Danish Division

Danish Division
Danske Division
Active 1 January 1997 – present
(20 years, 7 months)
Country  Denmark
Branch Royal Danish Army
Size Division
Garrison/HQ Haderslev Kaserne
Patron Knud Lavard[1]
Motto(s) Velox Et Acer (Quick And Sharp)
Website Official Facebook
Commanders
Current
commander		 Major General Flemming Mathiasen
Notable
commanders		 R. Allerup

The Danish Division (Danish: Danske Division), short DDIV, is the only remaining military land Division in Denmark. It is also the most potent single formation of the Danish armed forces. It was created on 1 January 1997 as the successor of Jutland Division. It is one of the now-two 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.

List of Structure by year

2011–

Danske Division diagram, as part of the Danish army

2005–2011

Danish Division (HQ Haderslev)

2000–2005

Danish Division (HQ Fredericia)

1997–2000

Danish Division (HQ Fredericia)

Equipment from 1997–2005

As a MechInfantry Division, Danish Division contained

Name Image Origin Type Quantity Notes
Armour
Leopard 1A5DK1  Germany Main Battle Tank 198
  • 50 in each of the three brigades
    • 30 in the armoured battalion
    • 10 in the first mechinfantry battalion
    • 10 in the second mechinfantry battalion
  • 30 in the independent armoured battalion
  • 18 in recce battalion
Pansret Mandskabsvogn - PMV
(M113)		  United States Armored Personnel Carrier 500(apox)

APCs and variants incl:

  • 63 Command-vehicles
  • 43 Maintain(fitter)-vehicles (16 (incl crane) Battalion level, 27 Company level)
  • 153 Infantry-vehicles
    • 45 in each of the three brigades
      • 9 in the armoured battalion
      • 18 in the first mechinfantry battalion
      • 18 in the second mechinfantry battalion
    • 9 in the independent armoured battalion
    • 9 in recce battalion
  • 41 Mortar-vehicles
  • 32 25mm machinegun-vehicles
  • 42 Medic-vehicles
  • 40 TOW-vehicles
  • 30 Artilleryobserver-vehicles
  • 18 Engineerins-vehicles
Recovery vehicles
Leopard 1 Wisent 1  Germany Armoured Recovery Vehicle 11
  • 3 in each of the three brigades
    • 1 in the armoured battalion
    • 1 in the first mechinfantry battalion
    • 1 in the second mechinfantry battalion
  • 1 in the independent armoured battalion
  • 1 in recce battalion
8x8 IVECO EUROTRAKKER  Italy Armoured Recovery Vehicle 24
  • 6 in each of the three brigades
    • all 6 in the logistik battalion
  • 6 in the independent division logistik battalion
M578 Light Recovery Vehicle  United States Armoured Recovery Vehicle 17
  • 5 in each of the three brigades
    • 1 in the armoured battalion
    • 1 in the first mechinfantry battalion
    • 1 in the second mechinfantry battalion
    • 1 in the Artillery battalion
    • 1 in the Logistik battalion
  • 1 in the independent armoured battalion
  • 1 in the independent division logistik battalion
Pansret Broslagningsvogn Leopard 1 Biber  Germany Armoured Vehicle-launched Bridge 8
  • 2 in each of the three brigades
    • 2 in the armoured engineer company
  • 2 in the independent division engineer battalion
Support
M114/39 towed  United States Howitzer 54 Division level
Selvkørende Haubits - SKH
(M109 A2DK)		 United States United States Self-propelled artillery 54 Brigade Level
M270 MLRS United States United States Multiple rocket launcher 8 Division level
TOW anti-tank system  United States Anti-tank missile 88
  • 40 systems on M113
  • 48 systems on wheeled-vehicles
Stinger Anti-aircraft launch system  United States surface-to-air missile 48
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 France Light multipurpose helicopter 12 With TOW anti-tank system
Vehicles (Combat groups)
GD240  Germany SUV 180 Reconnaissance-Groups
MAN8  Germany tactical trucks 107 Infantery-Groups
MAGIRUS 168  Germany tactical trucks 36 (Engineering-Groups)
HMMWV  United States Light Armored Car 48 (TOW-Groups)

References

  1. ↑ Danske Division. "History of the Danish Division". forsvaret.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2017.
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