Maybe EU should keep some weapons for itself, instead of exporting everything:
2015: Germany’s army is so under-equipped that it used broomsticks instead of machine guns in an exercise
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/02/19...
2015: Germany’s army is so under-equipped that it used broomsticks instead of machine guns in an exercise
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/02/19...
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.
They got the message. IIRC, Germany's going to throw something like the equivalent of two years worth of extra defense spending at addressing its military under-funding problems, plus actually meeting its NATO obligation of 2% GDP in defense spending in the future. IIRC, there was even talk about making that a constitutional requirement as well.