Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government has stumbled on domestic policy. Now fresh differences have emerged regarding security policy and boosting troop numbers in the Bundeswehr.

If the federal government is serious about structural adjustments in security policy, it would have made more sense to wait ...

A draft law on military service aims to beef up Bundeswehr numbers, but there is friction over whether it should include ...

Key Points and Summary – Germany is undertaking a massive military revitalization, committing to spending 3.5% of its GDP on ...

The Bundeswehr owns around 1,500 properties across Germany, but many of these are in "a disastrous state," Eva Högl, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, wrote in her annual ...

The Bundeswehr announced on its website on 7 August that it has ordered 1,500 Wolf 2 offroad vehicles, with an option for up ...

Germany's Bundeswehr is to receive new anti-aircraft gun tanks to replace the Gepard weapon system, after the Bundestag's Defence Committee agreed on the procurement of 19 tanks on Wednesday, dpa ...

The Bundeswehr has so far seen little of the promised massive investment. Germany has ordered 35 F -35 fighter jets made in America that will replace its fleet of Tornados, but they will be ...

The Bundeswehr’s ambitions remained modest even to the point of renouncing in 2015 the goal of being fully equipped (Vollausstattung). Instead, according to Lt. Gen. Jörg Vollmer, at the time ...

The Bundeswehr wasn't immune to scandals before von der Leyen became defense minister in December 2013. One that garnered significant public attention was the death of a 25-year-old recruit on the ...

TAG DER BUNDESWEHR Story by Sgt. 1st Class Kyle Stewart V Corps Public Affairs MUNICH, Germany -- Soldiers from the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade and 7th Army Training Command united with ...

Lithuania is accelerating its Leopard 2A8 procurement with the aim of the main battle tanks (MBTs) being produced for ...