Netherlands (New Faction)

[Stimpak]

After some work, spreadsheetin', and drawing, the Netherlands faction 1.0 is mostly done.
The Netherlands has a large presence in NORTHAG as it makes up the I NL Corps, to which the German 3rd Panzer Division and US 3rd Brigade, 2nd Armor "Hell on Wheels" were subordinate.
Time-wise, the Corps could be mobilized after 48 hours of warning. The ORBAT I used for the Netherlands' Mechanized and Armoured units is described here: http://www.orbat85.nl/reference/unit-organisation-and-equipment.html

Now, there is still some stuff missing, and some stuff in error, but those are all kinks to be worked out [;)] Notably the Light Infantry Brigade is left out, and I couldn't find any reliable ORBATs for Dutch MLRS units.

This will probably be the last release from me for a few weeks, as I leave for Christmas vacation on Tuesday.

Thanks to the small file size this time, the faction in it's full is attached to this post. Simply merge the Data folder there with your own (Back up first!)





Dutch forces in a scuffle with East Germans.
They may feature in the potential CEG5, or simply be included in a one-off scenario [;)]

[Mad Russian]

Looks good!!

Good Hunting.

MR

[harry_vdk]

Thanks for making this.

[WildCatNL]

Stimpak,

I don't have hard info on the MLRS, but this is what I've been able to piece together from various Dutch sources:
- only the 109e Battery Veldartillerie and 119e Battery Veldartillery were equipped with MLRS, (M270, 3 crew, 12 missiles, max range 30km) from 1988 until 2004 (when they were sold to Finland). The 109e was the first non-US (and non Warsaw Pact) unit in Europe to operate MLRS.
- the MLRS were organized as two 9 system batteries (suggesting a 3x3 organization). The Dutch in total had 22 M270 systems.

Sources: English
- http://coldwardecoded.blogspot.nl/searc ... etherlands
Sources: Dutch
- http://www.boekje-pienter.nl/html/m.htm#mlrs
- http://www.kvbk-cultureelerfgoed.nl/MS_ ... 1-0054.PDF

William

[Stimpak]

Thanks, William.

I've attached the updated database to this post.

[harry_vdk]

a lot of silhouettes can be found on this site:
http://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprint ... tanks-u-z/

[harry_vdk]

Hi,

Some dutch trucks:
ya66, ya116, ya314, ya328, ya616, ya4440 yaz2300, laro88 laro109zau

[Stimpak]

Thanks Harry, they've been patched in, but only the ya4440 sprite is in use ATM.

Also corrected a problem with Infantry platoons where they had M577s in them due to use of the COMV tag. Attached is the updated database.

[Stimpak]

Tossing in some screenshots:

Fkr F-16A Airstrike (Taken on one of Harry's Netherlands maps):

Leopard 1's to the rescue: