Here's How Germany Will Rearm After the NATO Deal: Goals and Problems
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The Germans are rapidly developing their military industry, equipping factories for weapons production, and have adopted a budget with record funds for defense, but they still have problems with manpower in the army.
Like Latvia, Merz plans to increase military spending for the Bundeswehr. Why the NATO partner welcomes more German leadership responsibility.
The German army must equip itself with more soldiers, tanks, aircraft, helicopters and ammunition, as the gigantic plan of re-armament reinforced by the new executive Merz. But to accommodate everything are necessary barracks, hangars and warehouses. The armed forces actually benefit from something like 35,000 buildings and 1,500 areas for exercises and handling means. But only a small part is suitable for use with new weapon systems and to give…
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An unprecedented Bundeswehr upgrade plan: 7 armored brigades equipped with 1,000 Leopard 2 (variants A7/A8) and 2,500 Boxer armored vehicles, with an estimated investment of 25 billion euros and scheduled deliveries by 2030, in support of the strengthening of NATO deterrent on the eastern European side.

A thousand Leopard tanks, drones, air defenses: The Bundeswehr wants to upgrade, and a law is intended to accelerate purchases. Is that enough?
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