Rheinmetall to Supply the Bundeswehr with GLADIUS Infantry Equipment

摘要

The Bundeswehr has placed an order with Rheinmetall to supply it with state-of-the-art infantry equipment. A contract to this effect has recently been signed at the Federal Agency for Defence Technology and Procurement in Koblenz. Under the initial order, a total of 900 soldiers (90 infantry sections or squads) will be outfitted with the new equipment. Units due to deploy to Afghanistan in 2013 and 2014 will be the first to be equipped with GLADIUS.