The following is a list of Dutch military equipment of

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which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. World War II was a global war that began in 1939 and ended in 1945. On 10 May 1940,

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, which aimed to dominate

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, invaded the Netherlands and occupied the entire country by 17 May. By 12 March 1942 the Dutch mainland and all their major colonies were controlled by Germans and Japanese. Dutch power was not restored until final Axis collapse in 1945. This list covers the equipment of armed elements centered on

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and

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, but not the

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, which was equipped mainly by the

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Knives and bayonets

Small arms

Pistols (manual and semi-automatic)

Automatic pistols and submachine guns

Rifles

Grenades and grenade launchers

Machine guns

Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns

The Dutch army in 1940 was in the process of converting their machine guns to the unique 7.92x57mm rimmed cartridge. Exact numbers of machine guns converted is unknown.

Vehicle and aircraft machine guns

Artillery

Infantry mortars

Field artillery

Fortress and siege guns

See for geographic distribution of coastal defenses and fortresses in continental Netherlands. The listing below do include both army and land-based Navy weapons, but do not include 47mm guns, which are counted as anti-tank guns. *

Bofors 37 mm The Bofors 37 mm anti-tank gun was an anti-tank gun designed by Swedish manufacturer Bofors in the early 1930s originally for Swedish use. It was exported to several countries during the 1930s of which several bought licences to produce it ...

, 45 or 50 calibers barrel length : 23 pieces, of them 12 imported and 11 license-produced *75mm guns, 40 calibers barrel length : 63 pieces (2 distinct Krupp types, 5000m range, rapid-fire) *120mm guns, 40 calibers barrel length : 18 pieces (2 distinct Krupp types, 12500m range, 9 RPM fire rate) *149.1mm or 152.4mm guns, 30 calibers barrel length: 5 (type unknown) *149.1mm or 152.4mm guns, 35 calibers barrel length: 6 (type unknown) *149.1mm or 152.4mm guns, 40 calibers barrel length: 21 (Krupp guns, 14200m range, 9 RPM fire rate) *240mm guns, 30 calibers barrel length: 11 (Krupp guns of the 19th century, 8000m range, 0.25 RPM fire rate)

Infantry guns

Anti-tank guns

Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)

Solothurn S-18/1000 The Solothurn S18-1000 20 mm was a Swiss anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It was a variant of the earlier S-18/100 with modifications for a higher muzzle velocity, as well as a larger cartridge size. The more powerful amm ...

Anti-aircraft weapons

Light anti-aircraft guns

Heavy anti-aircraft guns

Vehicles

Tankettes

Carden Loyd Mk IV tankette - 5 tankettes used in

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Tanks

* Marmon-Herrington CTLS - few used against Japanese on Java. 28 used in the

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* FT17 - 1 purchased in 1927 for trials * Marmon-Herrington CTMS - 26 used in the

* Marmon-Herrington MTLS - 19-20 used in the

* Carden-Lloyd Light Amphibious tank m1931- 2 delivered to the

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in 1937
Carden-Lloyd m1936
- 75 ordered but only 25 delivered to the

* M3 tanks - 50 were being transported when the

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fell. *

Armored cars

Utility tractor

VCL Utility Tracor
- 50 ordered for the

* Praga TIII/3 Artillery Tractor - 1 prototype delivered to the

Engineering and command

* L180 (M-38) - 2 of 14 armored cars were built as command cars (dummy main gun made of wood).

Trucks

All numbers are for European part of Dutch armed forces. *horses 30000 * Trado 1200 - mostly for towing artillery and 1 motorized light infantry division *DAF-139 amphibious truck (prototype testing at outbreak of war) *

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380 - in AA units *Ford GP - in Dutch East Indies cavalry units

Passenger cars

* unknown models (~70-140 total) for carrying officers

Motorcycles

* unknown model (at least 840 in 2 motorized cavalry regiments)

Miscellaneous vehicles

* bicycles (at least 1500000)

