Holland

## Holland(Faction)

A country in central Europe next to the british channel with colonies in Asia and Africa.

In War of Tactics, Holland is a minor allied faction, a smaller faction with a rather light arsenal but with backing from it's US and British allies as well as captured or licensed equipment, which makes up a majority of their modern equipment.

## Infantry

Dutch infantry of the main army face shortages, specially on the attack but are well suited for defense or siege against enemy infantry. They have no proper options for dealing with armoured foes other than grenades and light mortars, their arsenal has several gaps, lacking modern automatic weapons.

On the other hand, the KNIL-infantry is equipped with a combination of domestic, American and British equipment. As such they're by far better suited for assault or Anti-tank tactics than their Soldaat cousins and face no shortage when it comes to firepower. This wide selection of weapons comes at a higher-than-average price for what is considered standard infantry, not Elite units.

Their infantry types are as followed

* LKP/RVV- Militia infantry
* Soldaat - Professional infantry of the main army in the homeland.
* KNIL-Infanteri - Professional infantry in colonies with acces to better equipment.
* Ingeniur - Engineers

### Pros & Advantages

* Economical flexibility
* Good combat flexibility at a price.

### Cons

* Soldaat infantry lack the abilities to fight against armoured vehicles effectively.
* Infantry can feel rather "stiff" as they either lack flexibility on the battlefield, or are overpriced.

## Armour

Dutch armour is amongst the weakest in the game. As the nation does not even posses medium tanks, neither in production nor as prototypes. Their best tanks are imported for their colonies, but these are only light tanks.

This is however justified a little as the average dutch tank and AFV has overproportional firepower for their model, tanks like the "3-man dutch tank" (CTMS-1TB1) and "4-man dutch tank" (MTLS-1GI4) deploying with 37mm autocannons that will punch well over their own weight if given the chance. This is despite real life testing, evaluation and performance of the vehicles.

Dutch armour is better off staying on the move and flanking when possible as the majority of their armour consists of armoured cars and their main guns never exede 37mm. They have little to no support as with the exception of mobile AA, they lack any frontline fire support vehicles such as tank destroyers or mobile artillery.

### Pros & Advantages

* High mobility, owed to armoured cars making up the majority of their forces.
* Always proportional or overproportional firepower available.

### Cons

* Shortage of armoured support vehicles, no mobile artillery or tank destroyers.
* Limited to light tanks and cars as they do not have anything heavier available.

## Artillery

Dutch artillery leaves a lot to be desired. While the N-Artillery and Light-Artillery is capable to fulfill the role that is to be expected of them, the Medium-Artillery is in shortage and few effective dual purpose guns are available.

Several black powder relics are still in use as field guns, and while a nation like France would do so as add-on artillery, Holland almost depend on these outdated iron and brass cannons, enough to even produce AP ammo for some of them.

The majority of the heavy artillery on the other hand is very capable selection of international guns and naval artillery. This doesn't mean there aren't old guns in service, such as black powder cannons, but there are also several fortress guns available, making Holland able to defend itself, if given the change.

### Pros & Advantages

* Many naval and fortress guns available, including British supplied/bought equipment.
* Foreign equipment available, though this is often earlier editions of the same guns

### Cons

* Many guns across all calibers are Victorian era vintage
* Somewhat limited to medium or short range by artillery standards.

## Airforce

The saving grace of Holland's war efforts, would be the air force available. Unlike the other branches, the air force can deter and match enemy forces in the sky as well as dedicate bombing missions with large and powerful aircraft. The prototypes for many other designs used by other factions will also be traced back to Dutch designs.

Despite the air force perhaps being the better branch of the Dutch arsenal, it's still faces some shortage of modern or superior designs. Aside from a few individual prototypes, the aircraft are usually only on par with foreign designs or perhaps somewhat outdated in one aspect or another.

That said, the Dutch air force is not limited to their own designs and can deploy American and British aircraft, including their armaments, giving the Dutch forces a great boost in firepower.

### Pros & Advantages

* Access to some American and British aircraft and weapons on top of their own designs.
* Well suited for contesting the airspace, or assign bombarding missions.

### Cons

* The more capable or advanced designs are limited to 1 per player.
* Dependent on foreign designs to fulfill gaps in their air forces.

## Railroad war

As of yet, Holland does not posses any railroad units and are limited to default options.

## Trivia

* While the "3-man Dutch tank" and "4-man Dutch tank" were candidates for the worst tanks serie produced in history (and were only bought out of desperation) this is hardly represented in the game as the only disadvantage they currently suffer is a minor accuracy penalty and sluggish acceleration. While at the same time being one of the light tanks to pack the most punch and being able to engage nothing less than 4 targets at a time.
* Holland as a faction doesn't separate the KNIL from the regular army, allowing armies to consist on units which would never be deployed together in reality.