This is a list of the equipment of the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps.
| Model | Image | Origin | Pattern type | Environment / colours | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M19 NFP-MultitoneNetherlands Fractal Pattern |  Netherlands | Flecktarn | Universal | [1] Standard camo used whenever possible and during training. | ||
| M19 NFP-GreenNetherlands Fractal Pattern | Netherlands | Flecktarn | Temperate / central-Europe / urban | Temperate alternative camo if the vegetation makes the multitone not ideal. | ||
| M19 NFP-TanNetherlands Fractal Pattern | Netherlands | Flecktarn | Arid / desert | Desert alternative camo when required by the mission. | ||
| M19 NFP-BlueNetherlands Fractal Pattern | Netherlands | Flecktarn | Marine | Navy camo, used in a maritime environment. | ||
| M19 NFP-WhiteNetherlands Fractal Pattern | — | Netherlands | Flecktarn | Winter / snow | Snowy conditions, in development. |
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helmets | ||||||
| Galvion Batlskin Viper P6N |  Canada | Combat Helmet | 48,800 | [4] Standard issue helmet used by the Marines and the Army. 48,800 ordered in 2019. | ||
| Gentex Ops Core FAST |  United States | Combat Helmet | — | [5] In use with the NL MARSOF and the Marine Intervention Unit. | ||
| NBRC equipment | ||||||
| FM50 | — |  United Kingdom | CBRN mask | — | [6] [7] Made by Avon Protection. | |
| Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handguns | ||||||
| Glock 17 Gen4 |  Austria | Semi-automatic pistol | 9×19mm Parabellum | [8] [9] Standard service pistol. | ||
| Sig P226 |  Switzerland | Semi-automatic pistol | 9×19mm Parabellum | [10] In use with the Marine Intervention Unit. | ||
| Heckler & Koch P11 |  Germany | Underwater pistol | 7.62×36mm | [11] [12] In use with the NL MARSOF. | ||
| Assault rifles, carabines and battle rifles | ||||||
| Canadian Diemaco C7A1 | Canada | Assault rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | [13] Standard service rifle, equipped with a red dot sight 4.3× Elcan. | ||
| Canadian Diemaco C8A1 | Canada | Carbine | 5.56×45mm NATO | A certain number of carabines in service as well, In use with the NL MARSOF. | ||
| Heckler & Koch 416 A5 | Germany | Carbine | 5.56×45mm NATO | [14] In use with the NL MARSOF and the Marine Intervention Unit. Equipped with, red dot sight 4.3× Elcan, laser light modules LLM01 | ||
| Sig MCX | United States | Carbine | 7.62×35 mm(.300 BLK) | [15] [16] 195 in use with the NL MARSOF. Specificities:
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| Submachine guns | ||||||
| Heckler & Koch MP5SD | Germany | Submachine gun | 9×19mm Parabellum | In use with the Marine Intervention Unit | ||
| FN P90 |  Belgium | PDWPersonal defense weapon | FN 5.7×28mm | [17] Fitted with a suppressor, optics and a laser light module. In use with the Marine Intervention Unit for domestic counter-terrorism operations. | ||
| Heckler & Koch MP7 | Germany | PDWPersonal defense weapon | 4.6×30mm HK | |||
| Machine guns | ||||||
| FN Minimi Para | Belgium | Light machine gun | 5.56×45mm NATO | Standard infantry machine gun. | ||
| FN MAG | Belgium | General-purpose machine gun | 7.62×51mm NATO | [18] Mounted on vehicles and boats. | ||
| M2 Browning QCBQuick Change Barrel | Belgium United States | Heavy machine gun | 12.7×99mm NATO | [19] Mounted on tripods, vehicles and boats. | ||
| Precision rifles | ||||||
| Heckler & Koch HK417 | Germany | Designated marksman rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | In use with the NL MARSOF and the Marine Intervention Unit. Accessories:
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| Accuracy International AX | United Kingdom | Bolt action designated marksman rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO8.6×70mm (.338 Lapua Magnum) | [20] AX308 in use with the NL MARSOF, the AX 338 in use with the marines. Accessories:
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| Barrett M107A1 | United States | Anti materiel sniper rifle | 12.7×99mm NATO | [21] In use with the Marines and the NL MARSOF. Accessories:
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| Shotgun | ||||||
| Mossberg M-590 | United States | Pump action shotgun | 12 gauge | [22] Breaching weapon. | ||
| Grenades and grenade launchers | ||||||
| RUAG HG 85HG 85 Nr 330 C1 and Nr 331 C2 scherfhandgranaat | Switzerland | Fragmentation hand grenade | — | [23] | ||
