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[lordroel]

After joying this great forum i toughed, what would be fun to try a Twilight version based and centered on the country i live in. So far i have manged to create several orbats for countries.

These orbats what i have created so far for Orange Twilight: the Netherlands during the Twilight War and beyond as i call it can be found by clicking on this link

[kato13]

Cool.

Always nice to see localized stuff by people who know the area.

[lordroel]

Originally Posted by kato13

Cool.

Always nice to see localized stuff by people who know the area.

well it is a hobby of mine even if it is not as good as other wikis i have seen.

[lordroel]

Have now more then 20 articles relating to my own version of Twilight:2000 mostly focusing on orbats of countries before the war began.

[lordroel]

Question, where the Iowa-class battleships still active at the time of the outbreak of the Twilight War or would the have been placed in reserve at that time.

[RN7]

Originally Posted by lordroel

Question, where the Iowa-class battleships still active at the time of the outbreak of the Twilight War or would the have been placed in reserve at that time.

I think they were all decommissioned in the early 1990's and later placed in the reserve fleet before becoming museum ships in the early 2000's. However in T2K the Soviet Union is still about and with trouble brewing across the world I think it is likely that they or at least two of them were kept in near active service (one in the Atlantic, one in the Pacific) with the other two brought back into service after the Reunification of Germany in 1996.

[lordroel]

Originally Posted by RN7

I think they were all decommissioned in the early 1990's and later placed in the reserve fleet before becoming museum ships in the early 2000's. However in T2K the Soviet Union is still about and with trouble brewing across the world I think it is likely that they or at least two of them were kept in near active service (one in the Atlantic, one in the Pacific) with the other two brought back into service after the Reunification of Germany in 1996.

That would make sense, i am working on my own version of the Twilight War and having two battleship groups, one operating out of Atlantic and one in the Pacific allows me to add the the battleships to my list.

[lordroel]

My first two articles have been finished.

Flemish Liberation Front

The Vlaamse Bevrijdings Front (English: Flemish Liberation Front, VBF) also known simply as the Flemish Resistance (Dutch: Vlaamse Verzet) was formed by the Flemish government in exile when they began to bring together several resistance groups who were operating in Vlaanderen thereby creating the VBF.

The VBF while official a unified front was in fact made up of several resistance groups, the largest and best organized of them was the Flemish Secret Army (Dutch: Vlaamse Geheim Leger, VGL) who was made up of former officers and soldiers of the former Royal Belgian Army which ceased to exists when it was absorbed into the French Army, the VGL and others followed the instructions of the Flemish government in exile while several others where only part of the VBF due them needing the finance, equipment and supplies, both of which the Flemish government in exile and the Dienst Bijzondere Opdrachten (English: Service of Special Assignments, DBO), a secret service established by the Netherlands to operate in occupied Netherlands and Vlaanderen were able to provide.

After the signing of the Treaty of Arnhem in 2007 which saw the French withdraw their forces from French occupied Netherlands and saw the creation of an independent Vlaanderen, the former Flemish government in exile, now the official established government in Brussels began to disarm and demobilize the VBF, while large numbers of VBF went back to their civilian life, many former members of the VBF enlisted into the newly created Flemish Army, where they together with the former Free Flemish Army personal would form the core of the new Flemish Army.

Service of Special Assignments

The Dienst Bijzondere Opdrachten (English: Service of Special Assignments, DBO) was a Netherlands organization during the French-Netherlands War. Following the provisional cabinet approval, it was officially established on February 26th 1998, a month after the Belgian-French invasion of the Netherlands on January 2nd 1998 with its mission being to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in French-occupied Netherlands and in Vlaanderen.

Relationships

The DBO cooperated fairly well with its civilian counterpart, the Binnenlandse Veiligheidsdienst (English: Internal Security Service, BVD) and its military counterpart the Militaire Veiligheidsdienst (English: Military Security Service, MVD) during war, usually on technical matters as DBO equipment was readily adopted by the Korps Commandotroepen, maritime special operations company of the Netherlands Marine Corps and the Speciale Depot Regiment belonging to the Free Flemish Army.

Locations

DBO maintained serval training, research and development or administrative centers across un-occupied Netherlands.

