The German weapon stockpile is short due to providing the Kyiv Regime arms they don't have; Zelensky needs to rant for arms to fight Russian forces. Even so, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's political allies demanded that he choose Ukraine's military forces.
Ukraine's Needs Before Germany's Own Forces
According to Germany's defense ministry, more armaments cannot be sent to Ukraine without eroding national stocks, reported RT.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz is under extreme pressure to keep the arms flowing to the regime of Zelensky, although the armed services had sent their "permissible amount" of equipment.
The Ministry of Defense said the Bundeswehr stocks could not be sold anymore, remarked the spokesman for Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht told Der Spiegel on Monday, noted Mass News.
Following the publication of a guest article by lawmakers Kristian Klinck, Sara Nanni, and Alexander Mueller, who stand in for the three coalition partners in Germany, urging Germany to increase its arms shipments to Ukraine, stating that, in the current dire circumstances, Ukraine's survival can and ought to take precedence over the capability profile of the Bundeswehr, German military since Germany's security interests depend on Ukraine's survival.
Chancellor Scholz Pressured To Send Arms
Chancellor Scholz has faced consistent criticism for his alleged unwillingness to provide Kyiv with the weapons from the German weapon stockpile it has demanded since the start of the Russian forces' operation in February.
Berlin has already delivered anti-aircraft tanks, shoulder-fired rockets, and artillery pieces, and yet Ukraine has asked for additional air defense systems and an artillery radar system, none of which has yet been supplied.
Long before February, the German army was severely diminished; according to a 2019 report, just under 20% of the country's 68 Tiger combat helicopters and much less than 30% of its 136 Eurofighter jets had been in service.
The report also showed that soldiers had been suffering from a lack of equipment, such as boots, clothing, and bedding, and that ammunition stocks were limited.
Upgrading the Military
The Bundeswehr's budget has risen from €37 billion ($36 billion) in 2017 to €50 billion ($49 billion) for the year. However, the military has not yet made up for these deficiencies despite Scholz publicly stating an ambitious military modernization initiative in March.
Scholz has also had to strike a balance between his stated desire to assist Ukraine's forces as well as his insistence that Germany shouldn't send military forces strong enough to escalate the conflict. Lambrecht explained the Bundeswehr's stocks as minimal as early as March, citing Azerbaycan 24.
Germany's pledges to top off the equipment of its allies, who've been sending their inventories of advanced weaponry to Ukraine in return for replacement equipment from Germany, had also made things even worse.
Despite these restrictions, Scholz recently insisted that Berlin continues to provide Kyiv with the weapons it requires for defense and does so in large quantities.
The chancellor made these remarks after being criticized by former Bundeswehr general Klaus Wittmann for showing a lack of leadership while seeming threatened by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The German Weapon stockpile is low due to supplying Kyiv weapons to fight Russian forces, but many of them have been destroyed or damaged.
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