Things are even worse this is another recent German Court decision on the subject !!!
( What a waste of some very very perfectly good assaults rifles )
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( What a waste of some very very perfectly good assaults rifles )
No kidding. From what I read about the court case H&K's case against Haenel seems to be bunk.
Haenel basically, to me, seems to have tried to deliver on a difficult contract and now is being castigated for doing it. If I was a small arms manufacturer I would think twice about doing any business with the German government after this shitshow.
Haenel basically, to me, seems to have tried to deliver on a difficult contract and now is being castigated for doing it. If I was a small arms manufacturer I would think twice about doing any business with the German government after this shitshow.
Soy boys...
FILE PHOTO: Bundeswehr soldiers on a training mission in Lest, Slovakia, 2022. © Kay Nietfeld /Picture Alliance / Getty Images
The number of Germans rejecting military service has nearly quintupled since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, RND news agency
reported on Friday, citing figures provided by the Federal Office of Family and Civil Affairs (BAFzA).
“In 2021, the Federal Office of Family and Civil Affairs received 201 applications for exemption from military service, and in 2022 there were 951 such applications,” a BAFzA spokesman said.
The Defense Ministry provided slightly different numbers to RND, saying that last year’s applications came from 223 active-duty soldiers, 266 reservists, and 593 people who had not served in the military.
The ministry noted that not only active-duty soldiers are eligible to become conscientious objectors.
According to RND, many explained their applications by saying they did not expect the Ukraine conflict to occur.
Conscientious objectors still make up a small fraction of the roughly 183,000 people currently serving in the German Armed Forces (the Bundeswehr). But the rise in those refusing to serve is considered a growing problem, given that Germany suspended compulsory military service in 2011 and is now planning to boost its defensive capabilities.
The Bundeswehr’s personnel management office told RND that “the actual number of applicants for military service has been declining since the beginning of 2022.”
In 2018, Berlin announced plans to increase the number of troops to 203,000 over the course of seven years. After Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine in late February, Germany has been supplying Kiev with heavy weapons, including armored vehicles and self-propelled howitzers.
However, Berlin’s rush to aid Ukraine has also revealed several problems within the Bundeswehr, such as ammunition shortages and cases of faulty equipment. German media reported last month that the country was struggling to meet its commitments under NATO due to not having enough of certain types of weapons and munitions in stock.
Number of Germans rejecting military service skyrockets – media
The figure has increased almost fivefold since the Ukraine conflict began, a news agency reports, citing officials
FILE PHOTO: Bundeswehr soldiers on a training mission in Lest, Slovakia, 2022. © Kay Nietfeld /Picture Alliance / Getty Images
The number of Germans rejecting military service has nearly quintupled since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, RND news agency
reported on Friday, citing figures provided by the Federal Office of Family and Civil Affairs (BAFzA).
“In 2021, the Federal Office of Family and Civil Affairs received 201 applications for exemption from military service, and in 2022 there were 951 such applications,” a BAFzA spokesman said.
The Defense Ministry provided slightly different numbers to RND, saying that last year’s applications came from 223 active-duty soldiers, 266 reservists, and 593 people who had not served in the military.
The ministry noted that not only active-duty soldiers are eligible to become conscientious objectors.
According to RND, many explained their applications by saying they did not expect the Ukraine conflict to occur.
Conscientious objectors still make up a small fraction of the roughly 183,000 people currently serving in the German Armed Forces (the Bundeswehr). But the rise in those refusing to serve is considered a growing problem, given that Germany suspended compulsory military service in 2011 and is now planning to boost its defensive capabilities.
The Bundeswehr’s personnel management office told RND that “the actual number of applicants for military service has been declining since the beginning of 2022.”
In 2018, Berlin announced plans to increase the number of troops to 203,000 over the course of seven years. After Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine in late February, Germany has been supplying Kiev with heavy weapons, including armored vehicles and self-propelled howitzers.
However, Berlin’s rush to aid Ukraine has also revealed several problems within the Bundeswehr, such as ammunition shortages and cases of faulty equipment. German media reported last month that the country was struggling to meet its commitments under NATO due to not having enough of certain types of weapons and munitions in stock.
Just send them all to Ukraine... would be the same result.
Going to do a bit of self-promotion and share my own video here on the newest German frigate, the Baden-Württemberg class. Despite its size, it's actually one of the most lightly armed heavy frigates in service. Its coming into being kind of summarises the long-standing problem of the German armed forces with its raison d'etre, at least until recently. It was never intended to fight and win a conventional war, but to engage in 'peacekeeping' and 'peacemaking' missions, and to defeat foes that can't really fight back.
Nordic countries move toward linking their air forces: 250 planes
The Nordic countries have moved to deepen air force cooperation to bolster the region’s air defenses. The initiative, covered by a Joint Declaration of Intent (JDI), takes place against the backdrop of persisting security tensions, provoked by Russia’s war against Ukraine, impacting the High North and Baltic Sea neighborhoods.The first of its kind between the Nordic states, the JDI was signed March 16 at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany by the commanders of the Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and Danish air forces.
The concept of a joint Nordic air force, comprising over 250 modern front-line combat aircraft, has been the subject of periodic discussions between Nordic governments since the mid-1990s. Sweden’s and Finland’s unaligned status remained an impediment to advancing talks and joint initiatives.
With , however, Nordic governments find themselves on more solid ground to discuss a common action plan to create a “mini NATO” that would deliver a formidable and unified air force capability.
The primary aim of the JDI is to strengthen air force cooperation between the four Nordic states, precipitating concrete joint initiatives to develop a strong regional air defense. The JDI envisages elevated allowing them to operate in combination in all situations.
The Air-Defense Operations Concept (ADOC), embedded in to the JDI, envisions joint Nordic air force cooperation to be developed along four principal lines of action. It proposes the development of an integrated management structure for planning and executing of air operations.
Moreover, the concept anticipates the development of a flexible and sustainable support system, joint air situational awareness, as well as joint training and exercise activities between the four Nordic air forces.
Maj. Gen. Rolf Folland, the chief of the Norwegian Air Force (NAF), views the idea as a basis for creating a joint Nordic center for air operations that could also house the United States and Canada under a single command structure.
“There is obvious interest in a regional initiative for a joint air command on NATO’s northern flank. We know the conditions in the High North well, and we have a lot to learn from each other. With a total of almost 250 modern combat aircraft, this will be a large combat force that must be coordinated,” Folland said.
The last operational NATO headquarters in Norway, the Combined Air Operation Center (CAOC-3) at Reitan, located east of Bodø, was closed in 2008, with responsibility transferred to the alliance’s CAOC Finderup in Denmark.
Why would that be odd? Its been quite common evolution to up the calibre of next-generation rifles in response to the advancement of cheap body armour. The 5,56x45 will be a "självskyddsvapen" (self-defence weapon) while the 7,62x51 will be an Automatkarbin (automatic carbine).