Regiment Limburgse Jagers

Regiment Limburgse Jagers (English: Limburgian Rifles Regiment) is a light infantry regiment in the Royal Netherlands Army.[1] It is named after the Dutch province of Limburg, and currently serves in the infantry role as part of 13 Motorized Brigade. It consists of 42nd motorised infantry battalion,[2][3] which is made of three motorised infantry companies equipped with the Boxer APC and MB G280, and a heavy weapons company, consisting of a recce platoon (with Fennek light recce vehicle), a mortar platoon with 9 81mm mortars and two anti-tank platoons with Spike anti-tank missiles.

  • Battle Honours (displayed on the regimental colour)
    • Quatre-Bras 1815, Waterloo 1815, Tiendaagse Veldtocht 1831, Citadel van Antwerpen 1832, Venlo 1940, Roermond 1940, Zutphen 1940, West- en Midden-Java 1946–1949, Noord-Sumatra 1947-1949, Uruzgan 2007

References

  1. ^ Stijn Jaspers (28 November 2025). "Voor elkaar, altijd!". Defensiekrant (in Dutch).
  2. ^ Defensie, Ministerie van (2017-11-13). "Historische canon Regiment Limburgse Jagers - Historische canons - Defensie.nl". www.defensie.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  3. ^ "42 Bataljon Limburgse Jagers. Voor elkaar, altijd". limburgsejagers.nl. Archived from the original on 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2024-11-15.


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