Tag: Krauss-Maffei Wegmann
Norway Joins Other NATO Armies – Decides to Acquire Leopard2A7 MBTs
Norway’s Armed Forces have made the decision to update their main battle tank fleets with the latest Rheinmetall Leopard 2A7.
The selection, which was announced...
The Art of Countering Artillery Fires in Ukraine
As Russia’s invasion and occupation of southern and eastern Ukraine moves into a new phase, counter-battery radar is proving its worth as the artillery...
Franco-German Next Gen Tank Project Looks for Additional Players
The Franco-German Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) project is looking to add European partners to increase the potential order book, with the United Kingdom,...
Breaking A2D2 with Long Range Fires
Published in the February/March 2021 Issue - Enhancing the delivery of long range precision fires (LRPF) is being driven largely as a potential response...
C-UAS Strikes Back
Air defence on the battlefield has returned, particularly to counter unmanned aerial systems.
For decades the functions of forward tactical air defence have taken a...
Ubiquitous Mobile Firepower
An increasing number of countries are now providing their tracked and wheeled armoured personnel carriers (APC), and in some cases protected patrol vehicles (PPV)...
KMW will supply Mungo N/C Recce to the German Army
The Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has commissioned Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) to supply a total of nine Mungo...
Digital Gunfire
Like many areas of warfare, digitisation is changing the way fire control of artillery is performed. Guns are becoming more responsive and arguably less...
Wheels of Fortune
There is growing recognition that protecting soldiers while providing tactical mobility under fire is critical to battlefield success not only in conventional conflicts but...
Tanked Up
Main Battle Tanks (MBT) continue to offer the most effective means for providing mobile protected firepower against a range of targets in both offensive...