Such units are currently based in the Balkans, Congo and Afghanistan and there is no more capacity for other regions of the world. German military deployments:
4,000 in Kosovo
1,000 in Bosnia
780 in Congo
3,000 in Afghanistan
If it is true that Germany has no more capacity of deploying troops overseas, then their military strength has almost completely evaporated. Maybe they should consider spending more than 1.5% of GDP on the military.
If it is true that Germany has no more capacity of deploying troops overseas, then their military strength has almost completely evaporated. Maybe they should consider spending more than 1.5% of GDP on the military.
There have been updates, such as the
Eurofighter Typhoon, which is reaching Initial Operational Capability this year, but the problem remains that the bulk of the new military purchases will be available only in a few years, e.g.
the Airbus A400M transporter, which would be needed right now.
However, the conversion of the Bundeswehr from territorial defense to an army for anything BUT territorial defense (one of the benefits of being surrounded by friends), remains tricky.
This may be a joke, but there's still a grain of truth in it: Germany could probably still conquer Poland with all its tanks, but lacks the transport capabilities to do the same with the militarily infinitely weaker Burkina Faso.