german media: the german army will not be able to fight wars until decades later
2024-09-10
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source: cankaoxiaoxi.com
reference news reported on september 10according to a report on the german newspaper frankfurter allgemeine zeitung website on september 9, germany will not have the capability to wage war until decades later.
the report said that when the russian-ukrainian conflict broke out in february 2022, german army director general alphonse meis admitted that the german bundeswehr "had almost nothing". over the past 30 years, germany has saved an estimated 400 billion to 600 billion euros in military spending. this "peace dividend" has led to a significant reduction in military equipment.
according to reports, in 2021, the german army has about 340 main battle tanks, which is only 8% of the number of main battle tanks in 1992 (more than 4,000) and 14% of the number of main battle tanks in 2004 (2,400). the german army was equipped with more than 3,000 howitzers in 1992 and about 1,000 in 2004, but only 120 in 2021. the situation of other weapon systems is similar. even the number of fighter jets, which nato attaches great importance to, has decreased by more than 50%.
since the outbreak of the russian-ukrainian conflict, the number of german military equipment has only increased slightly. according to the survey, at the current procurement rate, the number of major german military equipment may take decades to return to the level of 2004: fighter jets for 10 years, main battle tanks for 40 years, and howitzers for 100 years. russia only needs 2 to 7 months to produce the equipment that the german federal armed forces will have in 2021.
it is reported that germany's arms orders will only increase significantly from july 2023. however, the proportion of orders without clear delivery dates has also increased. this means that delivery delays and insufficient production capacity are becoming more and more serious.
and the order quantity is still relatively small. for example, the number of howitzers ordered by the german army is not enough to make up for the gap caused by aid to ukraine. the 105 leopard 2 main battle tanks ordered by germany in july this year are expected to be delivered to the troops in full by 2030. (compiled by wang xing)
