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!
Students from the Royal Military Academy, marching with Belgian flags.
A diamond formation performed by four Belgian Air Force F-16’s
A flyover by the Naval version of our new Eurocopter NH90
An unsung bird in our Belgian air force, the Agusta A109.
A Police helicopter, keeping an eye over the display as a safety precaution.
A good view on the special camouflaged uniforms, unique to the Belgian Army.
A detachment of Belgian NATO soldiers on the march.
The bikes of the Military police were also performing during the display.
A Dingo of the ‘Command Post’, followed by four ‘Infantry’ Dingo’s.
Two Belgian Dingo’s of the ‘Infantery’, following the previous ‘Command Post’ Dingo
A back view of an EOD Dingo (Explosive Ordnance Disposal)
Two Belgian Dingo’s in ‘Commando outpost version’, equipped with camouflage nets
Two ‘Scout’ Dingo’s from our Luxembourg neighbours. Note the color difference
A close up shot of the armament of the Luxembourg ‘Scout’ Dingo’s.
Another static display was this Medical component Dingo
Plenty of static displays were present too, including this Dingo of the Infantery.
A Dingo and Iveco Lynx driving side by side.
An Iveco Lynx of the Belgian Military Police.
A different view of Belgian Military Police Iveco Lynx.
Two staff company Iveco Lynxes in ‘Commando outpost’ camouflage.
A view of an Iveco Lynx LS.
Another static vechicle was this Iveco Lynx, which people could go and sit inside in.
A different view from that same vehicle
Two Astra 8ton trucks from the Support Detachement.
Two Iveco ALC (Autonomous Load Carrier) trucks, carrying containers (out of frame)
A German Bundeswehr MAN MLC30 truck, equipped with a Cobra Radar System.
A Netherlands army Mercedes Benz Jeep, pulling 120mm mortar carriers.
A full view of the Netherlands Mercedes Benz Jeeps with 120mm Mortar carriers.
An ‘infantry’ Piranha’ equipped with newly equipped SLAT-Armour, ment to protect the crew and vehicle from rocket attacks.
Two staff company Piranha’,
equipped with camouflage nets as ‘Commando outpost’ camouflage.
Two ‘infantry’ Piranha’ equipped with a ‘Direct Fire 30’ gun and camouflage netting.
The back view of a ‘standard’ Engineering and Mine-clearance Detachment Piranha.
A Piranha with an SOB-shovel from the Engineering and Mine-clearance Detachment.
A ‘Medical’ Piranha, for transportation of wounded soldiers over rough terrain.
A static display of ‘infantry’ Piranha’ equipped with a ‘Direct Fire 30’ gun.
A close up from the Piranha logo, found on most of the Piranha vehicles.
A Mercedus Unimog of the disinfection detachment, in case of a chemical disaster
A Unimog on static display, providing the base for a death ride cable. Note the upside down Mercedes logo on the grille.
The fire department also displayed much of their equipment, including this Unimog
A Volvo Amplirol truck transporting an Iveco lynx.
Another hard working Volvo Amplirol, Note the different kinds of green paint that can be found on the truck
Another Volvo Amplirol standing by, probably in case machinery would give in
In the display itself, there was still the presence of this Renault Kerax
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.