How the Netherlands is Transforming into a Military Giant in Europe

The Netherlands, historically known for its trade prowess and cultural heritage, is undergoing a significant transformation in the realm of defense and military strategy. As Europe faces new challenges and geopolitical shifts, the Dutch are stepping up, investing in advanced military technology, and bolstering their defense capabilities. This article delves into the factors driving the Netherlands' ascent in the European military landscape, from increased defense budgets to strategic alliances and modernization efforts. Join us as we explore the Netherlands' journey from a peaceful trading nation to a formidable military force in Europe. #netherlands #dutch #europe #nato
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[@marcelrombouts8607]

The Netherlands, historically known for it's decades of militairy budget cuts... is the maker of this video for fucking real?

[@jibberism9910]

"bang!" Now you shoot me :P

[@feekalphabeet9217]

Things are changing as politicians can't ignore reality any longer. We will see if we keep it up. Also don't forget we've got the largest F35 fleet of Europe which is a nice start.

[@TerraRubicon]

One of the main problems of young people not wanting to join the Netherlands Army is the lousy pay. It's even slightly less than someone working at McDonald's. I was drafted in 1989 and the pay was equally bad. In all that time the state hasn't learned a thing.

[@buddy1155]

You are correct about the pay, but don't forget that you do not need any eduction at all to be a regular soldier. So if you compare the wages they are on par with all other jobs where you don't need any education. Sure there are exceptions like "stratenmaker' or 'stukadoor' where you would not make it passed 35 without serious back problems.

[@marcusfranconium3392]

Dont know but dutch navy , airforce , army all have good pay only the new recruits are the 18 year olds that are still in the minnum wage category . And are frankly still in training the first year. the Dutch navy you need more than 1 year to become Able seaman 1st class .it takes over 2 years of education to become a corporal So pay is low . like any job , And when you become fully operational the money comes flowing in . As i can remember that when i was an civilian electrician 18 years old i earned 1600 a month with out taxes and i earned 2400 a month 1 year in doing the same job . It all depends what type of education you had and which service you apply for . A soldier never earns as much as a navy sailor as the level of education needed is a huge difference.

[@nathanschuppert6890]

the pay has become alot beter since last year specialy in the lower ranks so it should be alot beter now

[@TONSBERG100]

I think military service should be about protecting your county, and not about money.

[@TerraRubicon]

@@TONSBERG100 I understand you philosophically but unfortunately bills have to be paid as well. If you volunteer for the Army knowing what you get paid that's ones own choice. Personally I didn't have the choice of refusing military service because in my time I was drafted. Back then it the pay was minimal and after leaaving I started to work and made 500 more instantly.

[@fermitupoupon1754]

The thing people misunderstand is Dutch military doctrine is much more about being a highly mobile intervention force than it is about being a conquer territory from the neighbours and occupy it force. The Luchtmobiele Brigade is probably the most impressive thing the Dutch have on offer. Which fits in nicely with a relatively light-weight force and a relatively large air-lift capability. Much like the Americans, the British and other large, modern armies, the Dutch can deploy quite significant power to anywhere on the globe within 24 hours. And much like with the tanks that are leased from Germany, the Dutch also have a small number of nuclear weapons in store from the Americans. Technically those are American weapons, stored on Dutch airbases, but the Dutch F16s as well as the F35s are capable of deploying those weapons.

[@emilunuyy9818]

Dutch army???? Let me cry of laughter please...guys go back to red light district and coffeshop and leave the fighting for real warriors like poland or the usa 😎

[@obelic71]

(comment correction) You forgot to mention the Dutch Marine corps. They are one of the oldest Marines corps of the world. The Corps was founded by the worldfamous Admiral de Ruyter who needed specialised sea-soldiers for defending Ships from enemy sailors entering and Ship to shore combat. They are the special forces for the Navy like the Commando's are for the Army. To this day Dutch Marines are often stationed on Dutch/NATO Merchant ships in the pirate infested water part of the journey.

[@PeterArmand70]

The Spanish marine corps was founded in 1537 and is the oldest still-active marine corps in the world, while the Netherlands marine corps, founded in 1665, is the fifth-oldest after Spain, Portugal, France and the Brits. Even today, marines in most countries are specially trained sea-soldiers who are part of the navy while the Marine Corps in the Netherlands are considered elite soldiers as well like in the United Kingdom.