Operations

The DBO dispatched more than 140 agents into French-occupied Netherlands and in Vlaanderen of which at least 34 were killed. DBO agents arranged a total of 411 weapons and supplies droppings on numerous different sites both in French-occupied Netherlands and in Vlaanderen. DBO agents also supported the local resistance in French-occupied Netherlands and the Flemish Liberation Front (VBF) in Vlaanderen while also inciting revolt and guerrilla activity, hampering French troops movements through sabotage actions and assassinating French military and civilian officials, pro-French Netherlands and pro-French Belgians who worked closely with the French occupation administration.

Dissolution

After the French-Netherlands War had ended with the signing of the treaty of Arnhem in 2007 attempts to keep the DBO in being failed as both the MVD and the BVD made the point that they would be able to take over DBO activaties without a problem, thus DBO was dissolved officially in 2007. Most of its personnel reverted to their peacetime occupations or regular service in the Royal Netherlands Army).

[lordroel]

Map of former Germany 1998-2007

This is map of former Germany from 1998 to 2007 before the French Republic signed the Peace Treaty of Arnhem in 2007 with the Netherlands ending the French-Netherlands War.


Map showing former Germany from 1998 to 2007

(Orange) Unoccupied Netherlands with its provisional capital located in the city of Groningen.

(Yellow) Netherlands Military Zone in Bentheim (Dutch: Nederlandse Militaire Zone in Bentheim) in the former County of Bentheim (German: Grafschaft Bentheim), district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony. Garrison of three Jaeger Battalions (light infantry specialized for assault, defense operations and urban warfare) belonging to the Netherlands-German Regiment (Dutch: Nederlandse-Duits Regiment, German: Niederländische-Deutsch Regiment, NDR) located in the Prins Claus barracks in the town Nordhorn.

(Green) The Free State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern) which was came into being in 2000. It has its capitol located in the city of Munich.

(Purple) The People Republic of Saxony (German: Volksrepublik Sachsen) which came into being in 2003 after the then Saxony won the Saxony-Brandenburg War. It capitol is officially is Berlin, but it being destroyed during the Twilight War (1996-2000) it has its provisional capitol in Dresden.

(Blue) The Unione Francais (English: French Union) ore also known as the French-Belgian Union before the absorption of Belgian in the French Republic, its capitol is Paris.

(Red) French occupied Netherlands, Luxembourg and Germany.

(Light Blue) The State of Baden-Württemberg (German: Land Baden-Württemberg) is located in the southwest, east of the Upper Rhine. Its has its capitol located in the city of Stuttgart.

(Light Green) The Westphalia Republic (German: Westfalen Republik) is a French puppet state formed in 1999 a year after the French in the aftermath of the Twilight War moved into the Zone Morte from Frankfurt to the Rhur in order to secure what remained of German industry and partly to stop these resources from falling into the hands of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg or Hannover. The capitol of the Westphalia Republic is located in the city of Dusseldorf.

(Brown) The country simply known as Hannover included the areas of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein as well as parts of Westphalia, Hesse and Saxony-Anhalt. It has it capitol located in the city of Hannover.

Map of divided Netherlands 1998-2007

This is a map of the Netherlands from March 1998 to singing of the Treaty of Arnhem in 2007 which saw the French withdraw their forces from French occupied Netherlands.

Map showing Netherlands, Belgium, part of France and Germany from 1998 to 2007

(Orange) Unoccupied Netherlands with its provisional capital located in the city of Groningen, one of the few large cities in the Netherlands which was not hit by Soviets nuclear strikes during the Twilight War.

(Yellow) Netherlands occupied Germany in the former County of Bentheim (German: Grafschaft Bentheim), district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony. Garrison of the Netherlands-German Regiment (Dutch: Nederlandse-Duits Regiment, German: Niederländische-Deutsch Regiment, NDR).

(Red) French occupied Netherlands, Luxembourg and Germany.

(Blue) The Unione Francais (English: French Union) ore also known as the French-Belgian Union before the absorption of Belgian in the French Republic, its capitol is Paris.

(Brown) Hannover.

(Light Green) The French puppet state of Westphalia Republic (German: Westfalen Republik).

[lordroel]

The Netherlands-German Regiment (Dutch: Nederlandse-Duits Regiment, German: Niederländische-Deutsch Regiment, NDR ) is an integral part of the Royal Netherlands Army which consist of three Jaeger Battalions (1) and supporting units located in the Prins Claus barracks in the town Nordhorn, the seat of the Principality of Bentheim one of five constituent countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands, along with the Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Aruba and Sint Maarten.