| M320 Grenade Launcher Module | United States | Under-barrel grenade launcher | 40×46mm LV | Grenade launchers for the Colt C7A1. | ||
| Heckler & Koch UGL | Germany | Under-barrel grenade launcher | 40×46mm LV | Grenade launchers for the HK416 A5 and the Colt C7A1. | ||
| Heckler & Koch GMG | Germany | Automatic grenade launcher | 40×53mm HV | [24] | ||
| Anti-tank weapons | ||||||
| Panzerfaust 3 | Germany | RPGRocket-propelled grenade | 110mm | [25] Standard Marine infantry AT weapon. Ammunitions:
Accessories:
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| Spike MR"GILL" |  Israel Germany
| ATGMAnti-tank guided missile | 152mm | [26] Spike LR2 selected to replace Spike MR, to be ordered in October 2024.[27] | ||
| Spike LR2 | Israel Germany | ATGMAnti-tank guided missile | 152mm | Spike LR2 selected to replace Spike MR, to be ordered in October 2024. | ||
| Weapon stations | ||||||
| FN deFNder | Belgium | Remote controlled weapon station | 7.62×51mm NATO | Installed on the Iveco MTV hard-top, equipped with the FN MAG.[28] | ||
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Quantity | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MO-120 RT |  France | Towed mortar | 120 mm | Unknown quantity for the marines | [29] To be replaced by new 120 mm mortars with loitering munitions from 2026 onwards for the Royal Dutch Marines.[30] | ||
| Mortar | 81 mm | Unknown quantity for the marines | [31] [32] 126 in total for the Marine Cops and the Army.[33] Successor of the L16A2. | ||||
| Hirtenberger M6 C-640 Mk.1 | Infantry mortar | 60 mm | Unknown quantity for the marines |
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armoured vehicles | ||||||
| Iveco MTV"12kN Manticore" |  Italy Netherlands | Infantry mobility vehicleMRAP (Mine-resistant ambush protected) | 108 | [34] Variants:
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| BvS10 Viking |  Sweden | Tracked articulated armoured vehicle | 15 | [35] 73 purchased in the following variants:
2 × 28 of these vehicles were donated to Ukraine.[36] | ||
| Italy Netherlands | Lightly armoured tactical vehicle | 46 | [37] [38] Vehicle based on the Iveco Daily, ordered to replace the Mercedes-Benz G280 CDI in the Caribbean and UNIMOG. It exists in 4 sub-variants:
Armament:
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| Pool with the Dutch Army of armoured vehicles | ||||||
| Thales Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle |  Australia | Infantry mobility vehicleMRAP Mine-resistant ambush protected | 102(total vehicle within pool) | [39] [40] APC can be operated by the Marines on missions abroad. | ||
| Defenture Vector SOF"Vector Off-Road Vehicle Special Operations Forces" | Netherlands | Off-road vehicle (optional armour) | 75(total vehicle pool for NLD SOCOM) | [41] Operated by NL MARSOF, the successor of the Mercedes-Benz G280 CDI. The NL MARSOF has access to the fleet of 75 Defenture VECTOR special operations vehicles through a joint NLD SOCOM pool.[42] Armament:
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| Unarmoured vehicles | ||||||
| Bv206 NLD | Sweden | Tracked articulated vehicle | 103 | [43] 156 purchased in the 1980s, 99 modernised to the standard Bv206 NLD. Variants:
To be replaced, 124 planned to be ordered (FLATM BV programme). | ||
| "Anti-Armour-Troop" | Italy Netherlands | Light tank destroyer | 14 | [44] Vehicle based on the Iveco Daily, hard-top roof, ordered to replace the Land Rover serving with the Anti Armour Troop of the Royal Dutch Marines. Armament:[45]
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| VW Amarok | Germany | Utility vehicle | Unknown | [46] One of the successor of the Land Rover Defenders. | ||
| VW Amarok | Germany Netherlands | All-terrain ambulance | 7 | [47] Visser ambulance | ||
| Land Rover Defender 110"Land Rover Defender 110XD WW" | United Kingdom | Utility vehicle | 98 | [48] Vehicle being replaced by the DMV Anaconda and the VW Amarok. Equipped with a ring mount for a machine gun. | ||
| Logistics vehicles | ||||||
| "4×4 Low Operational 50 kN (5 tons)" | Sweden | Unarmoured tactical truck | Unknown | [49] Modified with a tyre pressure system to enable beach landings. Equipped with a loading platform or a 10-foot container. | ||
| DMV - Iveco EuroCargo 150 E24 4×4 | Italy Netherlands | Unarmoured tactical truck | 33 | [50] [51] | ||