[@bennytichem7991]

I was a dutch marine for more than 10 years.Because of our strong relations with the british Marines,as UK/NL Amfibious Force i have learned a lot from the british marines.But you are right about the Spanish they are the oldest Marines.Then you have the Portuges,French and British.And the dutch marines as fifth in 1665 QPO@@PeterArmand70

[@miay1838]

Ehh.... NL only has a naval about 400 years old, it's BY FAR not the oldest. That one has to go to the ancient empires as Persia (modern day Iran) for example, which have been active since B.C.

[@bigiman6241]

@@PeterArmand70 GEUZEN

[@PeterArmand70]

⁠@@miay1838, we were talking about marines not navies…😉

[@bobsjepanzerkampfwagen4150]

I currently work at the truck production plant of Scania which also makes the new military trucks for the Dutch army and it does bring a smile to my face seeing how much trucks for the army we are making now

[@pietvanvliet1987]

Don't forget to make them about an inch little less tall... :)

[@scott_lego_city]

@@pietvanvliet1987otherwise we have to decrease pressure in the tires hehe

[@038Dude]

Zwolleeeeuuuuh!

[@RymsKie]

while i was on base i heard stories from the radio guys that the goverment orderd the wrong sized trucks by misstake xD i love being there man

[@arcopierik3894]

The Dutch government has gambled that with our army. They have assumed that the risk of war is small because we are surrounded by allies. They cut back so much that there was no longer a full-fledged army. Fortunately, they have now realized that we cannot rely solely on a quickly deployable unit. Now they are busy rebuilding everything.

[@Filippenzen413]

Ik vond defensie ook altijd geld verspilling, maar nu hebben we nog tijd om te reageren.

[@arcopierik3894]

@@Filippenzen413 Ik heb defensie nooit als verspilling gezien, mijn vader en oom waren allebei beroepsmilitairen. Maar ik weet wel dat er veel geld over de balk werd gegooid. Mijn vader was garage Commandant en zei, dat er heel veel goed gereedschap en materiaal werd verschroot , omdat het op dat moment niet nodig was. Toen ik zelf in dienst zat, was ik monteur van vrachtwagens bij de Genie. Al deze vrachtwagens moesten in perfecte staat van onderhoud verkeren, dat hield in dat we om de haverklap alle remblokken ( al waren deze nog als nieuw) filters ( van de garage naar de stalling en weer terug naar de garage) en alle vloeistoffen ( motorolie, koelvloeistof, en meer dan 500 liter hydrauliek olie) moesten worden vervangen, terwijl de meeste van deze vrachtwagens al de tijd stil hadden gestaan. Er werd dus ook in onze ogen veel verspild. Maar defensie was wel noodzakelijk. Zeker als je weet dat mijn opa, en mijn vader's vader 10 dagen na zijn 30e verjaardag in de tweede wereldoorlog werd vermoord.

[@emilunuyy9818]

Dutch army???? Let me cry of laughter please...guys go back to red light district and coffeshop and leave the fighting for real warriors like poland or the usa 😎

[@cz1589]

True, its more about repairing our defenses, not about expanding it.

[@chrisconklin2981]

The European wars of the 1600s and 1700s had a great impact upon the founding of the USA. I am sure you know about New Amsterdam and the settlement of the Hudson River valley. It was the fear of the religious European wars of the 1700s that motivated our Founders to create our present form of government.

[@therealdutchidiot]

Actually, it wasn't. One only has take a single look at the USA's constitution to see that it was copied from the Dutch constitution. Much like how the "fear of religious persecution" was never a thing, because the fact is that those who would later set up the USA hated the fact that they were unable to subject the people to their own religious will, the history of the USA is largely lies built upon lies to make the people feel better. To feel like the underdog if you will. They left because they weren't able to do persecute people for their beliefs, especially in the Netherlands. They got their little dictator asses kicked out of Europe for the very reason they claimed they founded the country.

[@chrisconklin2981]

@@therealdutchidiot Amirian colonial history revolves around the three regions of: New England, Virginia Tidewater, and the Carolinas. Your interpretation is New England-ish. The major writers of the U.S. Constitution were tidewater planters of English decent. Most were Deists.

[@therealdutchidiot]

@@chrisconklin2981 Deists who copied the Dutch constitution, and only tthen made very minor changes.

[@marcusfranconium3392]

You mean copying the dutch plakkaat van verlatingen (dutch declaration of independence ) Freedom of religion etc etc .

[@rienkhoek4169]

Such a shame religious extremism is taking a flight in the US now.

[@waasar]

The contents of this video suggest that it was very hastily made. Perhaps the script was AI generated. A lot of ships in the Dutch Navy fleet are not even mentioned in the video, while it is such an easy topic to get a comprehensive list of. The title also does not reflect the contents of the video.

