needed] Netherlands: Known to be used by the Korps Commandotroepen in Afghanistan. North Macedonia: Used by the Army of North Macedonia...
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Operation Force)) Netherlands Special Operations Command (NLD SOCOM) Korps Commandotroepen (KCT) Netherlands Maritime Special Operations Forces (NLMARSOF)...
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Lapua Magnum has been introduced from 1996 by the Dutch Army’s Korps Commandotroepen snipers and the AWM is used by all Schutter Lange Afstand (SLA)...
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Academy in Breda. In 2001, he became a platoon commander in the Korps Commandotroepen to be. By 2009, he had been on at least five deployments to Afghanistan...
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(KMA), after graduating from the KMA, Swillens enlisted in the Korps Commandotroepen (KCT), after earning his green baret, Swillens was appointed as...
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by Sweden and by the Royal Netherlands Army special force group Korps Commandotroepen (KCT) M2017 Woodland 2017 Introduced for the Romanian Armed Forces...
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Squadrons), Joint ISTAR Command (JISTARC) Pathfinders (Airmobile) Korps Commandotroepen C-Squadron, Maritime Special Operations Forces, includes Mountain...
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