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Regiment Limburgse Jagers

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionDec 3, 2025
Entity authorityQ2326529 ↗
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Regiment Limburgse Jagers (English: Limburgian Rifles Regiment) is a light infantry regiment in the Royal Netherlands Army. It is named after the Dutch province of Limburg, and currently serves in the infantry role as part of 13 Motorized Brigade. It consists of 42nd motorised infantry battalion, which is made of three motorised infantry companies equipped with the Boxer APC and MB G280, and a heavy weapons company, consisting of a recce platoon (with Fennek light recce vehicle), a mortar platoon with 9 81mm mortars and two anti-tank platoons with Spike anti-tank missiles.

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