[@marcusfranconium3392]

The suspension of national service in 1996 . has one thing to do with it , 2nd huge budget cuts in the 2000s . going from 244 F16s to 48 Going from a navy of 20 frigates 6 submarines 15 mine hunters 2 supply ships ( dozens of auxilery boats and ships) 13 PC-3 orions . to 6 frigates ,4 submarines 6 mine hunters , 2 LPD 1 JSS combat suport ship . and 4 ocp 800 tanks , 93 geppards , thousands of armoured vehicles artillery pieces . Airdefenses . Over 300.000 troops . to no tanks a few geppards in long term storage . still quite a lot of Armoured fighting vehicles. Main issue , Budget cuts , 2nd larbour shortage , where you can frankly ask what you want and they pay for it .

[@JanLion-zb1bd]

The Dutch still have a golden age going in agriculture (2nd largest exporter in the world) and IT (ASML and Eindhoven Brainport).

[@feekalphabeet9217]

EINDHOVUUUUHHHHH

[@robertvanderzalm4464]

Yeah we were so powerful we got our arse kicked out of Sebrenica in 1995!!!

[@Demun1649]

Who is "WE"?

[@hettykromdijk2910]

​@@Demun1649We is the Dutch And the Dutch are not the stupid government nowa days.

[@Demun1649]

@@hettykromdijk2910 Sebrenica was not an arse kicking. It was a naive commander who betrayed his own troops, and, more importantly, the civilians they were meant to protect. He made the dangerous, assumption that he was dealing with honest opposition, rather than brainwashed, ignorant Nazis. Anyone who has served knows that you NEVER rely on an officer in combat situations for the first time. He panicked, simple. Luckily, the French did not.

[@ReneAltena]

@@Demun1649 You mean the same French NATO commander that did not provide aircover when the Dutch asked them for it?

[@Demun1649]

@@ReneAltena Air cover was not requested from the French forces. Where did you get that from? The sad truth is that the soldiers were in a situation of being in danger, but lacking any officers who needed to act like officers, and not scared little kids. They betrayed their own soldiers.

[@foundationguardboy]

netherlands is a superpower bro they control the whole ocean

[@DutchTrucker397]

Dutch residents should not be lazy and relax on the couch if we as Dutch people want to be taken seriously, we also have to do something

[@lbergen001]

Seriously, what is this for a shiity video, asking us questions and not giving any answer.😮 Indeed NL is almost a military super power. The 18 tanks frighten me the most, if they are operational that is.

[@producer2959]

😂

[@DucktheDuckk]

I agree the Dutch also combined military forces with Germany and the Dutch has the BEST boat engineers

[@victorsamsung2921]

@@DucktheDuckk Don't underestimate the Dutch effectiveness with the F-35 strikers too.

[@robertvanderzalm4464]

Russia took those tanks out in one day, so we have none now.

[@mastersimful]

They just gave 100% of air force away

[@DutchTunisian]

Its not 100% of our airforce. We have f35 fighters, nh90 helicopters, chinook helicopters, eurocopters, apache attack helicopters, c130 transports and others that i forgot

[@DutchTunisian]

All our f16 that we are gonna give to ukraine are old and we wanted to replace them with f35. We currently have around 20-30 of them but 52 are planned

[@jenteliefers9011]

Definitely not

[@christiano2444]

You forget they bought about eighty jsf 35 airplanes.

[@rienkhoek4169]

Even if that was true, it is to combat the only Enemy were are likely to encourage in the next ten years. So a win anyway.

[@user-km6qz6vc1c]

The dutch has a total of 6 frigates not 4. New mineships are being build

[@josephjackson7269]

17 million people and only 50,000 in military of which 8,000 are in reserve. Very small commitment and no future superpower here

[@PoepsIaaf]

Sadly yes

[@crocket1971]

Also the Netherlands has no significant defense industry

[@qpaulussen8803]

The Dutch can deliver chips that the rest of the world can't. Chips rule the world

[@crocket1971]

@@qpaulussen8803 I think you mean asml, but they make the chip machines that produces the chips, that is different from what you mean! The Dutch NXP makes chips, but I don't think the whole world is dependent on them, the most advanced chips come from Taiwan, according to everything

[@rmyikzelf5604]

​@crocket1971 the car industry apparently used nxp chips.... I am told

[@henkpasman1195]

"De echt Nederlandse ware patriotten." De ware patriotten dat mogen wij zijn. Langs marcheren voor vadertje staat. Geboren helden van ons moederland. De echt Nederlandse ware patriotten. De ware patriotten dat kunnen wij zijn. Ons hart vol van liefde voor ons land. Klaar om te vechten voor den koning. De echt Nederlandse ware patriotten. De ware patriotten dat zullen wij zijn. Geloof en verstand totaal overtuigd. De ziel en wil gebrand op ons gelijk. De echt Nederlandse ware patriotten. De ware patriotten dat willen wij zijn. Wie dan maar ook uit ons land komt. Sluit zich natuurlijk direkt bij ons aan. De echt Nederlandse ware patriotten. De ware patriotten dat moeten wij zijn. Dan dragen wij allemaal oranje kledij. Hijsen de vlaggen rood, wit en blauw. De echt Nederlandse ware patriotten.

