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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: Nowayhaha on October 09, 2022, 06:10:53 PM
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https://www.rt.com/news/564341-germany-ammo-shortage-stocks/
The German Army (Bundeswehr) has enough ammunition for only one or two days of warfare, the German edition of news website Business Insider (BI) reported on Saturday, citing defense industry and parliamentary sources.
According to BI, Berlin is significantly lagging behind the NATO requirement of maintaining stocks for at least 30 days of fighting. It was said that the problem “has been known for years,” as military drills have suffered from insufficient stores.
Stockpiles were further depleted after Germany, together with many other Western countries, began sending weapons and ammunition to Ukraine after Russia launched its military operation in the neighboring state in February.
The deliveries included 53,000 rounds for self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, 21.8 million rounds for firearms, and 50 bunker-buster missiles, according to the German government.
The situation with the shortage “will not improve if ammunition is removed from the Bundeswehr stocks, while corresponding orders are not placed on the defense industry at the same time,” Hans Christoph Atzpodien, CEO of the German Security and Defense Industry Association (BDSV), told BI. The outlet’s sources, meanwhile, were quoted as saying that there have been “no significant orders” for defense companies to produce more armaments.
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This is actually very good news for a country like Kenya,
Kenya manufactures ammunition so being a pro western country they can buy from us en mass,mzito Ruto should position us for this windfall.
Countries running out of ammunition is not a new thing,Russia itself run out of ammunition and China and North Korea has been supplying it,during the Iraq war NATO run out of ammo and most was bought from South Africa and eastern Europe where It was cheaper to manufacture.
During world war 2 US supplied its allies Soviet Union and UK with ammunition. This is something very common.
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Noway let me educate you briefly on war as seen by Western countries and why they have less stockpiles of ammunition
Generally since western countries rely more on smart and technologicaly advanced weapons,the need for ordinary ammunition takes a back seat, countries like UK and Germany actually deplete their ammunition stockpiles even during military exercises and drills, that's how small their ammunition stockpiles are as opposed to Russia which is still old school in its war mane nos.
Hope have educated you a bit.
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Njuri , please educate RVpundit. I fully know how Defence Industry work during war time. In particular during World War 2 in regards to U.S.S.R. how it was mobilized and expanded.
I can tell you Russia has not mobilized nor has it reached its full capacity as at now.
Now Europe is the exact opposite the entirely rely on U.S. for its military equipment needs and in doing so enriching U.S. .
This is the reason U.S. fears Nuclear. If any Nuclear weapon is used all those HARMs and HIMARs will loss market.
Noway let me educate you briefly on war as seen by Western countries and why they have less stockpiles of ammunition
Generally since western countries rely more on smart and technologicaly advanced weapons,the need for ordinary ammunition takes a back seat, countries like UK and Germany actually deplete their ammunition stockpiles even during military exercises and drills, that's how small their ammunition stockpiles are as opposed to Russia which is still old school in its war mane nos.
Hope have educated you a bit.