(1) The three Jaeger Battalions are light infantry specialized for assault, defense operations and urban warfare.

(2) The Principality of Bentheim (German: Fürstentum Bentheim) is the successor to the in March 1998 established Netherlands Military Administration in Bentheim (Dutch: Militaire Administratie in Bentheim) who main function it was to govern the former County of Bentheim (German: Grafschaft Bentheim) which was seized by the Netherlands in February 1998.

The Netherlands-German Regiment is made up of the following units:

1st NDR Jaeger Battalion

2nd NDR Jaeger Battalion

3rd NDR Jaeger Battalion

[lordroel]

Have after some long thinking decided to start my own forum wich can be found here.

Alternate Netherlands history forum

[Tombot]

"Well it is a hobby of mine even if it is not as good as other wikis i have seen."

Its quite fine and a good source of inspiration if you want to create a scenario in that region, Lordroel. Not "OT" at all.

As a matter of fact, i used the Dead Zone as background for a scenario similar to "Ride with the devil" (1999 western-movie from Ang Lee, which i liked) (Union= superior FBU-Army/ Nederlandse/german partisans= southern bushwhackers), and used quite a lot of your setting. Greetings

[lordroel]

Originally Posted by Tombot

"Well it is a hobby of mine even if it is not as good as other wikis i have seen."

Its quite fine and a good source of inspiration if you want to create a scenario in that region, Lordroel. Not "OT" at all.

As a matter of fact, i used the Dead Zone as background for a scenario similar to "Ride with the devil" (1999 western-movie from Ang Lee, which i liked) (Union= superior FBU-Army/ Nederlandse/german partisans= southern bushwhackers), and used quite a lot of your setting. Greetings

One scenario that is playing in my head is about a agent belonging to the Dienst Bijzondere Opdrachten (English: Service of Special Assignments, DBO) who has orders to head towards French occupied Netherlands to drop of some supplies while being chased by the South-Netherlands Army (French: L'Armée du Pays-Bas Sud, Dutch: Zuid-Nederlands Leger, ZNL) and the French General Directorate for Internal Security (French: Direction générale de la sécurité intérieure, DGSI).

[Tombot]

"One scenario that is playing in my head is about a agent belonging to the Dienst Bijzondere Opdrachten"

Sounds like an early Luc-Besson-Movie (seen "Nikitia"?); do it with your group and please write a session-Report!

(Dont have an interested group for T2k at the moment, and would love to! At the time, i try to use german rpg-forums to find a group for a "MadMax/MFP-Patrol"-RPG on a Carwars-Base, within the backdrop of T2k...the results are like you`d expect... People thinking like "Whaaat?" )

[lordroel]

Originally Posted by Tombot

"One scenario that is playing in my head is about a agent belonging to the Dienst Bijzondere Opdrachten"

Sounds like an early Luc-Besson-Movie (seen "Nikitia"?); do it with your group and please write a session-Report!

If ever i have the chance i will try to do it.

[Olefin]

Originally Posted by lordroel

The Netherlands-German Regiment (Dutch: Nederlandse-Duits Regiment, German: Niederländische-Deutsch Regiment, NDR ) is an integral part of the Royal Netherlands Army which consist of three Jaeger Battalions (1) and supporting units located in the Prins Claus barracks in the town Nordhorn, the seat of the Principality of Bentheim one of five constituent countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands, along with the Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Aruba and Sint Maarten.

(1) The three Jaeger Battalions are light infantry specialized for assault, defense operations and urban warfare.

(2) The Principality of Bentheim (German: Fürstentum Bentheim) is the successor to the in March 1998 established Netherlands Military Administration in Bentheim (Dutch: Militaire Administratie in Bentheim) who main function it was to govern the former County of Bentheim (German: Grafschaft Bentheim) which was seized by the Netherlands in February 1998.

The Netherlands-German Regiment is made up of the following units:

1st NDR Jaeger Battalion

2nd NDR Jaeger Battalion

3rd NDR Jaeger Battalion

Would these Jaeger Battalions be pure infantry, cavalry or have a mix of whatever vehicles they could lay their hands on?

[lordroel]

Originally Posted by Olefin

Would these Jaeger Battalions be pure infantry, cavalry or have a mix of whatever vehicles they could lay their hands on?

