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ITALIAN ARMY GENERAL STAFF
THE MEDIUM FORCES THE ITALIAN ARMY POINT OF
VIEW
Future Land Warfare Conference
London, 8 June 2006
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COMMITMENT IN OPERATION
MAJOR THEATRES
USA ENDURINGFREEDOM IRAQI FREEDOM PERSONNEL
12 u.
SUDAN MONTI NUBA PERSONNEL 2 U.
()
Total personnel (Army) 6.000
KENYA IGAD PERSONNEL 2 U.
IRAQ CPA PERSONNEL 10 u.
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COMMITMENT IN OPERATION
FROM 1997 TO 2005
8,000 ARMY PERSONNEL AVERAGE COMMITTMENT ABROAD
80
ABOUT
OF TOTAL IT DEF COMMITMENT
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IT ARMY MANOEUVRE FORCES
CURRENT SITUATION

LIGHT
HEAVY
MEDIUM (RECCE)
112.000 u. (including people on training)
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NEW REQUIREMENTS
LEGACY LIGHT AND HEAVY FORCES NOT PERFECTLY
SUITABLE TO MODERN OPERATIONS
TRANSITION
DECISIVE OPERATIONS
STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION
IEO
COMBINATION OF PROS OF LIGHT AND HEAVY FORCES
STRONGLY NEEDED
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STRATEGIC DRIVERS

COMBINED
JOINT
IT CHODS STRATEGIC CONCEPT
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STRATEGIC DRIVERS
BALANCED AND FLEXIBLE SET OF FORCES
IT CHODS STRATEGIC CONCEPT
EXPEDITIONARY CAPABILITY
NEC CAPABILITY
HIGH-INTENSITY WARFIGHITING CAPABILITY WILL
REMAIN THE BENCHMARK
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KEY LESSONS BALANCED FORCES

• WELL-PROTECTED MEDIUM AND LIGHT COMBAT FORCES
  PROVED THEIR EFFECTIVENESS
• HEAVY FORCES MUST ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE IN CASE A
  DECISIVE FORCE IS REQUIRED

• INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED AND SPECIALISED COMBAT
  SUPPORT AND COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT ASSETS ARE
  ALSO NECESSARY

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THE CENTAURO FAMILY
SUITABLE AND EFFECTIVE
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THE ITALIAN APPROACH
MEDIUM FORCES PREFERABLY EMPLOYED DURING THE
TRANSITION PHASE, IEO,SR
PRIORITY -
FIREPOWER
PROTECTION
REDUCED WEIGHT
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THE ITALIAN APPROACH
REDUCED WEIGHT
PROTECTION
FIREPOWER
C-130 TRANSPORTABILITY IS NOT A MUST
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THE ITALIAN APPROACH

• IT MEDIUM FORCES PILLARS
• ABLE TO CONDUCT A WIDER RANGE OF MISSIONS
• OPTIMISED FOR THE TRANSITION PHASE AS WELL AS FOR
  IEO AND SR ACTIVITIES
• EQUIPPED FOR WARFIGHTING (COMBAT AND SURVIVAL
  CAPABILITY)
• SUSTAINABLE OVER A CONSIDERABLE PERIOD

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IT ARMY BALANCED FORCE
IT Army has started to transform its forces into
a balanced mix of heavy, light and medium forces
TRANSITION
DECISIVE OPERATIONS
STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION
IEO
HEAVY
33
33
LIGHT
33
MEDIUM
by 2015
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MANOEUVRE FORCES
CURRENT

LIGHT
HEAVY
MEDIUM/RECCE

LIGHT
HEAVY
FUTURE (2015)
MEDIUM
15
THE MEDIUM BRIGADE
by 2015
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IT ARMY TRANSFORMATION DRIVERS
VBC 8X8
CREW 3 TRANSPORTS 8
riflemen TURRET GUN OERLIKON KBA
automatic stabilised 25mm Gun OTHER WEAPONRY
2x 7.62 mm machine gun ONBOARD digital stabilised
firing system, IRT camera, laser
rangefinder PROTECTION ballistic, NBC, RALM02
laser alarm, antiexplosion / antifire
automatic system RANGE gt 600 km / 372
miles MAX SPEED gt 100 Km/h / 62 miles/
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IT ARMY TRANSFORMATION DRIVERS
III
X 5
BY 2011
X 345
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IT ARMY TRANSFORMATION DRIVERS
THE EXPERIMENTAL DIGITIZED UNIT
2006
2008
Testing and developing in an operational
environment

• ONE COMBAT REGIMENT SELECTED TO CONDUCT
  OPERATIONAL INTEGRATED TESTING AND DEVELOPMENT
• FIELDING OF SICCONA (FIRST SEGMENT 40 SYSTEMS)
  MOUNTED ON IFV DARDO, MGS CENTAURO AND MBT
  ARIETE
• FIELDING OF FUTURE SOLDIER SYSTEM (PROTOTYPES)
• SIACCON REGT COMMAND POST

2007-
2005-2007
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IT ARMY TRANSFORMATION DRIVERS
LAND INTEGRATED FORCE 2025 (FIT 2025)
CAPABILITIES
Land Integrated Brigade
A CONTINUOUS EVOLUTION
Medium Brigade Digitalized Force
Current Force
2015
2025
2006
TIME
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FUTURE FORCES LONG TERM
LAND INTEGRATED FORCE (FIT) 2025
IT REPRESENTS THE CONCEPTUAL BASE OF FUTURE
MANOEUVRE UNITS
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FUTURE FORCES LONG TERM
CAPABILITY
X
BIT
MULTIROLE
DEPLOYABLE
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FUTURE FORCES LONG TERM
THE SIZE OF THE FUTURE MULTIROLE FORCE PACKAGE
MULTIROLE FORCES SPECTRUM OF OPERATIONS
DECISIVE OPERATIONS
STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION
IEO
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60 MULTIROLE / MEDIUM
HEAVY
20
LIGHT / SPECIALIZED
strongly tied to the New Combat System
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FUTURE FORCES LONG TERM
COMMON PLATFORM PRE-REQUISITES

• PROJECTABILITY (AIR NAVAL)

• NEXT GENERATION COMMUNICATIONS

• MOBILITY PROJECTABILITY

• REDUCED LOGISTIC FOOTPRINT

• ACTIVE ENHANCED PASSIVE PROTECTION

• EMBEDDED C2 - NCW

• COMBAT ID

• MODULARITY

• LOW COST

• SENSOR TO SHOOTER LINK

• MULTISPETRAL SENSORS

INITIAL PROJECT 2 BASIC VEHICLES 13 VARIANTS
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CONCLUSIONS
ROOM FOR COOPERATION
FIELDING OF MEDIUM FORCES
BIT
BIT DEVELOPMENT
2006
2009
2015
2020
The concept of medium forces is relevant to come
up with the right balance for the medium term
capacities and is a fundamental step to define
multirole forces
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ITALIAN ARMY GENERAL STAFF
THE MEDIUM FORCES THE ITALIAN ARMY POINT OF
VIEW
Future Land Warfare Conference
London, 8 June 2006