READING MATERIAL: Soldier and Technology 2020

New year, new report: "Soldier and Technology 2020" - the soldier is at the center. And his armament and equipment. This is new at the Bundeswehr, this is the future of Gear.

We say it's about content. Therefore, here is the table of contents of Soldier and Technology.

The Bundeswehr is often accused of being so harmony-seeking. Now it also wants to harmonize the handguns. Seriously: that is of course important so that the concert of weapons can develop its full sound in action. These are the topics about handguns and effects:

• Harmonization of handguns of the Bundeswehr (Jan-Phillipp Weisswange and Waldemar Geiger)
• Current developments in sniper armament (Jan-Phillipp Weisswange)
• Compact combat multipliers - Current projects with service pistols (Jan-Phillipp Weisswange)
• Renaissance of infantry anti-tank weapons (André Forkert)
• Armament for special forces - Light Effector 1800+ (André Forkert)
• Mortar weapon system - News from the Bundeswehr (Waldemar Geiger)
• Superior fire support (Rheinmetall AG, Defense division)
• Lead-free ammunition: technical and tactical advantages (Thomas Nielsen)

And the snipers also get the latest technology. Here is the summary.

Coming up soon: the procurement of a new service pistol for the Bundeswehr. Soldier and Technology 2020 has all the information on that.

More heavy firepower: the Light Effector 1800+ gives the KSK strong arguments.

And there can never be enough anti-tank weapons. DND has wonderful devices that make facts.

All good things come from above: the mortar is timeless. We personally prefer 120mm.

And this is also a topic. In hunting, this has already become apparent. What's next? Vegan ammunition ...

Nightlife for soldiers is becoming increasingly important. The magazine explains the current status of optronics and night vision:

• Ensuring night combat capability through image data fusion (Doug Richardson)
• VECTED thermal imaging devices individually configured (Wolfgang Schöberl, Managing Director, VECTED GmbH)
• Fighting at night like during the day? - The night combat capability of the infantry (Michael Fiedler)
• Theon - European night vision technology sets standards (Heiko Schmidt, Business Development Director, Theon Deutschland GmbH)

Infantrymen have a future again. This is mainly about leadership, networking, and reconnaissance:

• Infantryman of the future - Status and procurement plans (Martin Paul)
• Communication and hearing protection for specialists (Imtradex Hearing/Speaking Systems GmbH)
• Construction of the IdZ-ES Plus - Expansions for the German Soldier System (Dorothee Frank and Gerhard Heiming)
• Pioneering technologies for the soldier of the future (TELEFUNKEN Radio Communication Systems GmbH & Co. KG)
• Drones advancing (André Forkert)

All of this can be useful if you can afford it. But the focus is on the human being - and with him his clothing and equipment:

• Lots of movement in the colorful skirts (Jan-Phillipp Weisswange)
• Gore textile technologies: reliable protection and high comfort (Thomas M. Meyer, Technical Functional Textiles Military, W. L. Gore & Associates GmbH)
• Clothing management of the Bundeswehr (Thorsten Erxleben)
• Teijin Aramid - High-performance fibers for efficient body and object protection (Nicolas van Zijl, EMEA Sales Leader Safety, Teijin Aramid GmbH)
• Flexible accommodation in use (Gerhard Heiming)
• Woolpower - proven and reliable cold protection (Stephan Krupke, Scandic Outdoor GmbH)

Soldier and Technology 2020 then rounds out with three general articles on the armed forces:

• Infantry fighting on and at sea (Arne Krüger)
• In the shadow of the trident - the special forces of the German Navy (Author team KSM)
• TCCC Tactical Combat Casualty Care - Tactical first aid as a supplement to the rescue chain (Carsten Dombrowsk)

CONCLUSION: Compact information on the current state of affairs at the Bundeswehr. Should be treated yourself to it. SPARTANAT reading recommendation!

You can get the Wehrtechnischer Report Soldier and Technology 2020 directly from the MITTLER Verlag. The magazine costs Euro 14.80 plus shipping costs. HERE it can be ordered in the MITTLER Shop. If you want to read lead-free: HERE is the magazine as a PDF (Euro 9.80).

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