Germany is increasing its defense spending. Key elections coming soon
Germany will increase its defense budget by around 3 percent next year. However, Berlin continues to spend on military purchases well below the 2% NATO requirement.
Browsing Tag
German Defence News
Germany: ‘We remain dependent on the US for security policy’
That was an "attack with a flamethrower on the French doctrine," said the renowned French journalist Renaud Girard a week later in the Figaro. France has always preached European strategic autonomy.
Germany begins talks on creating a European military unit and army
MEPs from the German social democratic party, SPD, proposed the creation of a European military unit, subordinate to the EU institutions - the Commission and the European Parliament, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing Defence24.
Nine patrol boats made in Germany for Saudi Arabia go to the Egyptian fleet
Egypt will pay approximately 130m euros for nine patrol boats that were built for Saudi Arabia by German shipyard Lursen, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, citing the website boerse.de, which announced the news earlier this month.
Germany is investing in the Luftwaffe. Billions of euros for new fighter jets
The budget committee of the German parliament has agreed to spend up to 5.5 billion euros to acquire a party of 38 new Eurofighter Typhoon fighters, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing Defence24.
Greece wants from Germany to cut off arms supplies to Turkey
Against the background of military conflicts in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, quiet political-military diplomacy is being conducted on the European continent at the request of Greece, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.
Is Germany preparing for a nuclear war after conducting a secret military exercise?
In Germany, secret exercises were held to practice military operations using nuclear weapons, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing several German media reports. The journalists specified that no shells were used in the training tests.
Hybrid, silent and up to 100 km/h. – the new German innovative combat vehicle
It is about the German concern Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft and its innovative fighting machine Genesis, which was recently presented In Flensburg, Germany.
German Eurofighter Typhoon jets with new air-to-ground weapons
Diehl has announced that it has concluded an agreement with the German Air Force for the supply of an unspecified number of GBU-54 LJDAM guided bombs weighing 225 kg.
German pressure in Athens for demilitarization of the islands
According to the information, the announcement for the conduct of the 61st round of talks, which have been frozen since March 2016, will most likely take place in the coming days
H&K dominance is over. MK 556 Gen2 is the new German army assault rifle
The Haenel Defense MK 556 Gen2 rifle won the prestigious procedure for the basic armament of German infantry soldiers - at least this is what the preliminary reports of the German press agency DPA show, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.
Germany will soon buy new fighters and one of them will be EW version of F-18
The German Air Force will soon be buying new combat aircraft. In all likelihood, this also includes some copies of the EA-18G Growler - the EW version of the F / A-18 Super Hornet.
Italian and German navies detained ship delivering fuel to Haftar’s fighter jets
At 7 am on 10 September the German frigate Hamburg assigned to Operation EUNAVFOR MED Irini blocked and inspected the freighter Royal Diamond 7 in international waters on suspicion that the its cargo violated the arms embargo on Libya.
Flexible assault rifle of the German ‘blue helmets’ – Heckler & Koch G36
Having adopted the Heckler & Koch G 3 assault rifle in the Bundeswehr in 1958, Germany for a long time remained practically the only country that had as its main rifle, designed to use cartridges of 7.62 × 51 mm caliber.
Era of anaerobic submarines with new type of batteries is coming
Scientific and technological progress is preparing us for another revolution in the field of naval weapons: in the foreseeable future, the classic diesel-electric submarine will be replaced by submarines with so-called anaerobic or "air-independent" power plants
German assault rifles Heckler & Koch HK33, G41 and HK53
The successful design and worldwide recognition of the G 3 assault rifle allowed the designers from Heckler & Koch to build on their success by creating a series of rifles and machine guns based on this weapon.
German Heckler & Koch assault rifle – HK416 [review]
The HK416 is an assault rifle from the weapons manufacturer Heckler & Koch. The variant HK416A7 with 14.5 '' pipe length was introduced in the Bundeswehr under the designation G95K for the special forces.
Hungary bought the armored vehicles of the future – Rheinmetall’s Lynx
Hungary has signed an agreement with the German concern Rheinmetall to create a joint venture that will produce the latest Lynx combat vehicle, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.
Guns instead of masks: NATO countries continue to build up weapons
The coronavirus has not yet been completely defeated, but the military-industrial complex is already counting profits and losses, states are making adjustments to plans and making cautious forecasts.
France and Germany may abandon US military technologies
The military-industrial enterprises of Germany and France intend, if possible, to abandon American technologies in the production of military equipment, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing the German edition Welt am Sonntag reports.