List of Dutch military equipment of World War II

The following is a list of Dutch military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. World War II was a global war that began in 1939 and ended in 1945. On 10 May 1940, Nazi Germany, which aimed to dominate Europe, invaded the Netherlands and occupied the entire country by 17 May. By 12 March 1942 the Dutch mainland and all their major colonies were controlled by Germans and Japanese. Dutch power was not restored until final Axis collapse in 1945. This list covers the equipment of armed elements centered on Royal Netherlands Army and Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, but not the Free Dutch Forces, which was equipped mainly by the Western Allies.

Grenades and grenade launchers
See also:

Infantry and dual-purpose machine guns
The Dutch army in 1940 was in the process of converting their machine guns to the unique 7.92×57mm rimmed cartridge. Exact numbers of machine guns converted is unknown.

Fortress and siege guns
See for geographic distribution of coastal defenses and fortresses in continental Netherlands. The listing below do include both army and land-based Navy weapons, but do not include 47mm guns, which are counted as anti-tank guns.
 * Bofors 37 mm, 45 or 50 calibers barrel length : 23 pieces, of them 12 imported and 11 license-produced
 * 75mm guns, 40 calibers barrel length : 63 pieces (2 distinct Krupp types, 5000m range, rapid-fire)
 * 120mm guns, 40 calibers barrel length : 18 pieces (2 distinct Krupp types, 12500m range, 9 RPM fire rate)
 * 149.1mm or 152.4mm guns, 30 calibers barrel length: 5 (type unknown)
 * 149.1mm or 152.4mm guns, 35 calibers barrel length: 6 (type unknown)
 * 149.1mm or 152.4mm guns, 40 calibers barrel length: 21 (Krupp guns, 14200m range, 9 RPM fire rate)
 * 240mm guns, 30 calibers barrel length: 11 (Krupp guns of the 19th century, 8000m range, 0.25 RPM fire rate)

Anti-tank weapons (besides anti-tank guns)

 * Solothurn S-18/1000

Tankettes
Carden Loyd Mk IV tankette - 5 tankettes used in Battle of the Netherlands

Tanks

 * Marmon-Herrington CTLS - few used against Japanese on Java. 28 used in the West Indies & Suriname
 * FT17 - 1 purchased in 1927 for trials
 * Marmon-Herrington CTMS - 26 used in the West Indies & Suriname
 * Marmon-Herrington MTLS - 19-20 used in the West Indies & Suriname
 * Carden-Lloyd Light Amphibious tank m1931- 2 delivered to the KNIL in 1937
 * Carden-Lloyd m1936 - 75 ordered but only 25 delivered to the KNIL
 * M3 tanks - 50 were being transported when the Dutch East Indies fell.

Utility tractor

 * VCL Utility Tracor - 50 ordered for the KNIL
 * Praga TIII/3 Artillery Tractor - 1 prototype delivered to the KNIL.

Engineering and command

 * L180 (M-38) - 2 of 14 armored cars were built as command cars (dummy main gun made of wood).

Trucks
All numbers are for European part of Dutch armed forces.
 * horses 30000
 * Trado 1200 - mostly for towing artillery and 1 motorized light infantry division
 * DAF-139 amphibious truck (prototype testing at outbreak of war)
 * Ford Model AA 380 - in AA units
 * Ford GP - in Dutch East Indies cavalry units

Passenger cars

 * unknown models (~70-140 total) for carrying officers

Motorcycles

 * unknown model (at least 840 in 2 motorized cavalry regiments)

Miscellaneous vehicles
ofcourse
 * bicycles (at least 1500000)

Royal Netherlands Navy
At the moment of the German attack on 10 May 1940 the Dutch European Navy consisted of 50 vessels:
 * 1 light cruiser
 * 3 coastal defense ships
 * 10 destroyers
 * 12 minelayers
 * 4 minesweepers
 * 6 submarines
 * 14 auxiliary and light vessels

Also, 31 various vessels were under construction. Of these, 6 were eventually completed in England and 21 in Nazi Germany.

Present in the Dutch West Indies was the sloop Van Kinsbergen.

Destroyed or scuttled during Battle of the Netherlands:
 * Destroyer Van Galen [Rotterdam, by a Stuka attack]
 * Destroyer escort Christiaan Cornelis (scuttled after being damaged by coastal artillery)
 * Destroyer escort Z3 (scuttled)
 * Destroyer escort G16 (scuttled)
 * Gunboat Johan Maurits van Nassau (sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft)
 * Gunboat Friso (sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft)
 * Gunboat Brinio (scuttled)
 * Gunboat Braga (scuttled)
 * Gunboat Helfring (scuttled)
 * Gunboat Freyr (scuttled)
 * Minelayer Hydra
 * Minelyaer Bulgia 
 * Minesweeper Abraham van Hulst (heavily damaged by Luftwaffe aircraft attack and scuttled)
 * Minesweeper Pieter Floriszoon (scuttled)
 * Minesweeper M III
 * Submarine HNLMS O 12 (scuttled)
 * Coastal defense ship HNLMS IJmuiden (scuttled)

