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Funneling arms helps give time to Europe to get their shit together and start building an army. Stopping that is only helping the russians.
by hoppp 2y ago
Funneling arms helps give time to Europe to get their shit together and start building an army.
Stopping that is only helping the russians.
- rasz 2y agoIt seems in the last three years only Poland is building an Army (1000 tanks, 500 himars launchers WTF thats more than US operates, 100 apaches etc). There was report from Germany that they actually went from 65% to 50% battle readiness since the war started https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/50-battle-ready-germany-misses-military-targets-despite-scholzs-overhaul-2025-02-13/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/50-battle-ready-germany...
- p2detar 2y agoYes. That's because Germany is the largest contributor of military equipment and money to Ukraine in Europe.
- rasz 2y agoDidnt Germany readiness lower while they were not sending any hardware from active duty units? Afaik it was all surplus, excess/spare stocks or fully phased out hardware waiting for salvage (Gepards).
- p2detar 2y agoIf that was true then it wouldn't make sense to drop from 65% to 50%. Also the personnel they train need hardware and ammunition for training. It's a complex problem I'm sure, but the war has played a role here for sure.
- rasz 2y agoPolands >300 tanks (PT-91 and Leos), 200 APCs, 100 Krabs, helis and jets all came from active duty with up to date service records and that somehow didnt have much impact on readiness. Did Germany stopped replenishing stocks? Biden double dipped by booking military assistance to Ukraine twice, once as value send and again for replenishment thus creating confusion with Zelensky wondering where the rest of ~$177B go when they received $75B in hardware.