101 Military Constabulary
Battalion
101 Marechausseebataljon (101 Marbat)
| Unit |
Location |
Peace
Strength |
War
Strength |
Staff
and Staff Detachment
101 Military Constabulary Battalion |
Wezep |
5/9/9
(23) |
5/21/21 (47) |
| 11 Military
Constabulary Squadron [a] |
Arnhem |
4/32/129
(165) |
4/26/135
(165) |
| 41 Military
Constabulary Squadron [b] |
Harderwijk |
3/27/91
(121) |
4/26/101
(131) |
| 103 Military
Constabulary Squadron |
Wezep |
4/32/129
(165) |
4/26/135
(165) |
| 104
Military Constabulary Squadron |
Wezep |
4/32/129
(165) |
4/26/135
(165) |
| 51
Military Constabulary Squadron [c] |
– |
– |
6/24/136
(166) |
| 102
Military Constabulary Squadron [d] |
– |
– |
6/24/136
(166) |
| 202
Military Constabulary Squadron [e] |
– |
– |
6/24/136
(166) |
| 32
Military Constabulary Platoon [f] |
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
| 101
Military Constabulary Battalion Peace Strength: 20/132/487
(639) |
| 101
Military Constabulary Battalion War
Strength: 40/201/964
(1205) |
Notes
| a. |
In
1985 the equipment of 11
Military Constabulary Squadron comprised 24 x Land Rover, 24 x
Moto Guzzi V50, 16 x DAF 66 YA light utility vehicle, 9 x DAF YA-4440 four-tonne
truck and 3 x VW Transporter; 4 x
M20 or M20B1 Bazooka 3.5 inch, 2 x M2
hmg .50 inch and 5 x MAG gpmg 7.62 mm. Personal armament consisted of a
pistol (FN Browning Hi-Power 9 mm), to be augmented with a UZI
submachine gun 9 mm in wartime.1 |
| b. |
1st
Platoon, 41 Military Constabulary Squadron was permanently based in Seedorf
(GE) in support of 41 Armoured
Brigade, with one group attached to Hohne Barracks.2
|
| c. |
GRIM
squadron, largely
filled by
mobilisable platoons that had fulfilled their active-duty
period in 41
Military Constabulary Squadron between four and
twenty
months prior to mobilisation.3 7 |
| d. |
GRIM
squadron, largely
filled by
mobilisable platoons that had fulfilled their active-duty
period in 103 Military
Constabulary Squadron between four and twenty
months
prior to mobilisation.3
7 |
| e. |
GRIM
squadron, largely
filled by
mobilisable platoons that had fulfilled their active-duty
period in 104
Military Constabulary Squadron between four and twenty
months
to the moment of mobilisation.3
7 |
| f. |
Filled
by mobilisable personnel from 202 Military Constabulary Squadron (GRIM)
after their fourteen to sixteen-month RIM period in that unit had
expired, up to eight and a half years prior to mobilisation.3
7 |
Operational
Role
In wartime
three squadrons would be assigned to the divisions, as follows: 11
Squadron to 1 Division, 41 Squadron to
4 Division and 51 Squadron to 5 Division. Their tasks would
include providing a staff guard for each of the three divisional
command
posts, managing and controlling traffic, contributing to area
security and taking charge of prisoners of war. The
remainder of the battalion would operate in the Corps Rear
Area under Commander, Corps Rear Area.4 Its tasks would
include providing a staff guard for the command post of 1 (NL)
Corps, escorting nuclear transports,5
establishing and managing a prisoner
of war camp and a detention camp, managing and controlling traffic and
contributing to area security. The battalion was armed with
light infantry weapons and had various types of wheeled vehicles for
transport, including motorcycles (see also note a).6
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| 1. |
|
Bremer, 11 Marechaussee eskadron,
9-10. |
| 2. |
|
Thanks to
Marco Bijl, who served with this unit in 1989, for bringing
this to my attention. See also Anonymus, De dienst van het wapen der
Koninklijke Marechaussee bij het 1e Legerkorps, n.p., n.d.
(±1970) and several publications archived by Weblog Seedorf40, Legerkiosk, for instance the
information booklet Weg...Wijzer
voor het niet-dienstplichtig landmachtpersoneel in de Noordduitse
laagvlakte (1986), 2-1. |
| 3. |
|
NIMH
205A/10, Aflossing van mobilisabele eenheden en
-aanvullingen d.d. 11 november 1983. Ibid., d.d. 17 juni 1985. |
| 4. |
|
See Corps Logistic
Command, Part I,
note a. |
| 5. |
|
For instance for the
dual capable artillery units of 1 (NL) Corps Artillery. |
| 6. |
|
For this paragraph:
NL-HaNA 2.13.148 inv. nr. 24,
Organisatie KMar 1 Lk d.d. 30 juni 1987. The allocation of 11
Military Constabulary Squadron to 1 Division in wartime is also
mentioned in Elands,
Van Gils en Schoenmaker, Geschiedenis
1 Divisie, 237; and in Schulten, Zwitzer en Hoffenaar, 1 Divisie, 153. |
| 7. |
|
RIM was
the Dutch acronym for Direct Influx into Mobilisable Units (Rechtstreekse
Instroming in Mobilisabele Eenheden). GRIM was a variant of
this system, meaning "Largely RIM" (Grotendeels
Rechtstreekse Instroming in Mobilisabele Eenheden).
For a survey of the
Royal Army's unit filling and reserve system see Gijsbers, Blik
in de smidse, 2222-2231;
Selles,
Personele
vulling;
Berghuijs, Opleiding,
14-23. In English: Isby and Kamps, Armies,
341-343; Sorrell, Je
Maintiendrai, 94-96; Van
Vuren, The
Royal Netherlands Army Today, Military Review April 1982, 23-28. |
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