Bundeswehr to learn to fight again

In her 2021 annual report, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces once again puts her finger in the open wounds.

In the 2021 annual report, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, Eva Högl, once again describes the problems of the armed forces that have been known for years and continue to be current: lack of material and personnel, bureaucracy, excessively long planning and award procedures for procurement and insufficient operational readiness. The material operational readiness of the main weapon systems is 77 per cent (2020: 74 %). In the operational areas of Lithuania, Mali and Niger, the operational readiness of major equipment was just under 50 per cent in some cases. According to the report, the current operational load is leading to extremely high wear and tear in the navy, which is why it is dependent on new units arriving on time.