Category: Armed Forces

MKS 180 - the multi-purpose combat ship picks up speed

MKS 180 - the multi-purpose combat ship picks up speed

Posted by | 2 Jun 2021 | , , , | 0

The German Navy's new multi-purpose combat ship class 180 (MKS 180) officially becomes the frigate class 126 (F 126). This rightly spreads a feeling of "Now it's really starting" everywhere. Manoeuvre whistle. All hands cast off and in. Certainly a moving moment for anyone who goes to sea or has gone to sea. I, former commander of the frigate Hessen and authorised representative of the Inspector of the Navy (BV Marine) in the Class 126 frigate project for ten years, feel the same way - a project name that you have to get used to after such a long time. Basic considerations for a medium surface combat unit...

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Naval aviators on course for the future

Naval aviators on course for the future

Posted by | 8 May 2021 | , | 0

Capability gaps must be closed soon The naval aviators are currently in a comprehensive renewal and modernisation phase of their airborne naval warfare assets. In doing so, they are maintaining and strengthening the navy's indispensable ability to conduct naval warfare from the air. This applies in particular to the renewal of the helicopter fleet. However, with the planned decommissioning of its eight P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft by 2025, the naval aviators and thus the navy are threatened with a serious loss of capability in the areas of maritime reconnaissance, maritime surveillance and airborne submarine hunting. It is therefore important for the Navy to avoid this loss and to decide on a successor for the P-3C Orion as quickly as possible. Helicopter fleet...

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Allow me: Fridolin, Oberseewebel

Allow me: Fridolin, Oberseewebel

Posted by | 8 May 2021 | , | 0

To this day, a memorial stone on the railings of the MUS commemorates Fridolin. Who is behind it? Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password Remember meLost your password? Don't have access yet? Click here for the marineforum digital+ subscription: Access to all articles from the marineforum magazine Easy payment via PayPal, direct debit or credit card The subscription can be cancelled at any time free of charge For MOV members free of charge To the subscription options...

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Mate after 30 months

Mate after 30 months

Posted by | 4 May 2021 | , | 0

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Training under many auspices

Training under many auspices

Posted by | 4 May 2021 | , | 0

From the arrival of the first soldiers in 1938 to the opening of the Naval NCO School in 1960, Plön and the Ruhleben barracks experienced an eventful history. Excerpts from life between "capital", boarding school and site of the German Navy. Christian Senne Last year, the Naval NCO School was able to look back on its sixtieth anniversary at the Plön site. Since 27 September 1960, non-commissioned officers with and without a commission in the German Navy have been trained here. Prior to this - in the early years of the German Navy - NCO training had first taken place in Cuxhaven, then in Brake an der Unterweser and from 1957 to 1960 in Eckernförde. With the arrival of 600 soldiers...

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