Escaped to England during Battle of the Netherlands:
 * Light cruiser Sumatra
 * Destroyer escort Z5
 * Destroyer escort Z6
 * Destroyer escort Z7
 * Destroyer escort Z8
 * Destroyer escort G13
 * Destroyer escort G15
 * Gunboat Flores
 * Gunboat Gruno 
 * Minelayer Willem van der Zaan
 * Minelayer Medusa
 * Minelayer Van Maerlant
 * Minelayer Douwe Aukes
 * Minelayer Nautiles
 * Minelayer Jan van Brakel
 * Minesweeper Jan van Gelder
 * Torpedo boat TM51
 * Submarine O9
 * Submarine O10
 * Submarine O13
 * Light-cruiser Jacob van Heemskerck (under construction at outbreak of war)
 * Destroyer leader Isaac Sweers (under construction at outbreak of war)
 * Submarine O21 (under construction at outbreak of war)
 * Submarine O22 (under construction at outbreak of war)
 * Submarine O23 (under construction at outbreak of war)
 * Submarine O24 (under construction at outbreak of war)
 * Many tugs, pilot boats and patrol boats

Captured by the Germans:
 * Minesweepers MI (sunk and raised by Germans)
 * Minesweepers MII (sunk and raised by Germans)
 * Minesweepers MIV (sunk and raised by Germans)
 * Gunboat Tyr
 * Gunboat Balder
 * Gunboat Hadda (unarmed at outbreak of war)
 * Gunboat Thor (unarmed at outbreak of war)
 * Minelayer Vidar
 * Torpedo workship Vidar
 * Submarines O 8
 * Submarine O 11
 * Coastal defense ship HMLMS Gelderland
 * Coastal defense ship HNLMS Hertog Hendrik
 * Cruiser De Zeven Provincien (under construction, not used by Germans)
 * Cruiser HNLMS Eendracht (under construction, not used by Germans)
 * Destroyer leader HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes (under construction, scrapped by Germans)
 * Destroyer leader HNLMS Gerard Callenburgh (under construction, damaged and repaired by Germans)
 * Destroyer leader HNLMS Philips van Almonde (under construction, scrapped by Germans)
 * Submarine O 25 (under construction, finished by Germans)
 * Submarine O 26 (under construction, finished by Germans)
 * Submarine O 27 (under construction, finished by Germans)
 * 6 Minesweepers (under construction, names not assigned, all used by Germans)
 * Tanker (under construction, name not assigned, finished by Germans)
 * 10 Fast attack craft (E-boats) (under construction, names not assigned, all finished and used by Germans in Mediterranean)

Royal Netherlands Navy in the East Indies
At the time of Japanese attack on 7 December 1941, the Dutch Navy in the East Indies comprised 78 vessels. Most of them were destroyed defending Java island:
 * 3 light cruisers
 * 7 destroyers
 * 15 submarines
 * 7 minelayers
 * 11 minesweepers
 * 35 auxiliary or small ships (of them 8 tankers)

Task Force One (Doorman; off Paternoster Island) Task Force Two (Sunda Strait en route Singapore) NEI Submarine Flotilla (at Surabaya) Submarine Division 1 Submarine Division 2 Submarine Division 3 Submarine Division 4 Mine Service (at Surabaya) Minesweeper Division 3 Minesweeper Division 4 (at Surabaya) Torpedo Division (at Surabaya)
 * Light cruiser De Ruyter
 * Light cruiser Tromp
 * Destroyer Van Ghent
 * Destroyer Kortenaer
 * Destroyer Piet Hein
 * Destroyer Witte de With
 * Destroyer Banckert
 * Light cruiser Java
 * Destroyer Evertsen
 * Destroyer Van Nes
 * submarine tender Zuiderkruis
 * SS K-VI
 * SS K-VIII
 * SS K-X
 * SS O-16 (Karimata Strait)
 * SS K-XVII (north of Singapore)
 * SS K-XVII
 * SS K-IX
 * SS K-XI (north of Singapore)
 * SS K-XII (north of Singapore)
 * SS K-XIII (north of Singapore)
 * SS K-XIV (South China Sea)
 * SS K-XV (South China Sea)
 * SS K-XVI (South China Sea)
 * SS O-19 (South China Sea)
 * SS O-20 (South China Sea)
 * CM Gouden Leeuw (at Tarakan)
 * CM Prinz Van Oranje
 * CM Krakatau
 * CM Pro Patria (at Palembang)
 * CM Serdang
 * CM Willem van der Zaan (Lingga)
 * CM Rigel
 * AMc Alor
 * AMc Aroe
 * AMc Bantam
 * AMc Bogor
 * AMc Ceram
 * AMc Cheribon
 * AMc Djember
 * AMc Djombang
 * AMc Djampea
 * AMc Enggano
 * AMc Endeh
 * PT TM-4 to TM-15 (12 vessels)
 * Tanker AO Aldegonda
 * Tanker AO Benakat (4763 tons, 10 knots)
 * Tanker AO Djirak (4325 tons, 10 knots)
 * Tanker AO Josefina
 * Tanker AO Juno (2741 tons, 9 knots)
 * Tanker AO Paula (2700 tons, 12 knots)
 * Tanker AO Pendopo (7150 tons, 10 knots)
 * Tanker AO Petronella
 * AT Kraus
 * AT Pief
 * AT Gina
 * AT Jules
 * AT Nolly
 * AT Tata
 * AT Flip
 * AT Rolf
 * AT Hector
 * AT Paul
 * AT Teddy
 * AR Moeara Boelian
 * AH Op Ten Noort

Aircraft
The Dutch before war have an extensive aircraft industry, but most of the aircraft produced were exported and not counted here.

Cartridges and shells

 * .32 ACP (7.94×25mm)
 * .380 ACP (9×25mm)
 * 11mm French Ordnance (11.46×30mm)
 * 6.5×53mmR (main rifle cartridge)
 * 7.92×56R (main MG cartridge)
 * .303 British (7.7×56mmR)