Royal Netherlands Army Artillery

The Royal Netherlands Army Artillery provides artillery support for the Royal Netherlands Army. It is divided into three corps, undertaking two roles: Korps Veldartillerie - Field Artillery and Korps Rijdende Artillerie - Horse Artillery. These two corps undertake the field artillery role. They are equipped primarily with the PzH2000 and were fitted with the M109 howitzer. Until 2013, one regiment retained the traditions of the Veldartillerie and one of the Rijdende Artillerie, with one assigned to each of the army's mechanised brigades.

In 2013, following a series of defence cuts, the two artillery regiments were amalgamated into a single unit called the Fire Support Command (VuursteunCommando). The FSC has four fire support batteries and an HQ battery, two of which are Veldartillerie and another two, together with the HQ battery, are Rijdende Artillerie. In 2025, the FSC will be split again, with one FA and one Horse Artillery battalion each carrying the traditions of the two artillery branches.

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