The Belgian Parade

Insignia

Hey all,

As I’ve had a pretty busy schedule, and the 21st of July was nearly two weeks ago, I am a bit late with uploading these. However, I still think they are worth being added to the page as they provide some great references for modern armour builders!

Hope you enjoy!

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Students from the Royal Military Academy, marching with Belgian flags.

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A diamond formation performed by four Belgian Air Force F-16’s

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A flyover by the Naval version of our new Eurocopter NH90 

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An unsung bird in our Belgian air force, the Agusta A109.

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A Police helicopter, keeping  an eye over the display as a safety precaution.

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A good view on the special camouflaged uniforms, unique to the Belgian Army.

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A detachment of Belgian NATO soldiers on the march.

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The bikes of the Military police were also performing during the display.

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A Dingo of the ‘Command Post’, followed by four ‘Infantry’ Dingo’s.

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Two Belgian Dingo’s of the ‘Infantery’, following the previous ‘Command Post’ Dingo

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A back view of an EOD Dingo (Explosive Ordnance Disposal)

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Two Belgian Dingo’s in ‘Commando outpost version’, equipped with camouflage nets

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Two ‘Scout’ Dingo’s  from our Luxembourg neighbours. Note the color difference

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A close up shot of the armament of the Luxembourg ‘Scout’ Dingo’s.

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Another static display was this Medical component Dingo

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Plenty of static displays were present too, including this Dingo of the Infantery.

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A Dingo and Iveco Lynx driving side by side.

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An Iveco Lynx of the Belgian Military Police.

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A different view of Belgian Military Police Iveco Lynx.

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Two staff company Iveco Lynxes in ‘Commando outpost’ camouflage.

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A view of an Iveco Lynx LS.

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Another static vechicle was this Iveco Lynx, which people could go and sit inside in.

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A different view from that same vehicle

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Two Astra 8ton trucks from the Support Detachement.

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Two Iveco ALC (Autonomous Load Carrier) trucks, carrying containers (out of frame)

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A German Bundeswehr MAN MLC30 truck, equipped with a Cobra Radar System.

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A Netherlands army Mercedes Benz Jeep, pulling 120mm mortar carriers.

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A full view of the Netherlands Mercedes Benz Jeeps with 120mm Mortar carriers.

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An ‘infantry’ Piranha’ equipped with newly equipped SLAT-Armour, ment to protect the crew and vehicle from rocket attacks.

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Two staff company Piranha’,
equipped with camouflage nets as ‘Commando outpost’ camouflage.

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Two ‘infantry’ Piranha’ equipped with a ‘Direct Fire 30’ gun and camouflage netting.

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The back view of a ‘standard’ Engineering and Mine-clearance Detachment Piranha.

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A Piranha with an SOB-shovel from the Engineering and Mine-clearance Detachment.

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A ‘Medical’ Piranha, for transportation of wounded soldiers over rough terrain.

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A static display of ‘infantry’ Piranha’ equipped with a ‘Direct Fire 30’ gun.

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A close up from the Piranha logo, found on most of the Piranha vehicles.

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A Mercedus Unimog of the disinfection detachment, in case of a chemical disaster

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A Unimog on static display, providing the base for a death ride cable. Note the upside down Mercedes logo on the grille.

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The fire department also displayed much of their equipment, including this Unimog

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A Volvo Amplirol truck transporting an Iveco lynx.

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Another hard working  Volvo Amplirol, Note the different kinds of green paint that can be found on the truck

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Another Volvo Amplirol standing by, probably in case machinery would give in

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In the display itself, there was still the presence of this Renault Kerax

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And last but not least was this URO-Truck of the disinfection detachment.

And that was it. I sure hope you enjoyed the pictures, as there will still be some more ‘walk-around’ pictures to come in the future as well, with some interior pictures of the Iveco lynx and Dingo’s, as well as some supporting equipment from an F-16.

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