Germany promises an impressive arms package to Ukraine

The federal government has promised Ukraine additional arms deliveries worth 2.7 billion euros ahead of a possible visit to Germany by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The list, incomplete , is impressive:

• further 4 IRIS-T SLM
• additional 20 Marder IFVs
• additional 30 Leopard 1s
• 18 x RCH 155mm self propelled howitzers, brand new
• other Gepard AA 1
• another 100 armored personnel carriers
• 100 support vehicles
• surveillance drones
• a large amount of ammunition of various types

According to the ministry, this concerns the delivery of additional weapons worth around 2.7 billion euros by Germany. This would almost double German arms aid to Ukraine since the war began in February 2022: Since the start of the war, the federal government has approved €2.75 billion worth of arms deliveries. Germany would become a major arms supplier to Ukraine.

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) commented on the new arms package: "With this valuable contribution of urgently needed military equipment, we are showing once again that Germany is serious about its support." war against Russia the Ukrainian people. “Unfortunately, this is not yet foreseeable. Therefore, Germany will provide all possible help – as long as it is needed” – as long as it is needed, added Pistorius.

The package is so large that it seems unrealistic, at least in a short time. Apart from the ammunition, or part of it, and the Marders that could be taken from the reserves of the Bundeswehr, everything else has to be built from new. Even the Leopard 1s and the Geepards come from prolonged inactivity, for which profound updating works are necessary, without considering the problem of the ammunition of the anti-aircraft vehicle, which does not seem to have been solved. Germany would need a new Albert Speer to deliver on these promises in a short time.

But the German government has to pretend that it is doing something practical, hence these promises in preparation for Zelensky's visit. After that you will see how an old Mediterranean saying will apply: past the fesra, duped the saint. However, this signals that Scholz does not believe that good relations with Russia can be restored in the short term or under his own government.

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