Belgian Army
The Belgian Army forms the land component of the Belgian Armed Forces. It is organised using the concept of capacities, where units are gathered together according to their function and material. Within this framework, there are three capacities:
Combat capacity
These are the main fighting units of the Belgian Army:
Cavalry
Infantry
Guards
- 2de Regiment Grenadiers-Beveiligingsbataljon der Koninklijke Paleizen (Territorial)
Infantry Units
- Regiment Bevrijding - 5 Linie
- Regiment Karabiniers Prins Boudewijn - Grenadiers
- Régiment de Chasseurs Ardennais
- Régiment 12e de Ligne Prince Léopold - 13e de Ligne
- Regiment 8/9 Linie - HQ 1 Brigade
- 2eme Régiment Chasseurs à Pied - HQ 7 Brigade
- 2eme Carabiniers Cyclistes - Infantry Branch Training School
Paratroops/Commandos
Reserve Infantry Units
- Régiment Territorial 19e de Ligne (Territorial)
- Régiment Territorial de Luxembourg (Territorial)
- Régiment Territorial de Liege (Territorial)
- Régiment Territorial de Chasseurs à Pied (Territorial)
- Régiment Territorial Carabiniers Cyclistes (Territorial)
- Regiment Territoriaal Linie Limburg (Territorial)
- Regiment Territoriaal 2 Linie (Territorial)
- Regiment Territoriaal Antwerpen (Territorial)
Support capacity
These are the support arms:
Special Forces
- Belgian Army Special Forces Group
Artillery
- 1 Régiment d'Artillerie de Campagne
- 2 Regiment Veldartillerie/Batterij Veldartillerie ParaCommando
- 14 Regiment Luchtdoelartillerie
- 6 Regiment Veldartillerie - Artillery Branch Training School
Engineers
- 4 Bataillon du Génie
- 11 Geniebataljon
- 3 Geniebataljon - Engineer Branch Training School
Service capacity
These are the army's services:
Signals
- 2 Groep
- 4 Groupe
- 5 Groupe
- 6 Groep
- 10 Groep
Logistics
- 4 Bataillon Logistique
- 18 Bataljon Logistiek
- 20 Bataillon Logistique
- 51 Bataljon Logistiek
- 8 Bataillon Logistique
- 29 Batajon Logistiek
Military Police Group
The Belgian Military Police (Groupe Police Militaire / Groep Militaire Politie - Gp MP) is a joint force made up of about 200 personnel assigned to five detachments located around the country. The Military Police Group staff is located in the Queen Elizabeth Barracks in the Brussels suburb of Evere. Alpha Detachment located at Evere covers the province of Flemish Brabant and the capital, Brussels. Bravo Detachment covers the Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and Namur areas and is located at Bubbles. Charlie Detachment located at Marche-en-Famenne covers the Liege and Luxembourg areas. Delta Detachment covers the Limbourg and Antwerp areas and is located at Leopoldsburg. Echo Detachment located at Lombardsijde covers Western and Eastern Flanders.
The Military Police force carries out the following missions:
- Maintenance of order and discipline: Consists of monitoring, maintaining and, if necessary, re-establishing discipline and military order. This also involves controlling stragglers and refugees in times of war and guarding and escorting prisoners of war.
- Traffic regulation: Includes traffic monitoring and regulation to ensure the flow of military movements in accordance with plans. This includes route reconnaissance and marking, convoy and oversize vehicle escort and river crossing control.
- Security missions: Prevents and deters any threat to or attack against the personnel and property of the armed forces. The Military Police force protects, for example, the Palace of the Nation and the Parliaments and Councils of the Regions and the Communities, headquarters and classified conferences. MPs also provide VIP motorcycle escorts and honour guards, perform close protection missions, and escort classified documents and money transports.
The Belgian Military Police has also taken part in multinational peacekeeping missions such as Afghanistan, Kosovo and Congo. The Federal Police’s Military Crime Division (DJMM) performs all investigations involving the armed forces.
Structure of the Belgian Land Forces
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Units of the three Combat Brigades:
Weapons
Vehicles
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