The Royal Danish Army is the army of Denmark. It is currently undergoing a thorough modernization of equipment and training methods, reducing the size of the conscripted force and increasing expenditure on international missions. Army (from French armée) can, in some countries, refer to any armed force. ...

The Danish Army operates Leopard 2 battle tanks (A4 all upgraded to A5 standard), a variety of M113 based personnel carriers (e.g. OPMV command post vehicle, M113/TOW tank destroyer) and Piranha armored cars. The Leopard 2 is a German main battle tank developed in the early 1970s and first entering service in 1979, replacing the earlier Leopard in the MBT role in the Bundeswehr. ... The M113 is an armored personnel carrier family of vehicles in use with the US military and many other nations. ... A TOW missile being fired from a Jeep. ... Piranha-derived LAV25 in USMC service Canadian Piranha-derived, six-wheeled Cougar AVGP, with Scorpion tank turret (76 mm gun) Prototype of a Mobile Gun System derivative of the Piranha, mounting a 105mm tank gun Piranha-derived Stryker, clad with a supplementary anti-HEAT shell slat armour Canadian Forces Piranha...

For fire support, the Danish Army operates M270 MRLS Rocket Launchers and M109 self propelled howitzers. Categories: Stub | Rocket artillery ... The M109 during operations in the Balkans The M109 self-propelled 155 mm howitzer was first introduced in the early 1960s. ...

Troops are primarily equipped with Deimaco C7, a licensed Canadian version of the M16 rifle. In the supporting role, troops are equipped with MG3 light machine guns as well as Carl Gustav M3 recoilless rifles and single-shot AT4 for anti-tank operations. A troop is a military unit. ... The C7 is a variation of the M16 rifle that is manufactured by Diemaco under license from Colt Firearms (ironically Diemaco has, in fact, been recently purchased by Colt) and used by the Canadian Forces, Hærens Jegerkommando (Norway), Military of Denmark (all branches) and the Royal Netherlands Army as... An M16A2 rifle M16 is the US Military designation for the Armalite AR-15, an assault rifle which fires NATO standard 5. ... MG74 of the Austrian Bundesheer (MG3 version) The German MG3 is an air-cooled, belt-fed multi-use machine gun manufactured by Rheinmetall. ... The Carl Gustav is the common name for the 84mm recoilless rifle anti-tank weapon from the Carl Gustav company in Sweden. ... M136 AT-4 rocket launcher The AT4 (or AT-4) is a portable one-shot anti-tank weapon built in Sweden by Saab Bofors Dynamics (previously Bofors Anti Armour Systems). ...

Additionally, a variant of the Cayuse is used as a light observation helicopter and a lightly armoured Eurocopter Fennec anti-tank helicopter equipped with TOW missiles is used for rapid battlefield support. First Flown in February 1963, the Hughes Model 369 prototype won the US ARMYs Light Observation Helicopter contest against Bell and Hiller helicopters, and was ordered into larager scale production. ... A TOW missile being fired from a Jeep. ...

The Royal Danish Army is committed to a number of UN and NATO peacekeeping operations, especially Bosnia. The Danish Reaction Brigade, drawn mainly drawn from units from Zealand, is assigned to the NATO Headquarters Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps but falls under the organisational control of 1 (UK) Armoured Division when required. This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ... The NATO flag NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4... Norwegian Blue Helmet during the Siege of Sarajevo, 1992 - 1993, photo by Mikhail Evstafiev. ... Bosnia and Herzegovina (officially Bosna i Hercegovina, shortened to BiH, also in English variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans. ... The Danish Reaction Brigade is the main combat element of the Danish Army mainly drawn from units from Zealand. ... Zealand (Danish: Sjælland) is the largest island of Denmark. ... The NATO flag NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4... The Headquarters Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps, (HQ ARRC or ARRC) was created in 1992 based on the former British I Corps. ... History The 1st Armoured Division was a regular division in the British Army at the outbreak of World War II. It had formerly been designated The Mobile Division. ...

Denmark is involved in the invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq. This article covers invasion specifics. ... This article deals with the post-invasion period in Iraq and its occupation. ...

Denmark lost its first soldier, in Iraq, on August 17, 2003. Preben Pedersen of Nordjylland, a 34-year-old lance corporal with the Jutland Dragoon Regiment, was accidentally killed by friendly troops, in a gunfight with looters in the city of Madinah in southern Iraq, becoming the first non-U.S. or British soldier to die. August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Units of the Royal Danish Army

Cavalry

• Gardehusarregimentet
• Jydske Dragonregiment

The Gardehusarregiment (Guard Hussar Regiment) is one of two cavalry regiments of the Royal Danish Army. ... The Jydske Dragonregiment (Jutland Dragoon Regiment) is the sole pure armoured regiment of the Royal Danish Army. ...

