How Ukrainian Software Integration Improves Donated Weapon Accuracy

Fire and forget can't happen without plug and play. 

Warfare, like most other forms of human endeavor, is now dependent on effective integration of hardware and software. Ukraine's ability to adapt powerful new weapons from NATO requires integration into its management and targeting systems. That Ukraine was already a tech power dramatically improves the success of using these tools. JL

Thomas Theiner reports in Twitter:

Ukrainian, Dutch Army, and German Heer IT specialists, as well as Ukrainian translators and the companies that built the PzH 2000 got together and adapted the PzH 2000's software. Not only was the software translated,but also updated to tie into the Ukrainian GIS Arta artillery management system. This should allow Ukrainian PzH 2000 to fire at the Russians within seconds of a target being spotted.Ukrainian troops are done with the theoretical training about the PzH 2000 and are now firing rounds.

But that wasn't the astonishing part!

 

Ukrainian, Dutch Army, and German Heer IT specialists, as well as Ukrainian translators and the companies that built the PzH 2000 got together and adapted the PzH 2000's software. He didn't give specifics, but it seems that not only was the software translated,but also updated to tie into the Ukrainian GIS Arta artillery management system. This should allow Ukrainian PzH 2000 to fire at the russians within seconds of a target being spotted.

This will also make it much easier to deliver additional PzH 2000 to Ukraine in the future.