Posted on 01/29/2023 9:58:35 PM PST by ransomnote
“The Bundeswehr, the army that I am allowed to lead, is more or less depleted,” wrote General Alfons Mais, chief of the German army, on the day Russia attacked Ukraine, in an emotional post on social media. “We all saw it coming and were not able to get through with our arguments, and draw and implement conclusions from the annexation of Crimea. It doesn’t feel good! I am fed up!”
Almost a year after the general’s much-noted post, Germany’s armed forces are more depleted than ever, owing to the kit they are sending to Ukraine. Their stockpile of ammunition would last only a few days, rather than the 30 recommended by nATO. The radio equipment used by troops is 40 years old and analogue—and hence easy to intercept. Of its 350 Puma infantry fighting vehicles, just 150 are operational. The Bundeswehr does not even have enough Band-Aids, according to a report in December by Eberhard Zorn, the inspector-general of the armed forces.
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Me too.
If any haf ezcaped zat program zo far zey vill be dealt vith. Severely, if I haf to zay zo.
I understand from our German relatives that even the vaunted bureaucracy is falling apart. Families have been waiting for death certificates for 7-8 months; without it no burials can occur, no estates can be settled, no widow’s pensions can be started. But any pension the deceased may have had is stopped immediately. The ‘system’ is collapsing at a rapid pace.
Hard to believe that that country basically took on the whole world twice in the last century and put up a helluva fight both times.
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