Germany is Woefully Under-equipped To Fulfill it's NATO Duties

[AuH20]

Another reason why we should pull the plug on NATO or just rename it the USEF (U.S. Expeditionary Force).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...d-of-machine-guns/?postshare=3701424352358293

The lack of equipment does not come as a surprise to close observers of the German army. Last year, the parliamentary defense committee was informed that out of 89 German fighter jets, only 38 were ready for use. The list of damaged items also included helicopters, as well as a variety of weapons.

After the lack of arms and vehicles was made public, Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen vowed to upgrade and repair the equipment. According to some soldiers and officers, the minister has so far failed to deliver on her promises.

According to the confidential report that was leaked on Tuesday, the German NATO task force would face serious problems if it had to intervene abroad. More than 40 percent of the task force's soldiers would have to do without P8 pistols, and more than 30 percent lacked general-purpose machine guns, known as MG3. Operating at night would be particularly difficult for Germany's armed task force, given a lack of 76 percent of necessary night viewers.

 

[Ronin Truth]

What protecting the world from the Warsaw Pact, or being the prototype of the UN NWO one world army?

 

[AuH20]

What protecting the world from the Warsaw Pact, or being the prototype of the UN NWO one world army?

probably the latter. These idiots flush untold amounts of funds on social ponzi schemes, but can't even keep their military readiness capabilities up to par? Germany is supposed to be the crown jewel of Europe not some backwater locale. It's bad enough that in the U.S. that they indulge like drunken sailors in both welfare AND warfare spending.

 

[Acala]

Why should Germany waste money on military preparations for an attack that will never come? Their readiness is only "under par" if "par" is set by delusional world policemen like John McCain. At the moment, the threat of anyone invading Germany is about as close to zero as is possible. Besides, the idiotic American people will continue to occupy Europe and protect Germany until the day the dollar collapses.

 

[Edward777]

German women have failed to make enough babies for the past two generations to replace themselves so that should be factored in as well.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Another reason why we should pull the plug on NATO or just rename it the USEF (U.S. Expeditionary Force).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...d-of-machine-guns/?postshare=3701424352358293

There is an interesting backdrop to this. I had shared this some time ago around here some place. It's interesting what Germany is saying. Yet they continue to sell arms. How does a nation who is underequipped continue selling arms?

What they are doing, I think, is that they are telling the U.S. that they won't have any part in NATO or the narrative that the U.S. is running with there.

I wish I could remember where I had shared that because there are some other outliers too.

Edit - Heh. I remember now. The BRICS thread. That's an important thread. A lot of good information in that one. Especially if we read the Ukraine thread because a lot is cross referenced for relevance. http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...RICS-Summit-Declaration/page2&highlight=brics

 

[Pericles]

The west is essentially disarmed. Germany has less than 3 divisions down from 10 in 1990, the us is down to 10 from 18, UK down to 2 from 4, the Netherlands sold their tanks to Canada, which has two divisions, down from 3, and so on.