System Gladius delivered to the Bundeswehr Options

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The Rheinmetall Group formally transferred his new IDZ-ES (Infantariest der Zukunft), the Future Soldier System to the Bundeswehr, on March 7, 2013. The "Infanterist der Zukunft - Erweitertes System" or "Soldier of the Future - Enhanced System 'IDZ-ES is also known as" Gladius ".

The ceremony coincided with the "International Ski Championship" organized by the 10th Armored Division in Ruhpolding, Upper Bavaria. Bodo Garbe, a member of the Executive Board of Rheinmetall Defence, Gladius symbolically handed over to Lieutenant General Bruno Kasdorf, Chief of Staff of the German Army, and Harald Stein, president of Bundeswehr daFederal Office Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw).

"The new IDZ-ES is a solution unique innovative and comprehensive. For the first time, it was possible to implement an entirely new system to a soldier and deliver it to the troops. Gladius Thanks to, as we call it in Rheinmetall, German infantrymen can now play an active role in a network conectadaa for war (network-enabled warfare), "said Bodo Garbe, the official handover ceremony of the system in Inzell, Germany.

The availability and flow of information on the battlefield are at least as important as the protection firepower and mobility. The IDZ-ES automatically provides each soldier with close to real time information.

The Rheinmetall Group, based in Düsseldorf, Germany, won the contract to develop the system IDZ-ES in 2006. The German government has ordered a first batch of 30 systems in 2012, which is being delivered by Rheinmetall according to plan. (Each system is designed to equip a section of 10 men.) Troops now have until June 2013 to practice using new systems before deploying it in Afghanistan.

Rheinmetall received an additional order in January 2013 to provide an additional 60 systems. This order is worth € 84 million Euros and includes equipment for 60 infantry sections, ie 600 soldiers.

Delivery will be in two batches of 30 systems each, the first in mid-2013, the second at the end of the year. This ensures that the next two contingents of the Bundeswehr to Afghanistan that will receive the new equipment in time to become familiar with it.

The Gladius gives the most advanced system Bundeswehr soldier's world. Fielding is an important step in the process of improving the equipment of infantry forces deployed in future operations, thus increasing the survivability of the individual soldier.


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It seems that finally the project "Future Soldier" became a reality, even costing € 84 million Euros, (600 units), the Bundeswehr invested in this daring project to modernize its infantry which confirms the new trends of smaller armies however highly technological and versatile.

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