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Germany to bring 100 mothballed tanks back into service
bbc.com ^
| Apr 10, 2015
| bbc
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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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Russia; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: europeanunion; france; germany; nato; russia; unitedkingdom; waronterror
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Might need a little liquid wrench to get things moving...
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posted on
04/10/2015 3:20:59 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("The issue is never the issue. The issue is the Revolution.")
To: moovova
Ob’s stürmt oder schneit, ob die Sonne uns lacht,
Der Tag glühend heiß, oder eiskalt die Nacht,
Bestaubt sind die Gesichter, doch froh ist unser Sinn, ja, unser Sinn.
Es braust unser Panzer im Sturmwind dahin.
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posted on
04/10/2015 3:23:10 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
What a joke.
A single German panzer division of WWII had an authorized strength of 300 tanks...
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posted on
04/10/2015 3:23:40 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: GeronL
Is that radio controlled?
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posted on
04/10/2015 3:23:49 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: moovova
That would be Col Bob Hessler.
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posted on
04/10/2015 3:23:51 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
04/10/2015 3:24:47 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(CLEARLY CRUZ 2016)
To: Berlin_Freeper
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posted on
04/10/2015 3:26:24 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Poland could invade Germany.
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posted on
04/10/2015 3:27:13 PM PDT
by
Husker24
To: ansel12
does Germany have the systems to deliver them from the air?
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posted on
04/10/2015 3:27:34 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(CLEARLY CRUZ 2016)
To: moovova
Uh, that would be Robert Shaw.
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posted on
04/10/2015 3:27:37 PM PDT
by
ought-six
( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
To: HereInTheHeartland
that book was too long, lol
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posted on
04/10/2015 3:28:20 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(CLEARLY CRUZ 2016)
To: BenLurkin
Had to do Google Translate for that.
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posted on
04/10/2015 3:33:31 PM PDT
by
moovova
To: 2banana
Tanks are a coffin nowadays, easily dispatched.
They’d be better off with a lot of ground troops and air superiority.
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posted on
04/10/2015 3:34:23 PM PDT
by
Bulwyf
To: ought-six; skeeter
Yep, yep...my bad. The memory ain’t what it used to be.
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posted on
04/10/2015 3:35:25 PM PDT
by
moovova
To: moovova; All
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posted on
04/10/2015 3:37:01 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: moovova
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posted on
04/10/2015 3:37:21 PM PDT
by
GingisK
To: Bulwyf
Obviously - you are not a tanker.
A combined force of all the combat arms is nearly impossible to stop
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posted on
04/10/2015 3:38:08 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: Bulwyf
But think of all the U.S. State Department #Hashtags...
they can depend on to defend them....
donchathink?
38
posted on
04/10/2015 3:39:03 PM PDT
by
DavidLSpud
("Go and sin no more"-Rejoice always, pray continually...)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Kind of wonder what the inside of a tank that’s been in mothballs would smell like.
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posted on
04/10/2015 3:39:07 PM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: GeronL
Do you mean by parachute, or by aircraft and helicopters?
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posted on
04/10/2015 3:39:41 PM PDT
by
ansel12
(Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
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