The Bundeswehr’s Panzergrenadierbrigade (Armoured Infantry Brigade) 37 is preparing to lead the NATO Response Force (NRF) Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) in 2023, its commander said in an interview on the Germany Army’s website on 28 May. The brigade’s vehicles are being equipped with a new battle management system (BMS), Brigadier General Gunnar Brügner recalled.

German Army chief Lieutenant General Alfons Mais (left) inspects the service’s new BMS in an Eagle command vehicle during the introduction of the system in Frankenberg.

He reported that Panzerpionierbataillon (Armoured Engineer Battalion) 701, based in Gera, eastern Germany, is the first unit in his brigade to install the BMS. He said the process is being supported by the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence (NBC) Command of the Bundeswehr’s Streitkräftebasis (SKB) support command, ABC-Abwehrbataillon (NBC Battalion) 750 of which has first experiences installing the BMS, and by its Cyber and Information Domain, which “supported us in initiating the first procedures in the command post”.

The Bundeswehr’s Panzergrenadierbrigade (Armoured Infantry Brigade) 37 is preparing to lead the NATO Response Force (NRF) Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) in 2023, its commander said in an interview on the Germany Army’s website on 28 May. The brigade’s vehicles are being equipped with a new battle management system (BMS), Brigadier General Gunnar Brügner recalled.

German Army chief Lieutenant General Alfons Mais (left) inspects the service’s new BMS in an Eagle command vehicle during the introduction of the system in Frankenberg.

He reported that Panzerpionierbataillon (Armoured Engineer Battalion) 701, based in Gera, eastern Germany, is the first unit in his brigade to install the BMS. He said the process is being supported by the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence (NBC) Command of the Bundeswehr’s Streitkräftebasis (SKB) support command, ABC-Abwehrbataillon (NBC Battalion) 750 of which has first experiences installing the BMS, and by its Cyber and Information Domain, which “supported us in initiating the first procedures in the command post”.

The Bundeswehr’s Panzergrenadierbrigade (Armoured Infantry Brigade) 37 is preparing to lead the NATO Response Force (NRF) Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) in 2023, its commander said in an interview on the Germany Army’s website on 28 May. The brigade’s vehicles are being equipped with a new battle management system (BMS), Brigadier General Gunnar Brügner recalled.

German Army chief Lieutenant General Alfons Mais (left) inspects the service’s new BMS in an Eagle command vehicle during the introduction of the system in Frankenberg.

He reported that Panzerpionierbataillon (Armoured Engineer Battalion) 701, based in Gera, eastern Germany, is the first unit in his brigade to install the BMS. He said the process is being supported by the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence (NBC) Command of the Bundeswehr’s Streitkräftebasis (SKB) support command, ABC-Abwehrbataillon (NBC Battalion) 750 of which has first experiences installing the BMS, and by its Cyber and Information Domain, which “supported us in initiating the first procedures in the command post”.

The Bundeswehr’s Panzergrenadierbrigade (Armoured Infantry Brigade) 37 is preparing to lead the NATO Response Force (NRF) Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) in 2023, its commander said in an interview on the Germany Army’s website on 28 May. The brigade’s vehicles are being equipped with a new battle management system (BMS), Brigadier General Gunnar Brügner recalled.

German Army chief Lieutenant General Alfons Mais (left) inspects the service’s new BMS in an Eagle command vehicle during the introduction of the system in Frankenberg.

He reported that Panzerpionierbataillon (Armoured Engineer Battalion) 701, based in Gera, eastern Germany, is the first unit in his brigade to install the BMS. He said the process is being supported by the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence (NBC) Command of the Bundeswehr’s Streitkräftebasis (SKB) support command, ABC-Abwehrbataillon (NBC Battalion) 750 of which has first experiences installing the BMS, and by its Cyber and Information Domain, which “supported us in initiating the first procedures in the command post”.

The Bundeswehr’s Panzergrenadierbrigade (Armoured Infantry Brigade) 37 is preparing to lead the NATO Response Force (NRF) Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) in 2023, its commander said in an interview on the Germany Army’s website on 28 May. The brigade’s vehicles are being equipped with a new battle management system (BMS), Brigadier General Gunnar Brügner recalled.

German Army chief Lieutenant General Alfons Mais (left) inspects the service’s new BMS in an Eagle command vehicle during the introduction of the system in Frankenberg.

He reported that Panzerpionierbataillon (Armoured Engineer Battalion) 701, based in Gera, eastern Germany, is the first unit in his brigade to install the BMS. He said the process is being supported by the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence (NBC) Command of the Bundeswehr’s Streitkräftebasis (SKB) support command, ABC-Abwehrbataillon (NBC Battalion) 750 of which has first experiences installing the BMS, and by its Cyber and Information Domain, which “supported us in initiating the first procedures in the command post”.

The Bundeswehr’s Panzergrenadierbrigade (Armoured Infantry Brigade) 37 is preparing to lead the NATO Response Force (NRF) Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) in 2023, its commander said in an interview on the Germany Army’s website on 28 May. The brigade’s vehicles are being equipped with a new battle management system (BMS), Brigadier General Gunnar Brügner recalled.

German Army chief Lieutenant General Alfons Mais (left) inspects the service’s new BMS in an Eagle command vehicle during the introduction of the system in Frankenberg.

He reported that Panzerpionierbataillon (Armoured Engineer Battalion) 701, based in Gera, eastern Germany, is the first unit in his brigade to install the BMS. He said the process is being supported by the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence (NBC) Command of the Bundeswehr’s Streitkräftebasis (SKB) support command, ABC-Abwehrbataillon (NBC Battalion) 750 of which has first experiences installing the BMS, and by its Cyber and Information Domain, which “supported us in initiating the first procedures in the command post”.