[@rubenslager61]

about the navy, we also have 2 karel doorman class frigets. called the ZR. MS. Van Amstel and the Van speijk. those 2 ships are multi purpose frigets so they are used for searching for subs and can defend its self against aircraft

[@RuiseMuis]

This tube is not correct, you are missing information

[@koenvz9375]

Addition to your info. We boight 22 extra F-35. Starting a new division of MLRS (I thought we bought 40 from Israel. Also there are adiditonal armed raptors coming and pateiot systems. Next will we a new tank divsion, currently this is a group that operates with Germany.

[@pvlgs]

the 21th century is the golden age for the Netherlands.

[@victorsamsung2921]

ASML knows it.

[@cz1589]

No offense, but the suggestion of the title is quite over the top. Militarism is my hobby and im living in the Netherlands. But overall - our current forces are decent, but far from a military giant. The reverse claim about them to be a joke is also not correct, but closer to the reality after all. As with many European countries - we reached a bottom, lacked fundamentel investements in defense. While we woke up now, it might take years if not more then a decade to reverse this.

[@12uzainFamily]

I come from Indonesia, but I have a biological father who is a descendant of soldiers from the Netherlands, until now my father has never seen his father's face since he was little and this happened during the second military aggression in Indonesia, I hope my father can find his biological father or his siblings are in the Netherlands.😢😢

[@ReneAltena]

at 3:34 it says 'marsose', which is incorrect. 'Marsose' is an Indonesian word that comes from the Dutch 'Marechaussee' (which comes from the French). So the correct word would be 'Royal Dutch Marechaussee'

[@Scar_tisseu-86]

You left alot out, are navy has one more ship type you didn't mention, the joint support vessels ( we have 3 of them) the dutch navy is also fused with the belgium navy ( called benesam) and since the fall of the Berlin wall, our goverment didn't feel the need for a large military force. In the army we do not own main battle tanks any more, we sold all of our leopard tanks. The yellow riders now operate in cooperation with Germany German tanks, and don't own any mbt,s our selfs. It is so stupid we went from 995 mbt,s to 0 in less then 3 decades. I don't think the royal dutch airforce isn't to pleased that the 24 f16s are already send to Ukraine. Since we ordered the new f35 and the full amount of f35 armt delivered yet. In comparison with the ww2 and cold war era, I think the dutch armed forces today are nothing of what it used to be, don't forget for a country so small we could compete with the biggest nations in the world. And you know why the new submarines are going to be build in Germany? That is because in the last 40 years the dry docks were the walrus class was build don't exist anymore and the knowhow and experience to build subs got lost. What I do appreciate int the army, is their capability and capacity, to actualy work with earth moving equipment like wheel loaders excavators, and bulldozer these are the dutch army genie companie. And the korps commando troepen ( kct) are nott the only special forces in our armed forces. We also have a special forces unit in the royal dutch marine core named nl morsaf ( former bbe) and we have aivd kinda like Cia/fbi. And the royal Marishousee is comparable with atf border patrol. As far as the dutch patriotism goes, I think there are more that would love to join the dutch armed forces, but politics and .assume budget cuts from the last 30 years contributed greatly in the number of personal in the dutch armed forces. And I rather see my tax euro,s be spended on our armed forces then, it getting spend on worthless projects like they do at the moment. ( tried to join the dutch armed forces in 2004, 2005 and 2006) and every single time it was the same awnser " deu to budget cuts we are not hiring right now, try again next year. So I eventually gave up, and staid in the profession, I still work today. ( operating hydraulic excavators) But I'm full of pride to our men and woman in the dutch armed forces. And if you're interested, you could look up, Peter van uhm commander of the dutch armed forces ( retired) why I choose the gun speech. Think you would appreciate that.

