[BroJoeK]

jalisco555: "I read not long ago that the Luftwaffe... had around a dozen operational ground attack aircraft.
The Bundeswehr... had fewer than 100 working tanks.
And the Deutsche Marine... had no working U-boats."

Well said and a sad state of affairs.
In all fairness, our own military was also in pretty sad shape before 2017, and is still recovering.
Plus equipment can be quickly repaired & overhauled, it only takes money.

So the real question is whether their military spirit, training & motivation is so attenuated they'd be rendered useless against a serious threat?

The Polish defense minister, Antoni Macierewicz, looks like he means business:

Mattis & Macierewicz:

[Leaning Right]

That picture of the Polish defense minister, very telling. So I guess there are still some alpha males left in Europe.