The Decline Of The German Military To A Shadow Of It's Former Self

Graphic: Declining conscription numbers in Germany

German Military Reform Could Halve Ground Forces -- Spiegel Online

German Defense Minister Guttenberg favors a plan to reform the army by halving the number of ground troops and battle tanks, SPIEGEL has learned. His ministry is due to present a reform plan in autumn in a bid to cut costs and boost the army's effectiveness.

Germany's ground forces would be almost halved under a reform plan favored by Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, SPIEGEL has learned.

An internal paper suggests cutting the army from 95,000 soldiers to 54,558. The number of battle tanks would also be reduced by almost half. The strength of the infantry would remain almost unchanged at around 10,000 troops.

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My Comment: Much of the news has focused on military budget cutbacks in the U.S. and Britain .... but they are not the only one who have these problems. Germany .... Europe's #1 economy .... has problems that makes England's and the American's small in comparison.