Bundeswehr Uses VBS3 to Train Troops at WildfleckenMain Post published a news article about the Bundeswehr's use of VBS3 for virtual troop training.
At the Combat Simulation Center in Wildflecken, military personnel utilize roughly 100 networked computers to conduct battle exercises on a virtual replica of Wildflecken and other virtual terrains.
The simulation training isn't just about learning to shoot, but also about creating better tactical understanding and cohesion among soldiers, according to Colonel Jurgen Steinberger.
Full article. (Translated, original is in next post.)Virtual Battlespace: The abstract deathThe Bundeswehr has digitized the Truppenübungsplatz Wildflecken - for training purposes. For the first time merge virtual and real world in one location.
Corporal Daniel Hebner illustrates the use of Virtual Battlespace in combat simulation center German Army in Wildflecken. Photo: Ulrike MüllerThe enemy tank is two kilometers away, at the foot of the little mountain Auer. "Unlock" says Lt. Col. Uwe Schirmer concentrated. Daniel Hebner unlocked. Not the gun, pressing a combination of keys on his keyboard. "Three, two, one," said Schirmer. Hebner pulls the trigger. The screen turns gray. Only when the smoke has the burning tank is visible. Met.
Area expanded Virtual tacticsThe Combat Simulation Center Heer (GefSimZH) is part of the training on the training area Wildflecken. 500 to 600 troops are doing here annually to about 100 networked computers. In early July, the staff was increased from three to ten FTEs. The GefSimZH expand its range from around the area Virtual tactics (VITA). In addition to the live simulation exercise at the soldiers with real equipment in a real environment, and the virtual simulation, for example, the computer program Virtual Battlespace constructive simulation is strengthened. In this exercise the senior management with simulated soldiers and simulated equipment in a simulated environment.
The Bundeswehr makes it to save costs, because the more complex an exercise is applied, the more expensive they will. "The virtual simulation can not replace the practical training. They must not also" emphasizes Uwe Schirmer, Vita-conductor, nevertheless. Therefore the training was on the computer only part of the training. For the soldiers, it goes out onto the pitch. Ins real terrain with guns that shoot.
Capacity will be expandedIn Wildflecken but can these exercises prepare well. The terrain is selectable. Sometimes a fictitious country of operation is based, in turn, is practiced with real maps. Like it took the soldiers Letzlinger Heide says Henning Stahl Schmidt, Vice President since May exercises GefSimZH. So they already know the terrain before they have to make decisions at a large-scale exercise in the military training area.
Since last year, the military training area of Wildflecken is digitized before. Computational simulation and real application can thus work at one location. This combination there is not yet in Germany, explains Stahlschmidt. For the training, he sees great potential in GefSimZH. The capacity is to be expanded, so that in the future can practice at the same time up to 150 soldiers.
It's not just about shooting action. A tactical basic understanding and a specific function in the application are for the soldiers prerequisite says Schirmer. The pilot of a helicopter has just its virtual workplace as the crew of a tank or the driver of a van. And who is driving the tank, looks just only through his peephole - the entire exercise long. The tactical understanding and cohesion of soldiers who often did not know beforehand, grow within a short time, portrays Colonel Jürgen Steinberger, Director of GefSimZH.
The company enttödlichteWhen a soldier dies virtually, he ruled out until the next practice session. Sometimes the company commander also uses a, resets the exercise and repeat the situation. The greater the degree of abstraction is, the further forwarders reality, critics say. Real blood, real death of comrades and the smell of corpses can not simulate computer programs. "This is a really complex issue," Stahlschmidt responded to the debate. He questioned the "enttödlichte" society. "50 years ago, blood stirring was cottages or child labor," he says. In his opinion, such experiences have a greater impact on the acceptance of life and death as killing the computer.
But there are ethical boundaries, for example, the use of human shields, which are targeted by terrorists. Even this scenario could easily play through virtually. So far, that has not been done in Wildflecken. To what extent one can practicing ... Colonel Steinberger pauses. "I dont know."
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