By the end of 2024, all of that money was spent. Still, for quite a while it felt as if little was happening, due to a mix of bureaucratic inertia, a defense minister who wasn’t up to the job, some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An employee works on a Leopard 2 main battle tank at the KNDS Unterstadt plant in Kassel. The German military, the Bundeswehr, is ...

Germany’s Leopard 2A8 tank is unlikely to live up to its promises—but its construction is at least a worthwhile investment in the country’s ailing defense industrial base. Germany has placed an ...

At least forty German-produced Leopard 2 MBTs were lost as of last fall in the Russo-Ukrainian war, leading to Ukrainians, Germans, and tank enthusiasts alike to question its effectiveness. Dozens of ...

In Germany’s depressed East, even far-right opponents of support for Ukraine have embraced the jobs that come with new weapons production. By Sam Gurwitt Reporting from Görlitz, Germany A pair of red ...

Germany is rearming. Or, more accurately, Germany is re-equipping its hollowed-out armed forces to strengthen European deterrence and defensive capabilities. This process began just three days after ...