Diehl Defence

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Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG is a German weapon manufacturer headquartered in Ãœberlingen. It operates as a division of Diehl Stiftung and specializes in the production of missiles and ammunition.

Diehl BGT Defence was established in 2004 through the merger of Bodenseewerke Gerätetechnik GmbH and Diehl Munitionssysteme GmbH & Co. KG. In February 2017, Diehl BGT Defence and Diehl Defence Holding were integrated into Diehl Defence.

In 1960, Bodenseewerke Gerätetechnik became the lead contractor for producing the American Sidewinder AIM-9B air-to-air missile in Europe.

Building on the knowledge gained from the Sidewinder's infrared homing technology, Diehl Defence developed the seeker system for the IRIS-T short-range air-to-air missile. Introduced in 2005, the IRIS-T has been adopted by 13 countries as of October 2022.

Products

*AIM-9 Sidewinder
* AGM ARMIGER
* EUROSPIKE
*IRIS-T
*IRIS-T SL / IRIS-T SLS (in addition to MEADS)
* Dornier Viper
* Fliegerfaust 2 - Licensed development and production of the STINGER POST missile from the late 1980s onwards (from 2004 onwards in a joint venture with Raytheon). Diehl was originally project coordinator, with Dornier as general contractor and Bodenseewerk producing the guidance systems. Eventually Diehl absorbed the respective interests and responsibilities of those companies in the program.
* GMLRS
* HOPE/HOSBO
* IDAS (submarine-launched missile, planned for the new Type 212 submarine)
*Barracuda (coprecipitating torpedo)
*LFK NG
*PARS 3 LR
* Panzerfaust 3
* RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
* RBS-15
* SMArt 155

Grenades

*DM51 Offensive-Defensive Hand GrenadeDM51 entry at WeaponSystems.net
{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311122328/http://weaponsystems.net/weapon.php?weapon=bb01+-+dm51 , date=11 March 2016 Accessed on 11 October 2014{{cite web , title=Handgranaten, Handgranatenzünder/Hand Grenades, Hand Grenade Fuzes , url=http://www.diehl.com/fileadmin/diehl-defence/user_upload/flyer/2010_Flyer_Handgranaten_11_2010.pdf, publisher=Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG, date=November 2010, url-status=dead, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722071759/http://www.diehl.com/fileadmin/diehl-defence/user_upload/flyer/2010_Flyer_Handgranaten_11_2010.pdf , archive-date=22 July 2013, access-date=11 October 2014 {{cite web , title=Handgranaten, Handgranatenzünder/Hand Grenades, Hand Grenade Fuzes , url=http://www.diehl.com/fileadmin/diehl-defence/user_upload/flyer/Handgranaten_d_e_2017.pdf, publisher=Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG, date=February 2017, url-status=dead, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807181507/http://www.diehl.com/fileadmin/diehl-defence/user_upload/flyer/Handgranaten_d_e_2017.pdf , archive-date=7 August 2017, access-date=6 February 2022
**DM58 Practice Hand Grenade
*DM61 Defensive Hand Grenade
**DM78 Practice Hand Grenade
*DM82 Hand Grenade Fuse
*MK7 Mod 0 Floating Smoke Pot{{cite web , title=Smoke Screening Products IR/RP , url=https://www.diehl.com/fileadmin/diehl-defence/user-upload/flyer/Smoke-Screening-04.2011-print.pdf/ , publisher=Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG, date=April 2011, url-status=dead, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207035211/http://www.diehl.com/fileadmin/diehl-defence/user_upload/flyer/Smoke_Screening_04.2011_print.pdf , archive-date=7 February 2014, access-date=6 February 2022
*76mm IR/RP Smoke Grenade
*76mm IR/RP Airburst Grenade
*80/81mm IR/RP Smoke Grenade
*RASMO Rapid Smoke Hand Grenade

Gallery

Image:IRIS-T air-to-air-missile.jpg, IRIS-T
Image:BGT IRIS-T SL-2.jpg, IRIS-T SL
Image:Trigat-LR-detoured.jpg, PARS 3 LR
Image:BGT Hope.jpg, HOPE
Image:BGT Hosbo.jpg, HOSBO
Image:LFKNG.jpg, LFK NG
Image:RAM-Nerz.jpg, RIM-116 RAM launcher onboard on ''S74 Nerz'', a Gepard class fast attack craft of the German Navy
Image:BGT IDAS.jpg, Model of IDAS at the ILA 2006
File:Splitterhandgranate DM51.png, Splitterhandgranate DM51
File:ILA 2024, Schoenefeld (ILA44507).jpg, FEANIX (Future Effector - Adaptable, Networked, Intelligent, Xpendable)

References

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External links

*{{Official website, https://www.diehl.com/defence/en/

Defence companies of Germany
Guided missile manufacturers
Companies based in Baden-Württemberg

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