German CDU politician warns: German troops can “last a maximum of two days in a battle”

The Bundeswehr's special fund was supposed to take care of it: Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) wanted to make the troops fit for military service again with 100 billion euros.

Scholz even spoke of a “turning point” in February 2022.

However, CDU deputy Johann Wadephul now says “decisive troop units can last a maximum of two days in a battle”.

According to CDU defense politician, the catastrophic condition of the Bundeswehr has two reasons.

On the one hand, Germany continues to deliver weapons to Ukraine, but the ordered supplies for its own ammunition and weapons stocks do not reach the troops:

“Even when it comes to purchasing replacements, the Bundeswehr is actually making a loss,” says Wadephul.

In the current security policy situation, it is unacceptable that “there is no compensation” for the weapons delivered to Ukraine.

On the other hand, the restructuring of the Bundeswehr planned by the federal government was stuck in its early stages.

Wadephul says he sees “big announcements” but “little actual measures that contribute to the war capability that the defense minister himself claims.”

“I see a Bundeswehr that still carries out its procurement processes just as carefully, cautiously and sometimes - I think - with fear as it has in the last 20 years,” he said.

Wadephul also doubts that Germany will be able to put together its own combat-ready division for NATO by 2025, as originally promised.