Navy ships and war vessels

Royal Netherlands Navy

At the moment of the German attack on 10 May 1940 the Dutch European Navy consisted of 50 vessels: * 1 light cruiser * 3 coastal defense ships * 10 destroyers * 12 minelayers * 4 minesweepers * 6 submarines * 14 auxiliary and light vessels Also, 31 various vessels were under construction. Of these, 6 were eventually completed in England and 21 in Nazi Germany. Present in the

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was the sloop Van Kinsbergen. Destroyed or scuttled during

: *Destroyer ''Van Galen'' otterdam, by a Stuka attack *Destroyer escort ''Christiaan Cornelis'' (scuttled after being damaged by coastal artillery) *Destroyer escort Z3 (scuttled) *Destroyer escort G16 (scuttled) *Gunboat ''Johan Maurits van Nassau'' (sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft) *Gunboat ''Friso'' (sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft) *Gunboat ''Brinio'' (scuttled) *Gunboat ''Braga'' (scuttled) *Gunboat ''Helfring'' (scuttled) *Gunboat ''Freyr'' (scuttled) *Minelayer ''Hydra'' *Minelyaer ''Bulgia '' *Minesweeper ''Abraham van Hulst'' (heavily damaged by Luftwaffe aircraft attack and scuttled) * Minesweeper ''Pieter Floriszoon'' (scuttled) *Minesweeper M III *Submarine HNLMS O 12 (scuttled) *Coastal defense ship

HNLMS IJmuiden HNLMS ''Jacob van Heemskerck'' ( nl, Hr.Ms. Jacob van Heemskerck) was a unique coastal defence ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy built by the Rijkswerf in Amsterdam. She was among the ships send to patrol the Venezuelan coast during the Secon ...

(scuttled) Escaped to England during

: *Light cruiser ''Sumatra'' *Destroyer escort Z5 *Destroyer escort Z6 *Destroyer escort Z7 *Destroyer escort Z8 *Destroyer escort G13 *Destroyer escort G15 *Gunboat ''Flores'' *Gunboat ''Gruno '' *Minelayer ''Willem van der Zaan'' *Minelayer ''Medusa'' *Minelayer ''Van Maerlant'' *Minelayer ''Douwe Aukes'' *Minelayer Nautiles *Minelayer Jan van Brakel *Minesweeper Jan van Gelder *Torpedo boat TM51 *Submarine O9 *Submarine O10 *Submarine O13 *Light-cruiser ''Jacob van Heemskerck'' (under construction at outbreak of war) *Destroyer leader ''Isaac Sweers'' (under construction at outbreak of war) *Submarine O21 (under construction at outbreak of war) *Submarine O22 (under construction at outbreak of war) *Submarine O23 (under construction at outbreak of war) *Submarine O24 (under construction at outbreak of war) *Many tugs, pilot boats and patrol boats Captured by the Germans: * Minesweepers MI (sunk and raised by Germans) * Minesweepers MII (sunk and raised by Germans) * Minesweepers MIV (sunk and raised by Germans) * Gunboat ''Tyr'' * Gunboat ''Balder'' * Gunboat ''Hadda'' (unarmed at outbreak of war) * Gunboat ''Thor'' (unarmed at outbreak of war) * Minelayer ''Vidar'' * Torpedo workship ''Vidar' ' * Submarines O 8 * Submarine O 11 * Coastal defense ship HMLMS Gelderland * Coastal defense ship

HNLMS Hertog Hendrik HNLMS ''Hertog Hendrik'' ( nl, Hr.Ms. Hertog Hendrik) was a (''pantserschip'') of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built at the '' Rijkswerf'' in Amsterdam at the start of the twentieth century. She was the first ship in the Dutch navy t ...

