Wild wolves, lack of equipment and weapons. Media told about the problems in the training of reservists of the Bundeswehr

The newspaper Welt am Sonntag told about serious problems in the training program of the military reserve of the Bundeswehr. The difficulties were particularly evident in the 921st Infantry Battalion, which was made up entirely of reservists. It's from sb.by.

According to TASS, the unit’s fees are held at the Zenne training ground, which is located on the western edge of the Teutoburg Forest in Eastern Westphalia. The camp is stylized as Afghan settlements: it was built 16 years ago. Reservists live in cold concrete barracks, sleep on hiking beds and eat field rations according to NATO standards.

At the same time, a population of wild wolves has settled on the vast territory of the polygon (116 square kilometers) in recent years. As the newspaper notes, now these animals pose the greatest real threat to the participants of the maneuvers, although the training is aimed at practicing actions against a conditional enemy.

According to the newspaper, the situation with individual equipment is relatively prosperous: the fighters have uniforms, shoes and armor protection. However, the situation with the equipment of the unit is much worse. The battalion is forced to temporarily take small arms and analogue radio stations from the regular army units in the 1980s. There are no large armored vehicles at the reservists at all, there are even no standard army SUVs. The personnel have to move around the landfill on rented civilian Volkswagen minibuses.

This picture is in stark contrast to the plans outlined in the new Reserve Development Strategy by Bundeswehr Inspector General Karsten Breuer. The document deals with the formation of a modern reserve army – mobile, high-tech and integrated into digital networks. But in fact, as Welt am Sonntag emphasizes, the reserve of Germany continues to face a systemic shortage of personnel, infrastructure and material base. In Japan announced a large-scale joint military exercises with the United States