There’s a good summary of Germany’s military procurement problems done by an Australian defense economist on YouTube - search Perun. Essentially, weapons manuf

There’s a good summary of Germany’s military procurement problems done by an Australian defense economist on YouTube - search Perun. Essentially, weapons manufacturers aren’t able to do business with Germany because Germany isn’t able to fund projects that take more than one year to deliver. That leads to horrific procurement problems like showing up to NATO exercises without enough tents, or spending 10 years evaluating a helmet for German heads that the US already uses. Without overhauling their government, he concludes that the best Germany can do to help NATO is to give funds to other countries that have more capable procurement processes.