At first they where purely infantry and used mostly to secure the Netherlands Military Administration in Bentheim (Dutch: Militaire Administratie in Bentheim) and where equipped with what ever they could get their hands on. Later when it became clear that the French-Netherlands War (1998-2007) became a static war, the Royal Netherlands Army began to supply them whit equipment allowing them together with the King's German Legion, the British army raised unit to assist the fledgling Hanover Army in combating warlords and securing the country.

I had begun to work out the history of the Netherlands-German Regiment wich is this so far.

History

In 2000 the fighting between NATO and the Warsaw Pact over in what remain of Germany died down bringing the Twilight War (also known as World War III) towards an end leaving huge civilian and military casualties in large parts of the world. With new countries beginning to emerge from its ashes.

The Netherlands faced with a huge influx of German refuges during the Twilight War (1998-2000) suffered another influx of refugees this time from fleeing citizens from the advancing French-Belgian forces invading the Netherlands, having to coop with sheltering both its own citizens and Germans the Netherlands provisional government in the city of Groningen made the decision to establish serval refugee camps in Germany itself under the control of the Royal Netherlands Army.

On March 31st 1998 the Netherlands Military Administration in Bentheim (Dutch: Militaire Administratie in Bentheim) was established to govern the former County of Bentheim (German: Grafschaft Bentheim). However the problem of having to maintain law and order and security in the zone prove somewhat of a burden to the Royal Netherlands Army who was heavy engaged in fighting the Belgian-French forces in the South of the Netherlands, the solution came up of requiting German refuges living in the Netherlands Military Administration in Bentheim.

[lordroel]

The first entry of the orbats i have created for some nations before the start of my Twilight War (1996) or the French-Belgian invasion of the Nederlands (1998).

Netherlands Naval Aviation Service in 1997

The Netherlands Naval Aviation Service (Dutch: Marine-Luchtvaartdienst; MLD) is the naval aviation branch of the Royal Netherlands Navy and had at the time that the country entered the war on January 6th 1997 a total of 13 aircraft and 24 helicopters in use.

MARPAT - Maritime Patrol Group:

No. 2 Squadron - Valkenburg

(MOTU) P-3C Orion (1) and 1 King Air (2).

No. 320 Squadron - Valkenburg

6 Lockheed P-3 Orion four-engine turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft (3).

No. 321 Squadron - Valkenburg

6 Lockheed P-3 Orion four-engine turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft.

HELIGRP - Helicopter Group:

No. 7 Squadron - De Kooij

6 UH-14D Westland Lynxs helicopters (used for utility and SAR roles).

No. 860 Squadron - De Kooij & frigates

18 SH-14D Westland Lynxs helicopters (used for ASW missions).

(1) acts as the OCU for the P-3C Orions of No. 320 and No. 321 Squadrons using aircraft borrowed from these units. Officially titled MOTU (Maritime Operations Training Unit).

(2) leased for advanced training purposes from Valkenburg and Maastricht Airport.

(3) one P-3 Orion permanently deployed to Keflavik, Iceland to help track Soviet submarines.

[lordroel]

Something i manged to create which shows the Netherlands Forces in the Caribbean in 1997 in my Orange Twilightverse.

Netherlands Forces in the Caribbean in 1997

The Commander Netherlands Forces in the Caribbean (Dutch: Commandement der Zeemacht in het Caribisch Gebied, COMNLCARIB) is responsible for the activities of all forces in the Caribbean who operate from four bases (3 bases on Curaçao and 1 on Aruba).

The service branches, militias and volunteer corpses who operated in the Caribbean are:

The Royal Netherlands Navy (Dutch: Koninklijke Marine).

The 3 Amphibious Combat Group (Dutch: Derde Amfibische Gevechtsgroep, 3AGGP) of the Netherlands Marine Corps (Dutch: Korps Mariniers) which consist of the 31st,32nd and 33rd infantry companies.

The Netherlands Naval Aviation Service (Dutch: Marine-Luchtvaartdienst, MLD).

The Royal Netherlands Air Force (Dutch: Koninklijke Luchtmacht, KLu).

The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (Dutch: Koninklijke Marechaussee, KMar), military police.

Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Coastguard (Dutch: kustwacht voor de Nederlandse Antillen en Aruba, NA&A CG) (1).

