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Germany’s army is so under-equipped that it used broomsticks instead of machine guns
Washington Post ^ | February 19, 2015 | Rick Noack

Posted on 02/19/2015 8:44:54 AM PST by C19fan

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To: T-Bird45

They must put the newbies in the little tanks, but someday he will move up to an APC!


41 posted on 02/19/2015 10:25:30 AM PST by GeronL
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To: C19fan

Broom Sticks , Blah , I always hated getting run over by those guys saying , “TANK TANK TANK”


42 posted on 02/19/2015 10:39:14 AM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: C19fan

Right.

This is the Bundeswehr that will stand up to Russia in the event of a European conflict.

With broomsticks!


43 posted on 02/19/2015 10:53:51 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: GeronL

Much of it exists only on paper.

Meanwhile Russia is massively modernizing and upgrading its armed forces.

NATO is a paper tiger.


44 posted on 02/19/2015 10:56:38 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: C19fan

Don’t tell BATF. They’ll be wanting to ban broomsticks.


45 posted on 02/19/2015 10:57:58 AM PST by tacticalogic
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To: GeronL

Die beruhmte Panzerkatzchen von Volkswagon! Meowwwlll!

Obvious advantage, smaller profile! Disadvantage, lack of armor! Armored forward observer vehicle?

I would not mind having one to drive around my neighborhood and watch the looks of horror at my progressive neighbor’s faces!


46 posted on 02/19/2015 11:06:25 AM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: C19fan

I used a broomstick machine gun for several years. We were all 12 years old and the other guys also had high grade wood scrap weaponry. (My first gun’s barrel was yellow and the stock was unfinished pine!) We had to grow up, though, and graduated to M16s, F4 Phantoms, and related dangerous hardware.


47 posted on 02/19/2015 11:18:26 AM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Armored Weapons Carrier (AWB) officially it is called the Weasel....


48 posted on 02/19/2015 11:28:27 AM PST by GeronL
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To: GeronL

Probably not heavy enough for use in an all-out in the Fulda Gap. I can see the obvious advantage in the narrow European streets in places like Malmo or Marseille. I like it! The Weasel!


49 posted on 02/19/2015 11:59:50 AM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Manufactured by Wiesel, so you can see where the nickname came from.


50 posted on 02/19/2015 12:37:29 PM PST by GeronL
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To: Covenantor
"The armored vehicles were furthermore not supposed to be armed"?

Another one for the record book.

51 posted on 02/19/2015 1:07:14 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Wiki re: Bundeswehr

...States that Germany has the fourth largest army in Western Europe, behind Great Britain, France, and Italy.

No wonder Merckel is negotiating with Putin.

Instead of lending money to Greece, Germany should have upgraded her military after the US push in Afghanistan and Iraq.

May the Bundeswehr can do some ninja moves with those sticks.


52 posted on 02/19/2015 1:50:45 PM PST by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor
Greece is bankrupt because they did stupid things,

They will do the same stupid things again, over and over, until no one will bail them out.

53 posted on 02/19/2015 2:07:44 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: ansel12

Hopefully it’s not too late for the Wehrmacht. They might just need it to destroy the domestic terrorists...


54 posted on 02/19/2015 2:39:11 PM PST by __rvx86 (Rafael Cruz Jr: soon to be the first conservative, Latino President of the U.S. ¡Si se puede!)
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To: __rvx86

It is the Bundeswehr.


55 posted on 02/19/2015 2:52:57 PM PST by ansel12 (Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
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To: GeronL

Nifty! German made, has to be good quality.


56 posted on 02/19/2015 6:55:38 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: GeronL

If you thought Word Crimes was good, you’ll really enjoy this one, also from his most recent album.
http://youtu.be/urglg3WimHA


57 posted on 02/19/2015 8:29:57 PM PST by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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To: lefty-lie-spy

I definitely did like that but I could have lived without seeing that dude who looks like Elena Kagan....


58 posted on 02/19/2015 8:35:25 PM PST by GeronL
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