When we think of the Netherlands we generally think of a peaceful country and people without any sort of problems or violence
But as my grandfather once told me no matter where you go the same people and issues are everywhere
And you simply just can't escape it but today here on FTD facts. We are gonna look at a very unique group
That is within the Netherlands military and that is the Netherlands special forces
and of course when we think of special forces
We generally think of the bigger names such as SWAT FBI the KSK commandos from Germany
Pakistan China and even India special forces and although here on FTD facts
We've talked a lot about those particular groups within the past today
We look at the Netherland Special Forces and find out what is unique and extraordinarily brave of these fine soldiers. Hey everybody
How's it going? Dave Walpole
Welcome to FTD facts the channel where we talk about people cultures and places from all around the world
and yeah, we're gonna look at the Special Forces of the
Netherlands now the reason we're doing this is well first of all
We just did a video where we looked at some facts of or the the power
I guess you could say of the Netherlands and well
It's gotten quite popular of a video and you guys just want more content around it. So that's what we're doing
Which also reminds me guys if anytime you guys really like this kind of content you want more military stuff
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Then we know to do more stuff not necessarily around the Netherlands but around other countries in their militaries as well
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So who are the special forces of the Netherlands?
well
These particular soldiers are generally known as the corpse commando token or the KCT for short also in this video
I'm also going to include the Netherlands maritime special operations forces and
Fortunately for this video I will not be able to get into the Netherlands Marine Corps
But if you guys want me to talk about them in the future again hit those like buttons
But the reason I'm not getting into that is because while there's a time sort of thing that we got to get into
But it should be noted that those three units all are considered Special Forces units within the Netherlands and of course these three particular
Units the Corpse commando tropen and the netherlands marine corpse and the netherlands maritime special force operation forces
Sometimes end up working together to accomplish certain tasks
now, of course
We generally don't hear of the Netherlands special forces all too often
Which actually makes them a very?
Underrated sort of military force and although they may not be heard of like other names from around the world
They are just as good as a unit as any other country that has a special forces unit
And as for the Netherlands when it comes to their Special Forces units, they are capable of being deployed anywhere in the world
And when it comes to the marine corps, they are actually capable of being deployed anywhere in the world within 48 hours
And as for the Marine Corps, they have the motto as far as the world extends now, of course for these units
I'm gonna break them up and we're gonna look at them individually, for example
the corbs commando tropen got their roots as far back as the Second World War in which their
Original name was called the number two troops now
This team was trained on March 22nd, 1942 and were training at ahkna Harry, Scotland
Which housed a huge training facility for special commando units from places like Great Britain to America
And many European countries like the Netherlands, Norway
Czechoslovakia Poland Belgium and many more now as for the number two group
They were part of the number 10 inter-allied commando unit which consisted of eight groups from different countries
Now this particular Dutch group was listed - as number two and had approximately
62 members at first and unfortunately for these guys they really never saw any actual action during the Second World War
But however were helpful in many ways in many different operations in the second world war such as Market Garden
But by 1952 special commando units in the Netherlands known as Corpse special tropen and the storm school
merged together creating what is now known as the
KTC and of course for the ktc their main goals have changed throughout history due to many different events
such as the Berlin Wall or even more recent events such as
9/11 in which it became apparent that the KDC would need to operate more as an overseas special forces unit within the Netherlands and although
Not commonly known they've actually participated in many different conflicts around the world and in 2016
They were awarded the Military Order of William which is the oldest and highest order within the Netherlands as well
The KTC has been a part of many operations such as Afghanistan. They've also been seen in Iraq Bosnia conflicts
Macedonia and today currently they are deployed in Malley and the conflicts of Kurdistan
Now what about the weaponry when it comes to the KT see what kind of stuff do these guys use for the KT?
see these guys use German made heckler & koch
Hk416 --is and for 17s as their main assault rifles, and of course, you'll occasionally see them decked out with an FN minimi
Which is a belgium main machine gun now let's jump over and look at the netherlands maritime Special Operations Forces
Now these guys were formed on February
22nd at
1973 and if one wants to train to become one of these particular soldiers is
required that only special operations capable soldiers are even considered for this elite group in which during training they have to finish a
three-week aptitude test and if one fails in one of the areas of the test
They are effectively considered no longer eligible for this unit and apparently over 50% of the applied people ever pass
but keep in mind guys that is only for the three-week aptitude test because it gets even
Crazier because after that an individual has to move into heavy training military programs of the Dutch army
Which consists of 34 weeks within this there is also a 20-week m sof
Training which helps train soldiers in the entire spectrum of all Special Operations
and this program is really hard because apparently
60% of the people that go into it fail outright, but as for the Netherlands maritime Special Operations Forces
It was modeled after the British SBS program and within this group there is one special unit called M Squadron
Which deals primarily with counter-terror and one of the reasons the Netherlands developed this first counter terror group in?
1973 was due to the Munich Massacre during the Olympics in 1972. And although training was quick. They were first deployed in
1973 at the French Embassy in hogg
Which is also the first major hostage situation in all of Dutch history
Which happened when three men entered the French Embassy on September 3rd in?
1974
taking three hostages
now one thing that I really found fascinating about these guys is they also have a special unit called the frogmen and they are really
Responsible for amphibious operations. So who are the frogmen?
well they began in January of 1959 when the high command asked for two men to train at the maritime diving company and by
1963 it had become a regular program within the military and to apply for this program
The training is over twenty three weeks long in which during a 12 week
Section of this training one pretty much gets six hours of sleep and swims and kayaks
150 kilometers during some weeks as well within the Netherlands maritime Special Operations Forces
They have a special unit called M L
Ve R k PE L which are considered basically Mountain leader exploration platoons
Of course the Dutch had their first cold weather specialist units dating back to the 1970s
But as for this modern unit, it is a nine-month training period to finish and is actually provided by the Royal Marines of England
That's fantastic to know so there you have it guys. That is us just looking at these two
particular individual units within the Special Forces
Once again, I also didn't really get an opportunity to go into much detail about the Marine Corps
But if you guys really want us to do a whole video dedicated as that because they got a lot of history and they are
considered a special forces unit
well
be sure to hit those like buttons because I guess if we get over like maybe
5,000 likes then we'll be sure to do that video
And yeah, I'm like, I already started looking at some of the history and my man. It's pretty cool
and of course if we missed out any facts
Are you yourself or a soldier within one of these units be sure to educate our people down below in the comment section?
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But either way guys, my name is Dave Wawa. And this is you guys learning about the special forces units of the Netherlands
Like I said a group that doesn't always get mentioned within the media
but either way the special forces and soldiers of the Netherlands are no different than any soldier from any other country around the world as
They provide safety and security for their loved ones and the people within their own country
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