Yea, right. The Germany military is worthless & would take years to make meanignful again.Germans already have arms....They are just investing a higher percentage of their GDP into it. That's a good thing right now.
"Germany’s most senior soldier said last week the country’s army needed thorough rebuilding. “I wouldn’t have believed that after 41 years of service in peacetime I would have to experience another war,” Lt. Gen. Alfons Mais said in a statement posted on his LinkedIn profile. “And the armed forces that I lead are more or less powerless.” This is the leader of Germany's military. What a farce.
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Germany’s defense minister until December, wrote last week on Twitter: “I’m so angry at ourselves for our historical failure.” Referring to Russia’s repeated attacks on neighboring countries in recent years, she added that “we have not prepared anything."
"Germany, for example, slashed the number of main battle tanks from 5,000 in 1989 to 300 currently, while reducing its armed forces from nearly 500,000 personnel to around 180,000." From 5,000 to 300! Think about that.
"Even more than greater military spending, Germany needs a change of mind-set to match more-effective fighting capabilities with strong political will, said Erich Vad, a retired brigadier-general who was a military-policy adviser to former Chancellor Angela Merkel.
“Russia’s expenditure is marginally higher than Germany’s, yet our army is a laughingstock and theirs is menacing the world,” Gen. Vad said." And Germany is just now deciding to raise their budget a bit. LMAO.
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