The Antillean Militia (Dutch: Antilliaanse Militie, ANTMIL) which consist of three platoons (2).

The Aruban Militia (Dutch: Arubaanse Militie, ARUMIL) which consist of one platoon (3).

The Curaçao Militia (Dutch: Curaçao Militie, CURMIL) which consist of one platoon.

The Volunteer Corps Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Vrijwilligers Korps Nederlandse Antillen, VKNA) is made up of three volunteer corpses namely the Volunteer Corps Aruba (Dutch: Vrijwilligers Korps Aruba, VKA), Volunteer Corps Curaçao (Dutch: Vrijwilligers Korps Curaçao, VKC) and the Volunteer Corps St. Maarten (Dutch: Vrijwilligers Korps St. Maarten).

Bases and deployments of Netherlands Forces in the Caribbean

Curacao: Parera Naval Base

Parera Naval Base, the main naval base for the Royal Netherlands Navy and headquarters of the Commander Netherlands Forces in the Caribbean where the station ship (Karel Doorman (M) class multi-purpose frigate) HNLMS Van Amstel, one permanent support ship HNLMS Pelikaan (4), six Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats and two P-class patrol boats (5) operated from.

Curacao: Marine Barracks Suffisant

Marine Barracks Suffisant (6), the main marine base which house the 31st and 32nd Infantry Company (7) of the 3 Amphibious Combat Group (8), a detachment of the Antillean Militia (Dutch: Antilliaanse Militie, ANTMIL) which is made up of a small training cadre and one infantry platoon, the Curaçao Militia and the Vrijwilligers Korps Curaçao (VKC) which is made up of some 120 volunteers.

Curaçao: Hato Airfield

Hato Airfield, the main military airfield with two Fokker F-27-M transport aircraft and two P3C-Orions.

Aruba: Savaneta Marine Barracks

Marine Barracks Savaneta (Dutch: Marinierskazerne Suffisant, MSKSUF) houses the 33rd infantry company of the 3 Amphibious Combat Group who also serves as a military education and training unit for the Antillean Militia which is made up of a training cadre and two infantry platoons, Volunteer Corps Aruba (Dutch: Vrijwilligers Korps Aruba, VKA) which is made up of some 100 volunteers and the Aruban Militia.

Sint Maarten

The Volunteer Corps St. Maarten (Dutch: Vrijwilligers Korps St. Maarten) which is made up of some 120 volunteers.

The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee has some 20 personal on the island of Sint Maarten to assist the local police.

Notes

(1) The Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Coastguard has approximately 160 personnel. Of these, 140 come from the Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten and 20 from the Royal Netherlands Navy. These 160 consist mostly of personnel actually deployed to carry out operations and the occupation of the Coast Guard bases located on Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten.

(2) The Antillean Militia consist of local conscript personnel and a small volunteer cadre numbering some 148 who form three infantry platoons. The Antillean Militia is trained, clothed and equipped by the Marine Corps as (conscript) marines. When mobilized the Antillean Militia will be made up of eight company-sized security detachments each with company strength of 148 men (totaling some 1,184 men) who would be commanded by Netherlands Marine Corps officers and sub-officers.

(3) The Aruban Militia and the Curaçao Militia are unlike the Antillean Militia made up of professional soldiers and have their own officers.

(4) HNLMS Pelikaan (A801) can carry 3 trucks, 6 land cruisers, 2 water trucks, 27 pallets of goods and equipment and a total of 40 marines.

(5) There are four P-class patrol boats who are operated by the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Coastguard (NA&A CG). Two operate out of Curacao, one from Aruba and one patrol boat from Sint Maarten. Named P 1, P 2,P 3 and P 4 they have a displacement of 35 tons fully loaded, a speed of 18 and a complement of 6.

(6) Officially known as Detachment of Navy Base Parera, known until 1978 as Marine Barracks Suffisant (Dutch: Marinierskazerne Suffisant, MSKSUF).

(7) One company consist of a company staff, three infantry platoons, a combat support group and a service support group.

