Friday, 9 September 2022

Going Dutch Revisited: Dutch Military Aid To Ukraine

By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans

The following list attempts to keep track of military equipment delivered or pledged to Ukraine by the Netherlands shortly prior to and during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The entries below are sorted by armament category (with a flag denoting the country of origin), and due to the confidential nature of some arms deliveries they can serve only as a lower bound to the total volume delivered. This list will be updated as further military support is uncovered.

(Click on the equipment type or vehicle to get a picture or source link)

Naval Vessels

2 Alkmaar-Class Minehunters [To be delivered]
4 ''Ships'' [To be delivered]

Anti-Ship Missiles (AShMs)

AGM-84 Harpoon (Missiles) [June 2022]

Surface-To-Air Missile Systems And Missiles

2 Patriot Launchers [April 2023]
Missiles For The Patriot SAM Launchers [April 2023]
12 AIM-120 AMRAAMs (For NASAMS II) [November 2022]

(Mobile) Anti-Aircraft Guns

100 MR-2 Mobile Anti-Aircraft Guns [To be delivered] (Purchased by the Netherlands from Czechia, upgraded and delivered to Ukraine)
17 Bofors 40L70s [Delivered from March 2023 onwards]

Self-Propelled Artillery

8 155mm PzH 2000s [April 2022. Training completed in May 2022. Arrived to Ukraine from June 2022 onwards]

Tanks

45 T-72EAs [To be delivered] (Purchased by the Netherlands from Czechia, upgraded and delivered to Ukraine)
100 Leopard 1A5s [To be delivered] (In cooperation with Germany and Denmark)
14 Leopard 2A4s [To be delivered] (In cooperation with Denmark)

Armoured Fighting Vehicles

Fenneks [February 2023]

Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs)

196 YPR-765s [Delivered from May 2022 onwards]
28 Bandvagn BvS 10s [Delivered before March 2023]

Engineering Vehicles And Equipment

1 Scanjack 3500 Mine Clearing System [2022/2023]
2 Bozena Mine Clearing Systems [2022/2023]
6 M3 Amphibious Bridging Vehicles [To be delivered]
15 Bailey Bridges [To be delivered]

Vehicles

~300 DAF YA-4442 '4-tonner' Trucks and DAF YAZ-2300 '10-tonner' Trucks [Delivered from November 2022 onwards]
Mercedes Benz 290GD Ambulances [2022/2023]
Volkswagen Amarok SUVs [2022/2023]
2 Lifting Cranes [2022/2023]
10 Loaders [2022/2023]
21 Forklifts [2022/2023]

Heavy Mortars

6 120mm MO-120-HBs [November 2022]

Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS) And Missiles

50 FIM-92 Stinger Launchers [Delivered from March 2022 onwards]
200 Stinger Missiles [April 2022]

Reconnaissance UAVs

143 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [Delivered from April or May 2022 onwards]

Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

2 SeaFox Autonomous Mine-Detecting Underwater Vehicles [March or April 2022]

Radars

5 AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder Weapon-Locating Radars [Delivered from April 2022 onwards]
2 Thales Squire Ground Surveillance Radars [Delivered from April 2022 onwards]
''Several'' Anti-Drone Radars [To be delivered]

Small Arms

50 Panzerfaust 3 RPGs [Delivered from March 2022 onwards]
10 Barrett M82 .50 BMG Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifles [March 2022]
90 Accuracy International AX308 Sniper Rifles [March 2022]
FN MAG General-Purpose Machine Guns [2022/2023]
FN Minimi Light Machine Guns [2022/2023]
M2 Heavy Machine Guns [2022/2023]
C7A1 Assault Rifles [Before September 2022]
Glock 17 Pistols [2022/2023]

Ammunition

50 DM72A1 (PzF 3-IT) Rounds For Panzerfaust 3 [March 2022]
30.000 Rounds Of 7.62mm And 12.7mm Ammunition [March 2022] (For AX408 and M82 sniper and anti-materiel rifles)
Small Arms Ammunition (For C7A1 Assault Rifles, Glock 17 Pistols, FN MAG, FN Minimi and M2 Machine Guns [2022]
20.000 Rounds Of 120mm Ammunition For The Leopard 2 [To be delivered]