19e Afdeling Veldartillerie

Welcome to the newly reconstructed website for the 19th AFDVA (Field Artillery Detachment). If you're a veteran of this unit, please sign in here...

This websites objective is to assemble the biggest gathering of all your old Army buddies to Het Harde's Tonnet Kazerne and to the Artillery Museum on top of Knobbel aka Knob Hill, so make sure you signup now, because it will be worth it!!!

If you have any pictures from of your time in service, please email them to: info@19afdva.nl .
Reunion Donations to:
Stichting Reünisten 19AFDVA
KvK: 240105
ING Bank: 5078834

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The 19th AFDVA was a nuclear detachment that was active from 1960 thru 1989, and in this website you see more than 1,600 photos of veterans from that period.

These photos give you a good perspective of the daily strenuous training exercises performed during the cold war era. If you have further interest in the 19th AFDVA history, click here...

The 19th AFDVA mascot was a mammoth; big and strong like the guns it represents. Thirty years ago a bronze statue was made in honor of the mascot and it was nicknamed "Hendrik Junior", to this day it stands in the officer's canteen on Knob Hill.
The reunion is on September 11, 2010, it may seem like it's a long ways off but before you know it, that day will be upon us. There are a lot of preparations to consider, most importantly making contact with your old buddies, gaining public interest and obtaining more sponsorship.

Volunteers are welcomed to print and distribute posters or fliers and to solicit small donations to help cover the cost of promoting this once in a lifetime event in the newspapers. If you have further interest in the 19th AFDVA reunion, click here...
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Legerplaats Oldebroek / Lt. Kol. Tonnet kazerne 't Harde

The symbol of the new times was the swimming pool "De Hokseberg". The design was from the Heidemij and was known as the most beautiful swimming pool in The Netherlands. A swimming pool is quite common nowadays and handy too, especially when you have a forest fire to fight. Water from the swimming pool was used to fight a forest fire that originated from a stray artillery round on June 18, 1970, fortunately 't Harde was saved but 3 estates and several homes were burned to the ground, new homes were built on the spot of impact leaving no trace of the destruction.