Rheinmetall AG said it formally transferred its new IdZ-ES future soldier system to the German Bundeswehr on March 7. The Future Soldier-Expanded System, or IdZ-ES also is known as the Gladius. “The new IdZ-ES is an original, comprehensive, innovative solution,” Garbe said. “For the first time ever, it proved possible to implement an entirely new design for a solder system and get it to the troops. Thanks to Gladius, as we call it at Rheinmetall, German infantrymen can now play…
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