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Danish Division Multinational Division North | |
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Danske Division | |
Active | 1 January 1997 – present (27 years, 7 months) |
Country | Denmark |
Branch | Royal Danish Army |
Size | Division HQ |
Garrison/HQ | Haderslev Kaserne |
Patron | Knud Lavard [1] |
Motto(s) | Velox Et Acer (Quick And Sharp) |
Website | Official Facebook |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Major General Jette Albinus [2] |
Notable commanders | R. Allerup |
The Danish Division (Danish : Danske Division), short DDIV, is the only remaining military land division in Denmark. It was created on 1 January 1997 as the successor of Jutland Division. It is one of the now-three Divisions of Multinational Corps North East (MNC NE), the German-Danish-Polish Corps, the successor to the former German-Danish Allied Land Forces Schleswig-Holstein and Jutland (LANDJUT), a NATO Allied Forces Northern Europe formation.
Due to the Danish Defence agreement 2005–2009 Danish Division is currently undergoing major reorganisation, which will not only reduce the divisional strength but also transform it from the originally mobilization unit into a permanent and available formation. As a result of this, DDIV will possibly be affiliated with Allied Rapid Reaction Corps instead. The current structure consists of an armoured brigade, which is the main combat formation, and a training brigade, plus divisional troops. The armoured brigade consists of a single tank battalion, a reconnaissance battalion and two armoured infantry battalions.
Danish Division (HQ Haderslev)
Danish Division (HQ Fredericia)
Danish Division (HQ Fredericia)
As a MechInfantry Division, Danish Division contained
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes | |
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Armour | ||||||
Leopard 1A5DK1 | Germany | Main Battle Tank | 198 (208) |
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Pansret Mandskabsvogn - PMV (M113) | United States | Armored Personnel Carrier | 492 | APCs and variants incl:
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Recovery vehicles | ||||||
Leopard 1 Berger | Germany | Armoured Recovery Vehicle | 11 |
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8x8 IVECO EUROTRAKKER | Italy | Armoured Recovery Vehicle | 24 |
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M578 Light Recovery Vehicle | United States | Armoured Recovery Vehicle | 17 |
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Pansret Broslagningsvogn Leopard 1 Biber | Germany | Armoured Vehicle-launched Bridge | 8 |
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Support | ||||||
M114/39 towed | United States | Howitzer | 54 | Division level | ||
Selvkørende Haubits - SKH (M109 A2DK) | United States | Self-propelled artillery | 54 | Brigade Level | ||
M270 MLRS | United States | Multiple rocket launcher | 8 | Division level | ||
TOW anti-tank system | United States | Anti-tank missile | 88 |
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Stinger Anti-aircraft launch system | United States | surface-to-air missile | 48 | 48 Launch systems | ||
60mm Light-mortar | United States | Mortar | 66 | Platoon level | ||
81mm Medium-mortar | United States Canada | Mortar | 57 | 41 in M113(Armoured/Selfpropelled)(Company level) | ||
120mm Heavy-mortar | United States | Mortar | 40 | all towed (Battalion level) | ||
Fennec AS550 | France | Light multipurpose helicopter | 12 | With TOW anti-tank system | ||
Vehicles (Combat groups) | ||||||
GD240 | Germany | SUV | 180 | Reconnaissance-Groups | ||
MAN8 | Germany | tactical trucks | 107 | Infantry-Groups | ||
Unimog | Germany | tactical trucks | 48 | Stinger-Groups | ||
MAGIRUS 168 | Germany | tactical trucks | 36 | (Engineering-Groups) | ||
HMMWV | United States | Light Armored Car | 48 | (TOW-Groups) | ||
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