[@Jila_Tana]

"...royal dutch marine core named nl morsaf ..." MARSOF

[@Scar_tisseu-86]

​@@Jila_Tana thst was a typo... your 100% correct.😅

[@gab6468]

Don’t forget the Dutch chip power from ASML

[@stevenhoekerd6915]

ASML... it won't take long for that company will also leave holland....and go abroad.... thanx to mismanagement of a criminal government.... with Mark Rutte as the head clown ....doing everything in his power to get to Nato.....that whats going on here ...nothing else...😢

[@n1coR]

Nigeria above netherlands? Mate the netherlands would dump on them in a week with air dominance, who makes those lists lmao

[@viderethevaccinatorfromhol7536]

My father was a marine on the Karel Doorman aircraft carrier. Proud marine.

[@duurnamets9678]

👍

[@hungrymusicwolf]

The dutch were never colonizers they were traders. They more or less stumbled their way into colonization. Their military strength did not come from colonies, but from trade and ingenuity. Windmills and cooperative society to outpace their rivals in production, genius designs by brilliant men to make better use of what they had, and the principles of liberty to allow great men to rise to the task instead of letting nobles fumble. Michiel de Ruyter being a great example of when the value of nobility came into conflict with the ideal of allowing the great to take their place, allowing the dutch to win some of the most difficult battles possible, and sadly also a reminder of the decline of said value towards the end taking away said strength from the nation.. Though to answer the question: the dutch is not about to turn into a military power. There simply is no taste for it in the population and no benefit to be gained for the nation. What are we going to do with said navy? Invade Britain? At most we'll expand our capabilities to improve our ability to assist NATO and EU initiatives with combat power.

[@D0NL]

De Netherlands has a couple of flowers in its arsenal, that potentially could help prevent war.

[@Black_Spider260]

We don't have a big military because our ex- prime ministers lowered the military budget of the Netherlands (if we look at the GBD) by 300% since 1980. Although the military budget of the Netherlands is relatively big, it's mostly spent at the modern vehicles and technology of the dutch military. New regulations of NATO state that all NATO countries need to spend at least 2% of its GBD on the military. That equals to 23,540,000 million Euro. so its a 'big' improvement from todays military budget (28% improvement). This will mean that the salary of a soldier will improve, therefore more people will be interested to join.

[@christiano2444]

Yes when they spend 15 billion euros they must have a good military. The navy is combined with belgium but the dutch navy is significant bigger. The jsf 35 is one of the most advanced fighterjets.

[@emilunuyy9818]

Dutch army???? Let me cry of laughter please...guys go back to red light district and coffeshop and leave the fighting for real warriors like poland or the usa 😎

[@elmanitasdeplomo]

The title of this video is absolutely ridiculous. The only that’s serious about building their armed forces is Poland.

[@theirrydamiens5840]

Nederland power

[@carlvanmeeteren1760]

In 2018 Dutch soldiers had to shout “bang bang” because they where out of bullets. Im from the Netherlands and was in the military. At this moment we have the worse army ever.

[@joeydragon3509]

We had a much better army hope it will get good again with alot of new people that will lead the country soon.

[@doggocraft3971]

Im dutch myself this video is fun

[@jonathanvankleef3208]

You still forgot the marines, and especially Marsof, which is an elite group within the marines. And the elite regiment of the army: Koninklijke Luchtbrigade. And in the mean time, the Ducth military staff gave order to expand the Air Force to 52 F-35's. Recent years, the Ducth government has given the militery 5 Billion extra per year. This is being used to modernized an fully equip the army. The only problem that remains getting enough personnel.

[@nlbergsma]

It was not Maurits (Maurice) who initiated the revolt against Spain, but his father Willem de Zwijger (William the Silent), otherwise called Willem van Oranje-Nassau.

[@henkoosterink8744]

4 new submrines (French probably) and 4 new Fregats (Dutch) are ordered.

[@dgray3771]

Heard the Belgians also want 3 of those frigates. Making the development of surface ships for the future more relevant. I say we should really invest in our navy and naval production capacity.

[@jeannemard1119]

The Netherlands, a "formidable military force in Europe"... Is that a joke ??? With 34 fighters, a single tank squadron and six frigates ???

[@66kbm]

All the Leopard Tanks wee given back to Germany many years ago. Infantry need Tanks, ask any Infantryman.

