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Switzerland ups anti-armour training with second RGW90 sim order

22nd April 2022 - 15:00 GMT | by Trevor Nash in Ljubljana

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The Swiss Army is conducting anti-armour training with the Guardiaris RGW 90 MANPATS. (Photo: Guardiaris)

The latest order for RGW 90 simulators reflects the value for Switzerland of simulation technologies to lessen the environmental impact of training and reduce costs.

The Swiss Federal Office for Defence Procurement (Armasuisse) has ordered a second batch of RGW 90 shoulder-launched weapon simulators from Ljubljana-based Guardiaris.

Deliveries will be completed by the end of this year.

The first tranche of systems has now been delivered following a contract that was signed in 2017.

Working in partnership with Dynamit Nobel Defence, the manufacturers of the RGW 90, Guardiaris is now in the process of delivering the second tranche of wireless simulators that will be used by regular and conscript soldiers of the Swiss Army.

The simulators feature the Slovenian company’s GUARD software that includes the

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