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Protection Systems

Survivability and force protection

Rapid technological advances mean that the threat of effective and intelligent weapon systems is smarter and deadlier than ever. For more than 60 years, Rheinmetall has specialized in developing and producing high-quality components and innovative systems for protecting people, vehicles, aircraft, ships and installations and offers a wide range of high-effective active and passive protection solutions coupled with soft-kill systems.

Rheinmetall has been systematically expanding its technological portfolio, partly by acquiring new companies. Rheinmetall has a unique overall protection portfolio, comprising products and services for light-, medium- and heavy-duty protection. With its new hybrid protection Rheinmetall goes beyond classic systems. Rheinmetall Protection Systems develops state-of-the art protection solutions, which combine active soft-kill and hard-kill technologies with passive protection systems.

As a leading systems house for active and passive protection and soft-kill security solutions, Rheinmetall Protection Systems offers development, integration, production and after-sales services from a single source.

Rheinmetall Protection Systems – unique 360-degree protection!

Rheinmetall's comprehensive multilayer protection concept

Rheinmetall's comprehensive multilayer protection concept is based on a multi-level approach. Effectively constituting a vehicle's outermost layer of defence, the StrikeShield Active Protection System is an extremely innovative, highly effective solution based on the hard-kill principle that neutralizes ballistic threats before they reach their intended target.

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Passive solutions such as add-on armour made of composite or ceramic materials form an indispensable second line of defence. Rheinmetall is pressing ahead with new developments here, too, offering military customers comprehensive protection solutions from a single source, e.g. bullet-resistant driver's cabs for logistics vehicles and trucks. The passive protection comprises ballistic protection, mine protection, IED protection, fighting compartment protection, transparent protection, signature protection, protection from shaped charges, spall-liner, stand-alone armour and add-on armour.

The Group's protection concept also encompasses high-performance soft-kill solutions for ground vehicles as well as fixed wing aircraft, helicopters and ships. For example, Rheinmetall's "Rosy" smoke/obscurant protection system renders ground vehicles invisible in the event of an attack, while its MASS naval decoy countermeasure system now sets the standard worldwide.

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