The Artillery Battalion ( Dutch : Bataljon Artillerie ) is the only artillery battalion in the Motorized Brigade of the Belgian Armed Forces .
5-441: Artillery Battalion may refer to the following military units: Artillery Battalion (Belgium) Artillery Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade (Estonia) 25th Artillery Battalion (Estonia) General Romualdas Giedraitis Artillery Battalion , Lithuania Artillery Battalion (Norway) See also [ edit ] Artillery Battalion [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
10-628: A howitzer battery, operating 14 LG1 105 mm (4.1 in) howitzers . A third battery, which operated Mistral surface-to-air missiles and based in Lombardsijde , was disbanded without replacement on 31 December 2017. On 23 December 2018 it came under command and provides fire support to the Motorized Brigade . The battalion supports the other motorized brigade units with observations (employing forward air controllers ) and artillery fire. In total, it consists of more than 450 soldiers. 10% of
15-511: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Artillery Battalion (Belgium) It was created in 2010 by merging all artillery units that remained in the Belgian military. It upholds the traditions of the disbanded 2nd Field Artillery Regiment. The battalion is based in Brasschaat and consists of a Mortar battery, operating 120mm mortars and
20-415: The battalion soldiers are also trained Paracommando and can be employed to support the 2nd Commando and 3rd Paratrooper battalions of Special Operations Regiment . In the near future a battery of long range 155mm artillery is to be created. It was also announced in 2020 that a battery of air-defense artillery was to be reactivated before 2030. The Artillery Battalion comprises: This article about
25-512: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about military units and formations which are associated with the same title. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. [REDACTED] Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Artillery_Battalion&oldid=1056071201 " Category : Military units and formations disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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