[@gab6468]

Your info is not complete. The Dutch navy is building 31 new ships till 2030. And at the moment 29 exclusive the small vessels.4 submarines 1 joint support vessel 2 landing platform vessels 4 air defense frigates 2 multi purpose 4 patrol vessels 5 minehunters 1 torpedo work vessel 4 dive support vessels 2 hydrographic 1 support vessel and trainings vessels

[@SIG442]

F-16's already arrived in Ukraine. Batavia is NOT a warship, but a V.O.C. ship, meaning it's a merchant ship. The Amsterdam is also a merchant vessel. The R81 was a legendary ship for the fleet, still to this day a huge missing part of the navy is a replacement for this ship. There was originally a second carrier to be added to the wanted list but cancelled later on. 4 Alkmaar class ships have been donated to Ukraine, the 5th will likely go as well. Only 4 of those submarines are ordered to replace the 4 currently in service. The Leo 2's are NOT Dutch owned or leased, but on loan from Germany to form a German/Dutch battalion. There is a big difference there. C-130's are set to be replaced by 4 Embraer C-390M, which is clearly a lot smaller. PC-7's are about to be retired as well, I'm not sue what aircraft will replace those if any. And right now, no the Dutch armed forces are not capable of doing much. Yet still those within it are far better trained then even the US troops.

[@cxllen9314]

the embrears are faster, fly higher and don't need an long runway

[@richardstaal5559]

stop asking a question every 1 minute 😅

[@viderethevaccinatorfromhol7536]

What about the new submarines replacing the current one's.

[@provokedfob]

You ask a bit to much questions :) it's good to ask for interactment in the comments, but because you ask our minds about something so often, it begins to feel like you researched a bit, and didnt wanna deepdive, so you ask the watchers to inform you more. I know that's not the case :) just starts to feel like it a bit, great video otherwise!

[@Reptornicus]

How they can become Military Giant when they don't even produce their own weapons?

[@teqfreak]

For anybody coming to get an answer to the question in the title. The question isn't answered, don't waste your time on this.

[@MartVan]

Do your own research. Don't use ai and don't use a computer generated voice. You even could pronounce and write Marechaussee correct.

[@yiannisanastas7851]

Endless discussions about changing some submarines, selling all tanks and maritime patrol planes... Don't make me laugh. It will never be a super power.

[@AlexVNL]

We had 1000 tanks in the 70's though.

[@Ali78384]

Free, palasthine 🇦🇪😉

[@kimkristensen2816]

Military Giant, no. Force to be recond with, YES

[@robertoromero8613]

i like the video a lot but please stop asking a question to the people every 10sec to trigger conversation, just explain the video without that.. + why is Amsterdams location wrong on that map lol

[@keanobavelaar5469]

My country❤🇳🇱

[@revenger2111]

Bruh, stop asking me questions. I'm here so you can answer mine 😂

[@archeiskotia2764]

Why do tanks that are claimed to be Dutch a German flag on it?

[@fermitupoupon1754]

NL sold all of their Leopard 2 tanks back to Germany and now leases them from the Germans instead. So there is an argument to be made that they are technically German.

[@radjenrampersad]

No, we sold them to Finland (80 of them). We then had 18 left in stocks and we 'gave' them to Germany to be modernised. After that, we leased them back,....and now the Dutch operate them within the German Army (414th.). There are rumours that the Dutch will buy 52 new Leopards. (Asked by NATO) @@fermitupoupon1754

[@yorick5692]

this whole video sounds like it was written by AI

[@FROZENMX]

How do u feel about this channel, what do u think🤣🤣🤣

[@DucktheDuckk]

Don’t forget that the dutch has combined their military with Germany 👍

[@victorsamsung2921]

In what ways?

[@GoogleGebruiker]

​@@victorsamsung2921all 3 Royal Dutch Army brigades have been integrated in German Bundeswehr divisions. The 43rd Mechanized Brigade (NLD) is part of the German 1st Panzerdivison. The 11th Airmobile Brigade (NLD) is integrated in the German DSK (Airmobile division of sorts), and since this year the 13th Light Brigade (NLD) is now part of the German 10th Panzerdivison.

[@SandsOfArrakis]

@@GoogleGebruiker and if I am not mistaken the German Navy is part of the Dutch Navy.

[@kwasjemycat9236]

The Netherlands is the best Country in the world

[@Raysboss302]

Not our finest hour.

[@Dekaasman]

All these people in the comments laughing but they havent even seen the video

[@robertvanderzalm4464]

In 1940 it took Nazi Deutschland 5 days to occupy the Netherlands. Nowadays, they will do this in less than 24 hours!!!

[@nlp6689]

1:43 17,300,000 Milj. ppl ere in the Netherlands?? Are u crazy? Make that 19,000,000 19-9-2023 And another 1,000,000 flokkin' the streets.

[@valyshknee4203]

allemaal immigranten. ze willen het leger niet in, daarom kwamen ze ook hier heen

[@SandsOfArrakis]

17.9 million currently according to the news today.