| "4×4 40 kN" | Netherlands | Unarmoured tactical truck | Unknown | [52] Version for the Marine Corps, equipped with cold-weather gear and increased wading capacity for amphibious landings. Being replaced by the . | ||
| "8×8 165 kN - swap-load system" | Netherlands | Tactical truck with hydraulic hooklift hoist | Unknown | [53] [54] Add-on armour kits available, 555 vehicles purchased for the armed forces, unknown quantity assigned to the Marine. | ||
| Light vehicles | ||||||
| Suzuki King Quad 750 (4x4) |  Japan | All-terrain vehicle | Unknown | [55] [56] In use with the NL MARSOF. | ||
| Can-Am Outlander 6×6 | Canada | All-terrain vehicle | Unknown | [57] | ||
| Can-Am BRP Lynx Snowmobile | Canada | Snowmobile | Unknown | [58] Armed with machine guns sleds. | ||
| Ski-Doo Expedition LE 900 ACE | Canada | Snowmobile | Unknown | [59] | ||
| Engineering vehicles | ||||||
| Leopard 1 BARV"Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle" | Germany Norway | Beach armoured recovery vehicle | 4 | [60] [61] Name of the vehicles:
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| + Class 30 Trackway | Netherlands United Kingdom | Aluminium matting system on wheel loader | — | [62] Class 30 trackway.[63] | ||
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communications | ||||||
| Elbit Systems E-LynX PNR-1000 | — | Israel | Hand-held radio | — | [64] [65] Radio that equip dismounted troops, part of the Verbeterd Operationeel Soldaten Systeem (VOSS) of the Dutch military, purchased in 2020.[66] | |
| Night vision | ||||||
| Elbit Systems XACT nv32 micro | — | Israel | Night vision goggles | — | [67] | |
| L3Harris GPNVG-18 | Illustration | United States | Night vision goggles(4th generation) | — | Used by the NL MARSOF. | |
| Goggles | ||||||
| Safran Vectronix MOSKITO TI™ | Switzerland | Multifunction IR goggles(laser range finder, laser pointer, compass, inclinometers) | — | [68] [69] [70] | ||
The Corps cooperates closely with the Defence Helicopter Command which provides airlift using NH90, CH-47 Chinook and AS532 Cougar transport helicopters.
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Role | Quantity | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma | United States | Fixed-wing mini-UAVUnmanned aerial vehicle | ISRIntelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance | — | [71] [72] | ||
| AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven | United States | Fixed-wing mini-UAVUnmanned aerial vehicle | ISRIntelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance | — | [73] | ||
| Black Hornet Nano PD-100 | Norway | Micromulticopter UAV Unmanned aerial vehicle | ISRIntelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance | — | [74] In use with the NL MARSOF. |
See also: List of active Royal Netherlands Navy ships.
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity ordered | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIVS programme"Licht indirect vurend systeem" | Norway | Heavy mortar (120 mm) | 20 | [75] [76] Replacement of the existing heavy mortars, the MO-120 RT, with new systems, including precision guided munitions. 20 mortar systems to be purchased for the Marine Corps and the airborne 11. Luchtmobilen Brigade.[77] Potential system if installed on the tracked articulated vehicle, as planned with the FLATM BV programme,[78] the MWS 120 Ragnarok. | ||
| — | Loitering munitions | — | Range planned of around 30 km. | |||
| Precision Guided Rockets (PGR) | Illustration | United States | Guided rocket | — | Lkely based on the Hydra 70 APKWS rockets, to be equipped on the Manticore Patrol VehiclePotential systems:
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| United States | ||||||
| Belgium | ||||||
| FLATM BV programme"Future Littoral All Terrain Mobility BandVagn"[82] | BvS10 Viking | Sweden | Tracked articulated armoured vehicle | 50 - 100 | [83] The purchase is planned to be over by 2028. Potential variants:
Potential / likely candidates:
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| Bronco ATTC |  Singapore | |||||
| — |  Finland | Tracked armoured vehicle | ||||
| FLATM PV"Future Littoral All Terrain Mobility Patrol Vehicle" | Sweden | Tracked articulated vehicle | 150 - 200 | Successor of the Bv206 NLD.[85] Vehicle planned to be equipping the amphibious units, and to have all-terrain and snow capabilities. Potential / likely candidates:
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