Here’s your weekly reminder that war is becoming uncannily similar to shooters.  The Germans have rolled out a sophisticated combat system known as Gladius, Latin for sword, which is not only scary-sounding, but uncomfortably videogame-esque. The initial batch of systems will let the good guys ferret out bad dudes in Afghanistan by creating a complex network that allows guns, gear, and even tanks to talk to each other on the battlefield. The communication system is exhaustive, linking into an operational loop more implements of war than I care to list here. But here’s a small sample: thermal imagers, monoculars, rifle…