Belgium

Belgium

Belgium

Capital:Brussels

NATO member nation

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

NATO is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium

Boulevard Leopold III 
1110 Brussels, Belgium

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE)
Located in Casteau north of Mons, Belgium
Central command of NATO military forces


28 nations are members of NATO

U.S.

U.K.

France

Germany

Spain

Italy

Belgium

The Netherlands

Portugal

Norway

Denmark

Luxembourg

Canada

Iceland

Bulgaria

Czech Republic

Estonia

Hungary

Latvia

Lithuania

Poland

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Albania

Croatia

Turkey

Greece

Believed to have around 10 U.S. B61 nuclear bombs in storage at Klein Brogel Air Base in Belgium. Can be used on Belgian F-16 aircraft.

Belgian military Coat of Arms

Belgian Air Component

8,600 personnel

F-16 fighter jets (60)

Alpha Jets (29)

Magister CM.170 aircraft used for light attack and training

SF 260 (34)

Alouette III helicopters (3)

Agusta A109 attack/reconnaissance helicopters (27)

NH 90 helicopter

Alouette II helicopters

Puma helicopters

FN Five Seven pistols used by pilots

RQ-5 Hunter Unmanned Aerial Vehicles


Belgian Air Force personnel

Marinecomponent

Naval Component 

1,600 personnel

Frigates (2)
F930 Leopold I

F931 Louise-Marie

Mine Warfare vessels
M915 Aster

M916 Bellis
M917 Crocus
M921 Lobelia
M923 Narcis
M924 Primula

Patrol Vessel
P901 Castor

Auxiliary vessels
A950
A958
A960
A962

SH-3 Sea King helicopters (4)

Land Component
25,000

Brown beret- Infantry, Chasseurs a pieds

Black beret- Armored units, scouts and reconnaissance units

Green beret- 2 Commando and Para Commando Field Artillery

Dark Green beret- Medical

Large green beret- Chasseurs Ardennais. Currently battalion size. Wild boar insignia.

Maroon beret- 1 Para Commando Brigade and 3 Para Commando Brigade

Bright red beret- Military police

Cobalt Blue beret- Logistics and Administration

Leopard 1A5 tanks (40)

MOWAG Piranha III 8x8 wheeled armored fighting vehicles. (242)

Pandur I 6x6 wheeled armored fighting vehicles (60)
Dingo 2 armored vehicle (158)

Iveco LMV (620)
Volkswagen Iltis 4x4 wheeled utility vehicles (being phased out)

M110 203mm self propelled howitzers (still in service?)

LG1 Mark II 105mm towed howitzers (14)

120 RT 120mm mortars

M1 81mm mortars

M19 60mm mortars

M6A2 anti-tank land mines

HAFLA DM34 flame device

SPIKE MR anti-tank guided missiles

Milan Anti-tank guided missiles
Panzerfaust 3

M-72 LAW

MECAR M93RG rifle grenades for the FN FNC

MECAR M-72 hand grenade

M2HB .50 cal machine guns

FN MAG machine guns

FN Minimi machine guns

FN Model 30-11 sniper rifles

Accuracy International Arctic Warfare sniper rifles

FN F2000 bullpup assault rifles

FN FAL assault rifles

FN Para assault rifles
FN FNC carbines

FN P90 5.7x28mm sub-machine guns

FN Hi Power

FN Five Seven 5.7x28mm pistol

Air Defense

Mistral surface-to-air missiles

Special Forces

Federal Police

CGSU
SWAT like counter-terrorist unit belonging to the Federal Police. Nicknamed "Men in Grey"

Federal Judicial Police (FJP)


Local Police

Intelligence
(VSSE)-Belgian State Security Service or Veiligheid van de Staat (SV)- State Security 

Algemene Dienst Inlichtingen en Veiligheid (ADIV) or General Intelligence and Security Service (GISS)-Military intelligence.

Companies

MECAR

Fabrique Nationale or FN
Mercantile Belyard Shipyard

Carat Security Group (manufacturers of armored vehicles)


Belgian military pictures