Below is some imagery from the Belgian Military Parade in 2015. I don’t attend it every year because it is a bit too busy for me, but it does show a small grasp of what the Belgian Defence has in its inventory and provides some great references for modern armor builders.

Special guests of the 2015 parade were the debut of the BAF NH-90 at the yearly parade and some items from foreign allies who operate with the Belgian like a German Bundeswehr MAN MLC30 truck, a Dutch Army Mercedes Wolf and two Luxembourg Dingo’s.

Please 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 hope you enjoyed the pictures and got some inspiration to build a Belgian scale model as a next project!