Very frightening to Russians
Posted on 04/10/2015 2:55:12 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Germany plans to bring 100 mothballed tanks back into service in what is widely seen as a response to rising tensions with Russia over Ukraine.
The tanks were sold to industry as part of defence cuts after the Cold War.
The German defence ministry said it would spend €22m (£16m;$24m) on bringing its total of tanks to 328.
Nato officials agreed in February to create a quick-reaction force to meet the challenges posed by the Ukraine crisis and by Islamic extremists.
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The whole German Army only has (after this addition) 328 tanks? What?
Meanwhile Obama fires America’s battle experienced military leadership and replaces them with lesbians, community organizers and college professors.
A Der Spiegel article last summer noted that only about 80 of them were operational.
rock on!!!! defend yourselves.
Remind me how many the possessed in 1943...
All of NATO disarmed after the Cold War...except the U.S.
How about we stop sending M1A1 tanks to Egypt??
That’ll make Putin’s job easier.
Very frightening to Russians
Ooooooooh, I want one for deer hunting.
Looks like a lot of fun to try on country dirt roads.
Their defense spending is currently only half of what they committed to NATO.
Red Storm Rising be played out again in real life. Actually pretty sobering I think
Paratroopers need everything they can get, their primary mission is alone and behind enemy lines.
“The Wiesel was developed for the German Army to meet a requirement for an air-transportable light armored vehicle for use by its airborne troops, as the infantry of the German Bundeswehr, especially airborne infantry, was considered unprepared to successfully fight enemy main battle tanks (MBT) in the 1970s. The requirements were that the vehicle should fit in common NATO transport planes and could eventually be air-dropped. It should be able to fight infantry as well as enemy tanks or aircraft. Porsche produced some prototypes of the future fighting vehicle for the Bundeswehr in 1975, but the Bundeswehr stopped the project in 1978 due to lack of funds. Nevertheless Porsche continued development, because of interest from other countries.
The Wiesel was finally introduced as new weapon system for the Bundeswehr with deliveries beginning in the late 1980s. The vehicle was named Wiesel (”weasel”) because of its small size and agility, which make it very difficult to detect on the battlefield.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlErcNY-VjQ
here’s one for you. Thunderstruck!!!
Oooh. “Seriously, you kids, get off the lawn!”
bringing its total of tanks to 328Kinda puts WWII into perspective, or vice versa. ;')
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