[@gerardvanmeer8452]

rutte spoort niet

[@blackdaan]

wat een onzin.. van te weinig budget naar superpower .. ga toch weg..

[@shumyinghon]

focus on economic development and social well being instead

[@notyourbusiness2074]

no , its a joke.

[@dennisgaatjeniksaan2132]

throw a granate in it. lets see how big or small the joke is.

[@pieterpost563]

​@@dennisgaatjeniksaan2132Berer gooi je die granaat en 4 dozijnen ervan meer in die 2 de kamer zal een hoop problemen oplossen. Zolang die schele rat aan da roer staat heeft nl enkeltje de afgrond in

[@letheas6175]

@@pieterpost563 Ding ding ding, we hebben weer een voorbeeld van bezuinigen op GGZ is slecht.

[@pieterpost563]

@@letheas6175 wil je best afgooien in vrederust hoor zit hier om de hoek namelijk . Lekker vvd blijven stemmen en je land weg laten geven tot je zelf op de vlucht kunt 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kplkasteel]

While quantity is a skill on its own, The Dutch use quality over quantity. With a small population it's impossible to maintain a large professional army and though many cost cutting measures have been taking place over the last 2 decades thinking the threat from the east was gone recent developments in the Ukraine has shown the Dutch government that those cuts were premature. Military spending has and will be further increased to (re)build a highly mobile, quick deployable and flexible Army that will be able to play a major role and be a reliable partner within NATO and our friends around the world. Rebuilding what has been lost will take time, but the Dutch will always be able to punch well above their weight as we have shown in the last 25 years during peace keeping and peace enforcing missions. The Dutch motto is: Je Maintiendrai which means depending on the context: I will maintain, I will defend or I will support. Joining the Dutch Army is not about earning a lot of money though the salary is decent enough especially if you consider the hazard pay during exercises and missions. Many young Dutch (Including myself with 12 years with the Armoured Infantry 42BLJ) join after right after highschool to a.) Serve our country and help make the world, no matter how small our contribution is to be a better place and b.) while being enlisted enjoy the nearly unlimited educational opportunities fully paid and during working hours.

[@theirrydamiens5840]

European Union ...informatic superpower

[@ronaldbunk9007]

I am from the Netherlands. This story is greatly exaggerated

[@juriendejong5201]

This title is stupid

[@kevinvaneckendonk6477]

It's a little exaggerated we don't have the capability to be an impressive military Force or build up one in a short time. The only impressive branch is the Airforce which can deploy a big punch if needed. There are plans though to invest more in the army and getting a bigger military but its going to take years. Besides there also is no real rush to do so because the only treat is coming from the east which Ukraine, Poland and Germany sit between with far bigger and more capable armies and we also aren't looking to claim terratory. Although we could easily claim some more territory if we really would like to.

[@harry19000000]

Its a question to me why the investments in the army are around 18 billion dollars (same as Turkey) and why the army is that small and low equiped.

[@Black_Spider260]

Because our ex- prime ministers lowered the military budget of the Netherlands (if we look at the GBD) by 300% since 1980. Although the military budget of the Netherlands is relatively big, it's mostly spent at the modern vehicles and technology of the dutch military. New regulations of NATO state that all NATO countries need to spend at least 2% of its GBD on the military. That equals to 23,540,000 million Euro. so its a 'big' improvement from todays military budget (28% improvement). This will mean that the salary of a soldier will improve, therefore more people will be interested to join.

[@noob_kitten]

konienklieke isnt how u say it

[@SandsOfArrakis]

Ah the joys of an English speaker trying to pronounce Dutch words. 😂

[@noob_kitten]

lmfao@@SandsOfArrakis

[@saus9870]

It's really not.

[@alexisvanhouten1054]

So much butchering of pronounce zjees and we just dun need em thats why we have less haha 😅

[@alanfaith2986]

They lost all credibility when they abandoned the Bosnian muslims in Srebrenica to be massacred by the Serbs

[@theirrydamiens5840]

European Union superpower

[@RicardoVanHouten]

This is a lie😂 we dont even have a army to defend ourselves we gave all of our fighter jets away😂😂

[@SandsOfArrakis]

Yeah we just have a bunch of over expensive F35's left. Pretty sure we should have went with the Swedish Gripen. But nope. We went shopping in the USA (again) instead.

[@F35bestfighteryet]

They now spend 21,4 billions euro's on their army!

[@mrfox5393]

LOL yes super power, our government definitely got the super power of Tax payers. 😅🤣

[@misterX-sm72l]

Superpower lol 😆 Far from 🤣 And Yes I'm Dutch.

