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Preface The Essence of Engineering Ingenuity 3 Bernd Siebert MP, MP and Member of the Defence Committee of German Parliament

Foreword AIFV Puma – a Quantum Leap for the Armoured Infantry 6 Lieutenant General Rainer Korff, Commander DEU Elements MN Corps/Basic Military Organization of the

AIFV Puma – Supporting Success in all Missions 9 Lieutenant General (ret) Kather, President, Association of the German Army

Concept Importance of the Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle Puma 10 Team of authors, Directorate-general for Planning German MoD

Integration of the New AIFV Puma into the German Army’s Capability Profile 15 Team of authors, Concepts and Capabilities Development Centre

AIFV Puma – Procurement and Service Use Control under One Umbrella 18 Dr. Oliver Marder, BAAINBw

Puma Logistic Support Requirements 23 Carsten Braune & Ralf Rupp, School of Land Systems Engineering and Army School of Engineering

Analysis of the AIFV’s Puma Capabilities as a Contribution to Compliance 27 Demonstrations, Operational Testing and Use Klaus Kappen, IABG

System Functional Requirements Lead to German Solution for Armoured Infrantry Fighting Vehicle Puma 29 PSM

Key Aspects of the AIFV Puma System Technology 33 PSM

Modularity and Standardisation as a Prerequisite for Future Viability 37 PSM

Technologies The Turret of the AIFV Puma and its Control Stations 39 KMW

The Armament Concept of the AIFV Puma 43 Defence

Wittenstein Mechatronic Drive Systems for Puma 47 Wittenstein

The Secondary Armament – the “MG4-RCWS Puma” 48 Marc Roth, Heckler & Koch

MELLS () 51 Eurospike

The Turret-independent Secondary Armament Concept 52 Rheinmetall Defence

The Eyes of the AIFV Puma 53 Cassidian Optronics

Communication and Command 55 KMW

4 Imprint One-stop Command Support Communication System Solutions 57 Defence Technology Review 4/2014 ATM June 2014 Publishing House: Communication System for the AIFV Puma 59 Mittler Report Verlag GmbH Raimund Richter, Thales Bonn, a company of the The Future Soldier System IdZ-ES for the AIFV Puma 61 Tamm Media Group Rheinmetall Defence

The Crucial Role of Rotary Joints 63 Managing Directors: Dr. Peter Bossdorf Schleifring Thomas Bantle Peter Tamm The Puma Chassis 65 Rheinmetall Defence Editorial Team: Lothar Schulz Dorothee Frank High-performance Energy System and Digital Electric Gun 67 Gerhard Heiming Turret Drive System GTdrive from Jenoptik Translation: Jenoptik Jürgen Hensel Tongue Tied (Manchester) Ltd. Puma: The World’s most powerful Armoured Infantry 70 Fighting Vehicle relies on MTU Engine Layout: davis creativ media GmbH MTU www.davis-creativ-media.de Transmission and Final Drive for the AIFV Puma 72 Editorial Office: RENK Mittler Report Verlag GmbH Hochkreuzallee 1, D-53175 Bonn New adress from 01 July 2014: Running Gear – the Legs of the AIFV Puma 74 Baunscheidtstraße 19, D-53113 Bonn KMW Phone +49(0)228 36 80 40 3 Fax +49(0)228 36 80 40 2 E-Mail: [email protected] Diehl Track for AIFV Puma 76 Web: www.mittler-report.de Diehl Defence Land Systems Subscription/Reader Service: PressUp GmbH, Postfach 70 13 11, Overall Protection Concept 78 D-22041 Hamburg KMW Tel.: +49 (040) 41448-471, Fax: +49 (040) 41448-499 Active Self Protection System MUSS 80 E-Mail: [email protected] Airbus Defence & Space Advertising Management: Dipl.-Betrw. Uwe Nemeyer Textile Safety Seat Systems 82 optiproject GmbH Vom-Imhoff-Weg 5, D-53359 Rheinbach AUTOFLUG Tel.: +49 (2226) 90 96 37 E-Mail: [email protected] Fire Protection for AIFV Puma 84 Christian Manthey, KIDDE-DEUGRA Production: DCM Druck Center Meckenheim GmbH D-53340 Meckenheim The Experts for Day Vision Systems 86 GUS Single Copy Price: E 14.80 (shipping not included) Integrated Logistic Support/Training Pictures/Illustrations: Authors, unless otherwise referenced ILS Concept for AIFV Puma 87 Copying of any part of this publication without the PSM express authorisation by the publisher is prohibited. Industry’s Logistic Support Capability 89 PSM

Training Equipment for the AIFV Puma 91 PSM

System Integrated Training Equipment (SIAM) 94 for the AIFV Puma PSM

Future Trends The AIFV Puma’s Future after 2020 96 Industry and Mittler Report Verlag

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