(8) Whit the outbreak of the Sino-Soviet War in 1995 the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps had station in the Caribbean the 21st Infantry Company stationed at Naval Base Parera (twenty-four men) and the 22nd Infantry Company stationed at Marine Barracks Savaneta (twenty-five men) part of the 2 Amphibious Combat Group (Dutch: Tweede Amfibische Gevechtsgroep, 2AGGP). When in July 1996 the Netherlands began to mobilize in responds due the West German Bundeswehr crossing the inter-German border into East Germany the two companies where redeployed back to the Netherlands. The two companies where replaced by the 3 Amphibious Combat Group (Dutch: Derde Amfibische Gevechtsgroep, 3AGGP).

[lordroel]

Royal Belgian Air Force order of battle 1998

The Royal Belgian Air Force (French: Force Aerienne Belge, Dutch: Belgische Luchtmacht) on January 2nd 1998 when the Kingdom of Belgium together with the French Republic began their invasion of the Netherlands had in service a total of 320 jet fighters (including the Mirage MirSIPs and F-16 recon fighters), 69 jet and propeller driven trainer aircraft), 30 transport aircraft (all versions) and 9 helicopters (all versions) in service

No. 1 Wing - Beauvechain, Belgium

No. 349 Squadron “Mace”: 24 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons.

No. 350 Squadron “Ambiorix”: 24 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons.

No. 2 Wing - Florennes, Belgium

No. 1 Squadron “Stingers”: 24 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons.

No. 2 Squadron “Comet”: 24 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons.

No. 3 Wing - Liege, Belgium

No. 8 Squadron: 20 Mirage MirSIPs (1).

No. 42 Squadron:12 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons (Recon mission) (2).

No. 9 Wing - St Truiden, Belgium

No. 7 Squadron: 16 Alpha Jets.

No. 33 Squadron: 16 Alpha jets.

No. 10 Wing - Kleine-Brogel, Belgium

No. 23 Squadron “Devils”: 24 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons.

No. 31 Squadron “Tigers”: 24 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons.

No. 15 Air Transport - Wing Melsbroek, Belgium

No. 20 Squadron: 11 Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft.

No. 21 Squadron: 1 Dassault Falco 900B, 2 Dassault Falcon 20, 12 Swearingen Merlin IIIA turboprop aircraft, 2 Boeing 727-29QC and 2 Airbus A310-222.

Elementaire Vliegschool/Ecole de Pilotage Elementaire - Goetsenhoven, Belgium

36 Siai Marchetti SF.260M and 1 SF.260D Single-engined trainer aircraft.

Search And Rescue (SAR) - Koksijde, Belgium

No. 40 Squadron : 4 Westland Seaking helicopters (SAR and transport) and 2 Eurocopter Cougar AS 532U2 helicopters (3).

Heli Flight Marine: 3 Sud-Aviation SA.316B Alouette III (Support to Belgian Royal Navy units/ships).

(1) The Mirage MirSIP is a upgrade of the Mirage 5 called the called the Mirage System Improvement Program (MirSIP) which included a total of 20 Mirage 5s (15 Mirage 5 BA and 5 Mirage 5 BD) who where upgraded in the 1992 to 1993 period.

(2) 12 F-16 where acquired after the withdrawal of the Mirage 5BR reconnaissance aircraft from service in 1995. Fitted out with Netherlands-built Oude Delft Orpheus underfuselage camera pods.

(3) 2 Eurocopter Cougar AS 532U2 helicopters acquired in 1997.

Royal Belgian Navy order of battle 1998

The Royal Belgian Navy (French: Marine Royale, Dutch: Koninklijke Marine) on January 2nd 1998 when the Kingdom of Belgium together with the French Republic began their invasion of the Netherlands consisted of 4 frigates,10 minehunters and 2 support ships.

Frigates

Wielingen-class frigates

BNS Wielingen (F910)

BNS Westdiep (F911)

BNS Wandelaar (F912)

BNS Westhinder (F913)

Minehunter

Tripartite-class minehunter

BNS Aster (M915)

BNS Bellis (M916)

BNS Crocus (M917)

BNS Dianthus (M918)

BNS Fuchsia (M919)

BNS Iris (M920)

BNS Lobelia (M921)

BNS Myosotis (M922)

BNS Narcis (M923)

BNS Primula (M924)

Command and logistical support ship

Godetia-class command and logistical support ship

BNS Godetia (A960)

Zinnia-class command & logistic support ship for mine countermeasures

BNS Zinnia (A 961)

[lordroel]

Royal Netherlands air force order of battle 1997

No. 131 Training Squadron - Woensdrecht

13 Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer (Initial Military Flight Training).