* Cruiser ''De Zeven Provincien'' (under construction, not used by Germans) * Cruiser HNLMS Eendracht (under construction, not used by Germans) * Destroyer leader HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes (under construction, scrapped by Germans) * Destroyer leader HNLMS Gerard Callenburgh (under construction, damaged and repaired by Germans) * Destroyer leader HNLMS Philips van Almonde (under construction, scrapped by Germans) * Submarine O 25 (under construction, finished by Germans) * Submarine O 26 (under construction, finished by Germans) * Submarine O 27 (under construction, finished by Germans) * 6 Minesweepers (under construction, names not assigned, all used by Germans) * Tanker (under construction, name not assigned, finished by Germans) * 10

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s) (under construction, names not assigned, all finished and used by Germans in Mediterranean)

Royal Netherlands Navy in the East Indies

At the time of Japanese attack on 7 December 1941, the Dutch Navy in the East Indies comprised 78 vessels. Most of them were destroyed defending Java island: *3 light cruisers *7 destroyers *15 submarines *7 minelayers *11 minesweepers *35 auxiliary or small ships (of them 8 tankers) Task Force One (Doorman; off Paternoster Island) *Light cruiser De Ruyter *Light cruiser

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*Destroyer Van Ghent *Destroyer

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*Destroyer Piet Hein *Destroyer

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*Destroyer Banckert Task Force Two (Sunda Strait en route Singapore) *Light cruiser

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*Destroyer Evertsen *Destroyer Van Nes NEI Submarine Flotilla (at Surabaya) *submarine tende
Zuiderkruis
*SS K-VI *SS K-VIII *SS K-X Submarine Division 1 *SS O-16 (Karimata Strait) *SS K-XVII (north of Singapore) *SS K-XVII Submarine Division 2 *SS K-IX *SS K-XI (north of Singapore) *SS K-XII (north of Singapore) *SS K-XIII (north of Singapore) Submarine Division 3 *SS K-XIV (South China Sea) *SS K-XV (South China Sea) *SS K-XVI (South China Sea) Submarine Division 4 *SS O-19 (South China Sea) *SS O-20 (South China Sea) Mine Service (at Surabaya) *CM Gouden Leeuw (at Tarakan) *CM Prinz Van Oranje *CM Krakatau *CM Pro Patria (at Palembang) *CM Serdang *CM Willem van der Zaan (Lingga) *CM Rigel Minesweeper Division 3 *AMc Alor *AMc Aroe *AMc Bantam *AMc Bogor *AMc Ceram *AMc Cheribon Minesweeper Division 4 (at Surabaya) *AMc Djember *AMc Djombang *AMc Djampea *AMc Enggano *AMc Endeh Torpedo Division (at Surabaya) *PT TM-4 to TM-15 (12 vessels) *Tanker AO Aldegonda *Tanker AO Benakat (4763 tons, 10 knots) *Tanker AO Djirak (4325 tons, 10 knots) *Tanker AO Josefina *Tanker AO Juno (2741 tons, 9 knots) *Tanker AO Paula (2700 tons, 12 knots) *Tanker AO Pendopo (7150 tons, 10 knots) *Tanker AO Petronella *AT Kraus *AT Pief *AT Gina *AT Jules *AT Nolly *AT Tata *AT Flip *AT Rolf *AT Hector *AT Paul *AT Teddy *AR Moeara Boelian * AH Op Ten Noort

Aircraft

The Dutch before war have an extensive aircraft industry, but most of the aircraft produced were exported and not counted here.

Cartridges and shells

.32 ACP .32 ACP ( Automatic Colt Pistol, also known as .32 Automatic) is a centerfire pistol cartridge. It is a semi-rimmed, straight-walled cartridge developed by firearms designer John Browning, initially for use in the FN M1900 semi-automatic pi ...

(7.94×25mm) *

.380 ACP The .380 ACP (9×17mm) ( Automatic Colt Pistol) is a rimless, straight-walled pistol cartridge developed by firearms designer John Moses Browning. The cartridge headspaces on the mouth of the case.Wilson, R. K. ''Textbook of Automatic Pisto ...

(9×25mm) * 11mm French Ordnance (11.46×30mm) * 6.5×53mmR (main rifle cartridge) * 7.92×56R (main MG cartridge) *

.303 British The .303 British (designated as the 303 British by the C.I.P. and SAAMI) or 7.7×56mmR, is a calibre rimmed rifle cartridge. The .303 inch bore diameter is measured between rifling lands as is the common practice in Europe which follows th ...

(7.7×56mmR)

References

External links

Dutch army strategy and armament in World War II

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Dutch Military Equipment Of World War Ii Dutch World War II