The Bundeswehr will move away from rigid hardware quotas − the number of tanks, aircraft or ships − toward a flexible, effects-based planning model.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (3rd R) stands next to Gitanas Nauseda (2nd R), President of Lithuania, Boris Pistorius (C), ...

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A defense overhaul in Germany aims to increase the number of active-duty forces to 260,000 troops by the mid-2030s.

As Russian aggression continues and Trump’s US threatens Nato, it is even more vital for a unified defence of the continent, says historian and Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash ...

The A8 is the first new Leopard tank to be built since the early 1990s. KNDS debuted the Leopard 2A8 main battle tank, signaling Germany’s modern rearmament. The latest version of the most popular ...

More than half of German respondents in a recent survey said they’d be unwilling to fight for their country if it came under attack, and a full three-quarters expressed little to no faith in the army ...

The Bundeswehr, the German Armed Forces, has a history of fielding German-made firearms. After all, German firearms manufacturers are some of the best in the world, with Oberndorf-based Heckler & Koch ...