Rheinmetall's Mortar Combat System is a digitally networked "system of systems" for providing sustained fire support to airmobile units, connecting reconnais-sance, C4ISTAR technology and fire-power. Based on the Wiesel 2 family of vehicles, the system's core is a light-weight 120 mm mortar track.
The tried-and-tested Fuchs/Fox armoured transport vehicle is one of the Bundes-wehr's most versatile systems. Rheinme-tall now offers a highly effective moderni-zation package that substantially im-proves the vehicle's protection against landmine blasts and improvised explosive devices.
Go-ahead given for serial production of 405 Puma infantry fighting vehicles for the Bundeswehr.The most important force transformation project provides the German Army's with a level of protection against asymmetric threats like landmines, rocket-propelled grenades and improvised explosive devices that no other vehicle in its class can match.