Infantry

• Den Kongelige Livgarde
• Prinsens Livregiment

The Royal Danish Life Guards Den Kongelige Livgarde (Royal Life Guards) is an infantry regiment of the Royal Danish Army, formed in 1658. ... The Prinsens Livregiment (Princes Life Regiment) is an infantry regiment, one of two in the Royal Danish Army. ...

Special Forces

• Jægerkorpset

Jægerkorpset (translated from Danish as The Hunter Corps or The Ranger Corps) is a Danish special forces unit, a part of the Royal Danish Army. ...

Support Arms

• Kongens Artilleriregiment
• Dronningens Artilleriregiment
• Ingeniørregimentet - Engineers
• Telegrafregimentet - Signals
• Trænregimentet - Logistics
• Militærpolitiet - Military Police

Kongens Artilleriregiment (English: The King’s artillery regiment), short KAR, was one of Denmark’s two remaining military artillery regiments. ... Dronningens Artilleriregiment (English: The Queens Artillery Regiment), short DAR, is a new Danish Army artillery regiment. ...

Structure of the Royal Danish Army

The structure of the Royal Danish Army changed in 2001, when all of the remaining infantry regiments were amalgamated together, leaving just four remaining combat regiments, two cavalry and two infantry - the functions of the infantry were spread amongst three of these.

Cavalry

The armoured corps of the Royal Danish Army consists of both armoured and armoured reconnaissance units. There are two separate cavalry regiments, each of which has two armoured battalions and a reconnaissance battalion:

• Armoured Battalions
  • I Panserbataljon, Gardehusarregimentet
  • I Panserbataljon, Jydske Dragonregiment
  • III Panserbataljon, Jydske Dragonregiment
  • V Panserbataljon, Gardehusarregimentet
• Reconnaissance Battalions
  • III Opklaringsbataljon, Gardehusarregimentet
  • V Opklaringsbataljon, Jydske Dragonregiment

The Gardehusarregiment (Guard Hussar Regiment) is one of two cavalry regiments of the Royal Danish Army. ... The Jydske Dragonregiment (Jutland Dragoon Regiment) is the sole pure armoured regiment of the Royal Danish Army. ... The Jydske Dragonregiment (Jutland Dragoon Regiment) is the sole pure armoured regiment of the Royal Danish Army. ... The Gardehusarregiment (Guard Hussar Regiment) is one of two cavalry regiments of the Royal Danish Army. ... The Gardehusarregiment (Guard Hussar Regiment) is one of two cavalry regiments of the Royal Danish Army. ... The Jydske Dragonregiment (Jutland Dragoon Regiment) is the sole pure armoured regiment of the Royal Danish Army. ...

Infantry

The infantry corps of the Royal Danish Army is divided into two types, each of which has nine battalions in three separate regiments:

• Mechanised Infantry:
  • I Panserinfanteribataljon, Den Kongelige Livgarde
  • I Panserinfanteribataljon, Prinsens Livregiment
  • II Panserinfanteribataljon, Den Kongelige Livgarde
  • II Panserinfanteribataljon, Prinsens Livregiment
  • II Panserinfanteribataljon, Gardehusarregimentet
  • III Panserinfanteribataljon, Den Kongelige Livgarde
  • IV Panserinfanteribataljon, Prinsens Livregiment
  • IV Panserinfanteribataljon, Gardehusarregimentet
  • V Panserinfanteribataljon, Prinsens Livregiment
• Motorised Infantry:
  • III Motoriseredeinfanteribataljon, Prinsens Livregiment
  • IV Motoriseredeinfanteribataljon, Den Kongelige Livgarde
  • V Motoriseredeinfanteribataljon, Den Kongelige Livgarde
  • VI Motoriseredeinfanteribataljon, Den Kongelige Livgarde
  • VI Motoriseredeinfanteribataljon, Prinsens Livregiment
  • VI Motoriseredeinfanteribataljon, Gardehusarregimentet
  • VII Motoriseredeinfanteribataljon, Den Kongelige Livgarde
  • VII Motoriseredeinfanteribataljon, Prinsens Livregiment
  • VII Motoriseredeinfanteribataljon, Gardehusarregimentet