Norway has dropped EuroPULS from its rocket artillery program, narrowing the competition to U.S. and South Korean systems and reshaping NATO’s long-range fires
In parts maybe because who is actually producing PULS with KNDS only being more of a local distribution partner. It’s Israel’s Elbit Systems.
So that “German” system is in reality an Israeli system (with French-German KNDS still looking for partnerships to produce compatible missiles).
And the “US” system is co-developed by German Rheinmetall (with Lockheed-Martin) and fully compatible to the upgraded M270s (called MARS II/LRU/MLRS-I respectively) which Germany, France and Italy already build themselves under license and also run their own targeting software (UK, too, minus the common software project). In fact GMRS is a truckbased solution with the full-sized 2x 6 launcher like on the M270, unlike HIMARS with halfed capactity.
So that German vs US system in the headline and article are kinda skewed…
In parts maybe because who is actually producing PULS with KNDS only being more of a local distribution partner. It’s Israel’s Elbit Systems.
So that “German” system is in reality an Israeli system (with French-German KNDS still looking for partnerships to produce compatible missiles).
And the “US” system is co-developed by German Rheinmetall (with Lockheed-Martin) and fully compatible to the upgraded M270s (called MARS II/LRU/MLRS-I respectively) which Germany, France and Italy already build themselves under license and also run their own targeting software (UK, too, minus the common software project). In fact GMRS is a truckbased solution with the full-sized 2x 6 launcher like on the M270, unlike HIMARS with halfed capactity.
So that German vs US system in the headline and article are kinda skewed…