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The bulk of the German military hasn't been combat effective for a long time, and is basically just a government jobs program.

https://www.newsweek.com/germany-cant-explain-use-broomstick...

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2017/10/20/all-of-germanys...

https://www.dw.com/en/only-4-of-germanys-128-eurofighter-jet...

It's going to take a while to rebuild into an organization capable of actually fighting.

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Did you read the first article?

That broomstick example gets paraded around a lot, but this was on a vehicle, that wasn't supposed to have a gun in the first place.

There is a lot of valid criticism on the readiness of Germany's armed forces, this isn't one.

You've made this comment twice - I am curious. Which configuration of the Boxer was it that was in the exercise without the weapon. I believe that the ambulance doesn't have one - which one was the German crew on?

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