The Netherlands is one awesome and amazing country filled with a great amount of diverse people and
Culture and although it may be small compared to other nations
It does have a lot of tricks up its sleeve such as a powerful economy culture and as well
They have
Contributed a lot to the world and you might be surprised at how strong its military might actually be and here on FTD facts we
Are gonna look at the country other Netherlands and learn some more things about the country and more especially its military. Hey everybody
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We are looking at the Netherlands because well first of all if you guys are from the Netherlands
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I want to know if you guys could be in the military service which military branch would you be in I almost said like?
Military service, would you be in but you know that wouldn't made a lot of sense
But what military branch, would you be in would you be in the infantry would you be in the Navy?
Would you be in special commando units let me know down there, okay?
well
Let's get started now at any time during this video if you guys have suggestions for future videos be sure to put it down there
but here we go so looking at the military of the
Netherlands now the military is not really something you think of when you think of the Netherlands. I mean personally me
I think of just a very peaceful country kind of keeping to themselves
And doing great business around the world and very nice people and like it's fellow countries to the north Denmark
Sweden Finland and Norway
They don't seem to have a very extremely armed country and as a matter of fact its east-west and southern
Neighbors like Germany the UK France and Belgium are a little more equipped for all the countries in Europe
But either way that doesn't teach her that the fact that the soldiers of the Netherlands are some of the best trained in the world
As well they trained with other countries from around the world and defend their nation for a good cause now
Let's start off by breaking down the numbers
Let's take a look at how big this military actually is now the military is known as the Netherlands Armed Forces
and they have approximately a population of
17 million people throughout the entire country now that is the population of the Netherlands and not the population of the army
Overall the whole country has a manpower of approximately seven million eight hundred
Thousand people and approximately six million three hundred and twenty-five thousand people are fit for service
But diving deeper the actual military personnel of the Netherlands sits at approximately
53 thousand two hundred and five people with an active personnel meaning people that are currently in the service working full-time are
About forty two thousand seven hundred and five people and the rest about ten thousand five hundred people are considered reserve personnel
Now also guys just a heads up when it comes to these videos
These are rough figures now no military likes to give out its complete numbers
I mean let's be real they just want to be secretive about certain things just
Because that's the way they are so these are rough numbers if they are slightly off guys. Don't go all like ah
Crazy because you know we're just getting a general idea here now one thing to mention when it comes to the military of the Netherlands
When we look at the army division it is known as the Royal Netherlands army
And they traced back to 1570 to but were officially created on january 9th
1814 and
because of its age it's one of the oldest standing armies in the entire world and this army has definitely taken place in many of
The wars in Europe throughout history especially the 80 year war now in today's world as of May 1st
1997 the Netherlands ended its compulsory attendance
However that doesn't necessarily mean conscription has ended within the country as a matter of fact
There is conscription within the Netherlands however
It is slightly different from what you think because basically every male citizen gets a letter at 17 years old saying they have been
Registered for the army, but keep in mind that doesn't mean they actually have to go to the service
It just means if they need you guess what they may call on you
Now keep in mind other countries like Carissa
Which is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands does follow this?
Constitution and has what is called active social conscription meaning basically underprivileged males get the opportunity to have military training
Now let's dive even further
Let's go up in the air and let's take a look at their Air Force currently the Netherlands Air Force has
approximately an aircraft strength of
164 now to break that up approximately
61 of these are considered fighter aircraft with the f-16 being their main fighter aircraft and besides the
f-16 the Netherlands is looking to replace these fighter aircrafts with the
F-35 as the Netherlands is one of the original nine partner nations for the f-35 and is actually the second international
Partner to receive f-35s and it was in March of 2015
That the Dutch parliament approved the order for these new aircrafts in which approximately eight of them will be delivered by 2019
Now as for their attack craft
they set out approximately 66 and
Transport craft come in at 41 their helicopter strength however comes in at 74 and with that in mind their attack
helicopters come in at 28 and their main attack helicopter is the
ah-64d Apache
helicopter now
Let's go back on down earth and see what they got on the ground now the combat tanks of the Netherlands sits at
approximately 18 and
basically the Dutch give approximately a hundred troops to the German Dutch Panzer Division of the four fourteenth battalion and
Currently the main battle tank of the Netherlands is the leopard 2a6?
Which is actually a very popular tank within all of europe places like Germany and even
Sweden use them and as for their armoured fighting vehicles. They have approximately
979 with 200 of them being box or armoured fighting vehicles which are actually German and Netherlands in design created through a cooperative
European design project and besides the boxers they also use the Swedish CV 903
5nl which approximately 92 of those are an active service and the rest of them are in storage giving a total of
149 now for the Navy assets let's go on to the sea now similar to the Netherlands neighbors to the north such as Sweden
Finland and even Norway
They have a very small Navy with approximately 56 Navy assets now two of them are
considered frigates which are ships from the early 90s and for the destroyers they sit at four with most of them being in the
2000 eras with the most recent being the Everest InDesign from 2005 as for their submarines they are from the 1990s
And they're approximately four of them being in diesel and electronic design, and of course the Netherlands doesn't really need it
But they don't have any destroyers or any aircraft carriers and the rest of it is all patrol craft
Minesweepers and things like that now before we move on to some other things
It should also be noted, and I like hearing this because I am Canadian
But the main battle weapon that the Netherlands uses for its soldiers is the Canadian c8 and LD which fires a NATO
5.56 round and asked for its light machine guns
They use the Belgium, FN minimi now one thing for the Netherlands when it comes to this country
We got to keep in mind with all these machines
They do need a lot of oil and as a matter of fact when it comes to the Netherlands they produce approximately 28,000
120 barrels a day however they consume about nine hundred and ninety thousand barrels a day and for the reserve oil barrels
They have approximately
114 million seven hundred
thousand barrels also guys
I don't really know if when it comes to the consumption of oil whether or not that is all government stuff
Or it's just military
I'm not entirely sure but one thing that we do know for sure is that the Netherlands does not have any nuclear
Capability however this country is a part of NATO which basically means that they have nuclear weapons sharing agreements
But keep in mind guys
This is a country that actually does create a lot of the
Compounds to make nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction and of course throughout the years that has done many things to ratify the nuclear
non-proliferation treaty and
Biological convention, and it close it all out guys last thing
We got to look at is the budget of this military because for the budget of the Netherlands military as of 2015 they spend approximately
1.2. Percent of its GDP and as for their budget in 2018 it was recorded to be approximately nine billion two hundred three
Million nine hundred fifty-three thousand euros so that is a brief look at the military area of the Netherlands
I'm sure we could go into greater detail about what this great country has to offer when it comes to its military power and although
It may be a small country
We should not forget the fact that the troops and the soldiers of the Netherlands do great to contribute around the world when necessary
My name is Dave Walpole, and I want to thank you guys for tuning in and learning about the Netherlands
I hope you guys really
Really liked learning about this video and as well as like I said if you guys have any suggestions for future
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We also talk about countries and stuff so if you guys want to learn more about the Netherlands at the end of this video
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But thank you guys for watching, and we will see you guys in the next one cool alright. See you later. Bye. Bye
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