Belgian Land Component

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army branch land warfare branch

The Belgian Land Component is the army branch of Belgium’s armed forces, responsible for the country’s land-based military operations and ground defense.

Aliases (2)

Belgian Army ×5
Belgian Special Operations Regiment ×2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army branch → land warfare branch →
abbreviation	COMOPSLAND →
allegiance	Kingdom of Belgium →
branchColor	green →
commandedBy	Commander of the Land Component →
country	Belgium →
doctrine	NATO land warfare doctrine →
garrison	Brussels → Evere →
hasCapability	airborne operations → combat engineering → field artillery → logistical support → mechanized infantry → special operations →
hasComponent	artillery units → engineer units → light brigade → logistics units → motorized brigade → signals units → special operations regiment → training units →
hasPredecessor	Belgian Army →
headquartersLocation	Brussels → Evere →
languageOfCommand	Dutch → English → French →
militaryBranchType	army →
nativeNameLanguage	Dutch → French → German →
operatesIn	land domain →
participatesIn	EU military operations → NATO operations → UN peacekeeping missions →
partOf	Belgian Armed Forces →
responsibleFor	international land operations → support to civil authorities in Belgium → territorial defense of Belgium →
role	ground defense → land-based military operations →
usesEquipmentType	armored vehicles → artillery systems → engineering vehicles → infantry fighting vehicles → small arms →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
AFB → La Défense →	hasBranch
Belgian Armed Forces → Belgian Armed Forces ("Belgian Special Operations Regiment") →	hasPart
Belgian Ministry of Defence → Belgian Ministry of Defence ("Belgian Special Operations Regiment") →	oversees
British Expeditionary Force (World War II) ("Belgian Army") →	alliedWith
Belgian Land Component ("Belgian Army") →	hasPredecessor
Ten Days’ Campaign ("Belgian Army") →	involves
Chief of Defence (Belgium) →	militaryBranch
Bastogne Barracks ("Belgian Army") →	operator
M46 Patton tank ("Belgian Army") →	usedBy