German Military: Updates and Discussion

Germany announced the refusal to purchase Puma infantry fighting vehicles. Instead, the NATO Rapid Response Force will use the Marder infantry fighting vehicle. As it turned out, all 18 German Puma infantry fighting vehicles, which are in service with the 37th brigade, were out of order due to problems with electronics. The breakdown occurred over eight days of NATO Rapid Response Force exercises. They knew about the problems of armored vehicles, but no one thought that they would be so massive. The problems with the electronics escalated after the machines were given an excessive load. BMP "Marder" entered service with Germany in 2015 in the amount of 350 pieces. The vehicle is armed with a 30 mm MK 30-2/AVM automatic cannon, a 5.56 mm MG4 machine gun and a 76 mm grenade launcher.

 
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Soldier35 said:
Germany announced the refusal to purchase Puma infantry fighting vehicles. Instead, the NATO Rapid Response Force will use the Marder infantry fighting vehicle. As it turned out, all 18 German Puma infantry fighting vehicles, which are in service with the 37th brigade, were out of order due to problems with electronics. The breakdown occurred over eight days of NATO Rapid Response Force exercises. They knew about the problems of armored vehicles, but no one thought that they would be so massive. The problems with the electronics escalated after the machines were given an excessive load. BMP "Marder" entered service with Germany in 2015 in the amount of 350 pieces. The vehicle is armed with a 30 mm MK 30-2/AVM automatic cannon, a 5.56 mm MG4 machine gun and a 76 mm grenade launcher.

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German are no more the great engineers of the past....
 
German UAV Luna NG carrier of kamikaze drones. The German concern Rheinmetall, in cooperation with the Israeli UVision, presented the concept of the latest Luna NG reconnaissance UAV, which is capable of carrying and dropping 8 kamikaze drones on the enemy. The new development was named the Rheinmetall Combat drone, and the kamikaze drones are designated Hero R. The Hero R drones were developed jointly by German and Israeli specialists. So far, it is known that the drone-carrier of drones is capable of operating within a radius of up to 100 kilometers and stay in the air for up to 12 hours.

 
The German company Mehler Protection presented a promotional video with the passive armored exoskeleton “ExoM”. The exoskeleton has a high level of ballistic protection and redistributes up to 70% of the load, which allows soldiers to carry heavy equipment. The ExoM exoskeleton is equipped with a flexible “spine”, a sliding waist belt and articulated hip, knee and ankle “joints”, which provides the operator with up to 99% ease of movement. The exoskeleton consists of titanium structures, the exoskeleton is armored according to the VPAM 8 protection class, which provides protection against three hits of armor-piercing incendiary bullets with a caliber of 7.62 × 39 mm. Thanks to the exoskeleton, physical stress on a person is reduced and the likelihood of injury is reduced. The exoskeleton does not require external power sources, making it suitable for long missions.

 
The German-French company KNDS published footage of the destruction of drones using the BOXER RCT30 infantry fighting vehicle. The video shows the operator engaging the drones while the vehicle is moving and from a standstill, using programmable air-burst munitions. The drones are fired from a 30-mm Rheinmetall MK 30-2/ABM automatic cannon. The BOXER RCT30 combat module allows for 360° optical-electronic surveillance and is capable of hitting drones at a range of up to 1,500 meters.

 
Rheinmetall and Lockheed Martin presented a new MLRS GMARS, one might say this is an improved MLRS HIMARS. The GMARS MLRS is equipped with inertial navigation and a target guidance system using a GPS system. The GMARS MLRS will subsequently replace the German MARS-2 MLRS. The MLRS is placed on a more powerful HX 8x8 truck chassis from Rheinmetall and is equipped with a two-hull launch system from Lockheed Martin. The GMARS MLRS can use GMLRS rockets with a range of more than 70 kilometers, ER GMLRS with a range of up to 150 kilometers and ATACMS missiles capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 300 kilometers. New PrSM ballistic missiles with a range of more than 400 kilometers can also be launched. The GMARS MLRS is unified with the M270 MLRS and the HIMARS MLRS to simplify its use in NATO armies. The mass of the GMARS MLRS is 31,140 kg; at full load it reaches 42,240 kg. The GMARS MLRS reaches speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour and has a range of up to 700 km.

 
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Soldier35 said:
Rheinmetall and Lockheed Martin presented a new MLRS GMARS, one might say this is an improved MLRS HIMARS. The GMARS MLRS is equipped with inertial navigation and a target guidance system using a GPS system. The GMARS MLRS will subsequently replace the German MARS-2 MLRS. The MLRS is placed on a more powerful HX 8x8 truck chassis from Rheinmetall and is equipped with a two-hull launch system from Lockheed Martin. The GMARS MLRS can use GMLRS rockets with a range of more than 70 kilometers, ER GMLRS with a range of up to 150 kilometers and ATACMS missiles capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 300 kilometers. New PrSM ballistic missiles with a range of more than 400 kilometers can also be launched. The GMARS MLRS is unified with the M270 MLRS and the HIMARS MLRS to simplify its use in NATO armies. The mass of the GMARS MLRS is 31,140 kg; at full load it reaches 42,240 kg. The GMARS MLRS reaches speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour and has a range of up to 700 km.

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PrSM is 400 miles (650km).
 
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