No. 298 Helicopter Squadron - Volkel

13 Boeing CH-47D Chinook helicopters.

No. 299 Helicopter Squadron - Gilze-Rijen

29 Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm BO-105 helicopters.

No. 300 Helicopter Squadron - Soesterberg

17 Eurocopter Cougar AS 532U2 helicopters.

No. 306 Reconnaissance Squadron - Volkel

18 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons (Recon mission w/Orpheus recon pods).

No. 311 Fighter/Bomber Squadron - Volkel

18 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons (Trained in nuclear weapons delivery).

No. 312 Fighter/Bomber Squadron - Volkel

18 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons.

No. 313 Fighter/Bomber Squadron - Twenthe

18 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons.

No. 314 Fighter/Bomber Squadron - Gilze-Rijen

18 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons.

No. 315 Fighter/Bomber Squadron - Twenthe

18 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons.

No. 316 Fighter/Bomber Squadron - Gilze-Rijen

18 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons

No. 322 Fighter/Bomber Squadron - Leeuwarden

18 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons.

No. 323 Fighter/Bomber Squadron - Leeuwarden

18 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons.

No.334 Transport Squadron - Eindhoven

12 Fokker F27s, 2 Fokker 50s, 4 Fokker 60s, 2 McDonnell Douglas KDC-10-30s and 1 Gulfstream IV.

No.336 Transport Squadron - Eindhoven

2 Lockheed C-130H-30 Hercules.

148th TFTS (AZ National Guard) - Tucson

10 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons (training unit).

[lordroel]

Just want to inform that all of my articles relating to Orange Twilight: the Netherlands during the Twilight War and beyond are now located at my own forum (Link)

Diesel attack submarines of the Royal Navy of 1997

Upholder-class submarine

The Royal Navy was going to follow the Oberons with nuclear-powered boats but there was still a role for diesel powered boats, as demonstrated by activities during the Falklands War, and they could be built faster than nuclear submarines. The only yard building nuclear submarines was Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness and it was occupied with the Vanguard class ballistic missile submarines. Accordingly to provide the Royal Navy with a diesel boat for the Greenland-Iceland-UK Gap, Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd developed the Upholder class from the 1970s onwards.

The design was based on their private scheme for a 2400 tonne submarine for export sales. This was combined with lessons learnt from the Oberons and the design of the Trafalgar-class fleet submarines. They were built with teardrop hulls and the fin was built from glass fibre to keep weight down. The Upholder-class is equipped with technology generally found only on nuclear-powered submarines and when the first of her class (Upholder) entered into service in 1992 they class was widely regarded as being among the best diesel-electric submarines in the world. The first of the class (Upholder) was ordered in November 1983 and completed in 1990, and there followed seven more boats (Unseen, Ursula, Unicorn, Undaunted, Upright, Undine and Unity) ordered in 1986 and completed in period of 1991 to 1996. The Royal Navy had planned to order 12 of the class, but this was trimmed first to 10 and then to 8.

Ships in class

HMS Upholder (S40)

HMS Unseen (S41)

HMS Ursula (S42)

HMS Unicorn (S43)

HMS Undaunted (S44)

HMS Upright (S45)

HMS Undine (S46)

HMS Unity (S47)

Nuclear-powered attack submarines of the Royal Navy of 1997

Swiftsure-class submarine

The Swiftsure class is a class of nuclear-powered fleet submarines in service with the Royal Navy from the early 1970s. Six boats were built and commissioned but HMS Swiftsure the first of her class was decommissioned in 1992 due to damage suffered to her pressure hull during trials.

Ships in class

HMS Sovereign (S108)

HMS Superb (S109)

HMS Sceptre (S104)

HMS Spartan (S105)

HMS Splendid (S106)

Trafalgar-class submarine

The Trafalgar-class is a type of nuclear-powered fleet submarine in service with the Royal Navy, the successor to the Swiftsure class. Like the majority of Royal Navy nuclear submarines, all nine vessels were constructed by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria and commissioned in the 1983 to 1993 period.

Ships in class

HMS Trafalgar (S107)

HMS Turbulent (S87)

HMS Tireless (S88)

HMS Torbay (S90)

HMS Trenchant (S91)

HMS Talent (S92)

HMS Triumph (S93)

HMS Triton (S94)

HMS Traveller (S95)