Defense technology department for protection and special technology

Defense Technical Office for Protection and Special Technology - WTD 52 -
State level	Federation
position	Defense technical department of the Bundeswehr
Supervisory authority	Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr (BAAINBw)
founding	1957
Headquarters	Oberjettenberg
Servants	130
Web presence	WTD 52

The Defense Technical Center for Protection and Special Technology ( WTD 52 ) in Schneizlreuth ( Oberjettenberg ) in Bavaria is one of six Defense Technical Services . It belongs to the organization area Equipment, Information Technology and Use (AIN) and is directly subordinate to the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr (BAAINBw).

task

The task of the Defense Technology Office is, among other things, the direct protection of camps , bases, checkpoints and other infrastructure against the effects of weapons (symmetrical and asymmetrical), terrorist attacks and unconventional explosive devices and incendiary devices (IED) as well as their physical detection, the security of the storage of ammunition , indirect protection and signature management, the numerical simulation of weapon effects and protective measures, the investigation of non-lethal agents , the testing of mobile antenna support systems and batteries with increased risk potential , aerodynamic stress tests, nuclear blast effects , underwater ballistics and mine detection.

Infrastructure

The infrastructure of the office includes, among other things, a mountain test and blasting area on the Reiteralpe , which is accessible with a federal defense cable car , an underground facility, a track simulator for underwater ballistics and a flow simulator for aerodynamic effects. In the underground facility, water depths of up to 600 meters can be simulated in a large number of underwater test stands.

organization

The WTD 52 is divided into two business areas (GB), in which the technical and test-related tasks as well as research and technology projects are processed. In the technical-operational service area (TBS) the operational services are concentrated, in the economic-administrative service area (WAS) the administrative elements of the department. The business and service areas are divided into tasks (AF) and business areas (GF).

• Technical and operational service area (TBS)
  • Operation of technical and scientific equipment, CAD, video and image technology (AF 110)
  • Workshops, underground operation, cable car (AF 120)
• Direct protection, numerical simulation, short-term dynamics (GB 200)
  • Direct protection of field camps and infrastructure against the effects of weapons and IED, ammunition storage (GF 210)
  • Numerical simulation of protection and effect (GF 220)
  • Short-term dynamics (GF 230)
• Indirect protection, non-lethal agents, special technology (GB 300)
  • Indirect protection, signature management (GF 310)
  • Non-lethal agents, detection of IED and landmines (GF 320)
  • C-IED, antenna structures, special batteries (GF 330)
• Economic-administrative service area (WAS)

International Symposium on Indirect Protection

From October 16 to 19, 2018, the Defense Technology Office hosted the "International Symposium on Indirect Protection" (ISIP) in Bad Reichenhall . Experts from 15 countries exchanged their research results on the topics of camouflage and deception. New technology and research trends have been identified.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Tasks of the WTD 52. In: baainbw.de. November 27, 2014, accessed October 23, 2019 . 
2. ↑ The WTD 52 Oberjettenberg: Protection and special technology. In: bundeswehr.de. August 17, 2016, accessed October 23, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Organization plan WTD 52. (PDF) In: baainbw.de. February 2019, accessed October 23, 2019 . 
4. ↑ International Symposium on Indirect Protection in Bad Reichenhall. In: baainbw.de. October 31, 2018, accessed October 23, 2019 . 

Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ 6.9 ″  N , 12 ° 48 ′ 8.4 ″  E