Just to add to the miserable state of the armed forces, the troops lack night-vision equipment and automatic grenade launchers. And by the way, there’s a shortage of spare parts for maintenance. There’s only three to hand.Īs for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter jets and the CH-53 transport helicopters, they can only be used on average four months a year. Forget about having fourteen Marder armored infantry vehicles. Just to add to this catalogue of woes, the Bundeswehr has only nine operational Leopard 2 tanks, well short of the 44 needed for the VJTF. At times, not one of the fourteen Airbus A-400M could fly,” he added, referring to aircraft specifically designed to transport troops and military equipment. “At the end of the year, six out of six submarines were not in use. “The army’s readiness to deploy has not improved in recent years but instead has got even worse,” Bartels said. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, according to a report recently published by Hans-Peter Bartels, the parliamentary commissioner for the armed forces. The Bundeswehr promised to make over 10,000 available. They don’t even have enough mobile accommodation units for the VJTF.
This is because Germany’s armed forces are in such bad shape that its soldiers lack basic equipment such as protective vests and winter clothing. Under German command, which takes over the force in 2019, that’s certainly not going to happen. The aim is to mobilize some of the forces within 48 hours. Speed is supposed to be one of its big advantages.
Not only is the force based on deterrence. The VJTF is a 5,000 strong force set up by NATO in 2014 to bolster the defenses of the Baltic States in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Eastern Ukraine and its annexation of Crimea.
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