German Army Uses Cars Instead Of Armoured Vehicles For Their Training Exercises

FILE PHOTO: German soldiers take part in a drill involving a Puma infantry fighting vehicle at a training area in Munster, Germany, on May 2, 2006. © Reuters / Fabrizio Bensch

Daily Mail: German army is so short of armoured vehicles, soldiers have to jump out cars and PRETEND they're driving tanks during training exercises

* There is a shortage of the country's new line of Puma tanks worth £5 billion
* 'Other vehicles (are used) to practise mounting and dismounting', ministry says
* Only 20 per cent of the army's Pumas are working at operational level
* Germany does not meet the two per cent guideline NATO spend on its military

The German army is so short of armoured vehicles that soldiers have to jump out of cars and pretend they're driving tanks during training exercises.

The defence ministry confirmed troops were deploying 'other vehicles to practise mounting and dismounting' because of the lack of Puma tanks.

Instead the soldiers were using cars because only 20 per cent of the army's Pumas are in working order, according to Bild.

The dire situation is reminiscent of German troops being required to use broomsticks painted to look like guns during a NATO exercise in Norway in 2014.

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Update #1: Germany shamed as army soldiers are forced to use their cars as tanks due to gear shortage (Express)
Update #2: German army lacks infantry fighting vehicles, some soldiers forced to use CARS during drills – media (RT)

WNU Editor: Germany spends tens of billions on its military. You have to wonder where all the money is going.