[@yakob473]

Dutch have jew in 1600

[@PoepsIaaf]

34 f-35s? Damn we finna be broke 😂💀

[@Black_Spider260]

52 f-35's, in 2030 they want to have 72. allot considering the size of the NLRAF.

[@harrygroen69]

The Dutch army became a joke.

[@Black_Spider260]

from 300.000 naar 11.000, echt een grap ja, maar toen was er nog conscriptie.

[@archeiskotia2764]

haha.. Dutch a military Giant... HAHA.. For real. The Dutch have NEVER been a Giant Military Power. We always had either Marine or army...We have been invaded and lost wars by almost every European country, including Belgium and Russian... The Dutch are great merchants, and Traders, but the worse fighters, cause that costs money..... p.s. i am 100% Dutch..

[@_robo_]

History tells something different about the fighting capabilities of the Dutch. They lost like any country, but won more and against all odds in most cases. I wouldn't call them a military giant, but an important player and weapon supplier worldwide.

[@archeiskotia2764]

@@_robo_ At first glance it may seem that the Dutch where an important military player, but that was only because of a few military genius wins. We have been an important european country but that wasn't because of our militaire strenght but because of our merchants and trade... We lost to the Germans, Belgiums, French, English, Austrians and Spanish. Only to be save by others and then robbed of our colonies. For instance South Afrika by the English. Our strenght is not fighting, but everything else.

[@MoneyClipsAlways]

Did u forget in the third anglo dutch war netherlands won alone against france and England

[@archeiskotia2764]

@@MoneyClipsAlways Actually that is one of my points. We did not win that war, we survived it. As the Dutch Proverb goes: "Het land was reddeloos, de regenten radeloos en het volk reddeloos - The country was desperate, the regents desperate, the people desperate"... We only survived because French had no intention to destroy the rebublic and the English where stopped at sea by a genius Admiral who won the seabattle. Our army was thoroughly defeated and the French could have taken the country but didn't want to at that time... P.s.: Also some German states where involved.

[@archeiskotia2764]

@@MoneyClipsAlways If you want to argue me, you better use the fact that were the last ones that succeeded in invading England, defeat their King and made our King rule them (1689)... My counterargument is that it was not the Netherlands but the King who won. Because Willem III on the English throne, was actually the downfall of the Dutch might. and proves that we should have stayed a rebublic.

[@archeiskotia2764]

Let us replace our 40-year old airfighters for a totally new 20-year old type..

[@pieterpost563]

Wat een grap is dit joh met.die schele aan het roer in 1 streep de afgrond in ja

[@Jack-ul2nu]

The Dutch Army is small because when have lots of not European people here, whe have turkeys people morrocean people people from Surinam and The Netherlands Antilles thats why

[@JanvanDeBoerka]

What a joke🤣🤣🤣

[@XX-lw2bg]

😂....say cheese

[@rowanraidboss]

we dont wave so mutch monny :(

[@saskiavandijk6773]

I live in the netherlands en the army is very bad

[@p.s.5135]

Hahahahahah😂😂😂 superpower ..no troops no boats we have nothing

[@Black_Spider260]

Because our ex- prime ministers lowered the military budget of the Netherlands (if we look at the GBD) by 300% since 1980. Although the military budget of the Netherlands is relatively big, it's mostly spent at the modern vehicles and technology of the dutch military. New regulations of NATO state that all NATO countries need to spend at least 2% of its GBD on the military. That equals to 23,540,000 million Euro. so its a 'big' improvement from todays military budget (28% improvement). This will mean that the salary of a soldier will improve, therefore more people will be interested to join.

[@Raysboss302]

Are we the baddies?

[@thetruth7633]

Droom lekker verder man, Nederland is weg binnen 12-15 minuten.

[@Jimmy-fy3oi]

Nope there not,just like ww2 I give the Dutch a week at most to a military like French of Germany. Against the US 24 hours, Rus 48 hours. Bid there Pri Minister is talking shit to Russia kinda stupid in my opinion.

[@Black_Spider260]

Because our ex- prime ministers lowered the military budget of the Netherlands (if we look at the GBD) by 300% since 1980. Although the military budget of the Netherlands is relatively big, it's mostly spent at the modern vehicles and technology of the dutch military. New regulations of NATO state that all NATO countries need to spend at least 2% of its GBD on the military. That equals to 23,540,000 million Euro. so its a 'big' improvement from todays military budget (28% improvement). This will mean that the salary of a soldier will improve, therefore more people will be interested to join.

[@robertvanderzalm4464]

Hahahahahahahahaha🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