The German military entered what Chancellor Friedrich Merz described as a "new era" on Thursday, with the launching of its first large unit stationed permanently in another country. Merz and ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German army has asked several large firms about whether they could provide logistics support if the country needs to deploy soldiers and equipment to NATO's eastern border ...

Germany finds itself less prepared for warfare than when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Armed Forces Association head Col. Andre Wuestner told Reuters in an interview this week that shipping ...

Germany's defense minister, Boris Pistorius, has announced a plan to overhaul military command to improve the country's war capabilities. Pistorius voiced the necessity for the German military to ...

Defence giants are drawing battle lines as Germany rearms, with the old guard arguing for traditional heavy weaponry while start-ups push for more modern kit such as AI-enabled drones. A crop of ...

BERLIN, June 4 (Reuters) - The German army intends to order 200,000 more artillery shells from armsmaker Rheinmetall (RHMG.DE), opens new tab than it had planned, a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to build Europe's strongest military for Germany. Germany's shift in defense policy followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine and NATO goals. Experts highlighted ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz walks past a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MARS II) of the German armed forces during an exercise at a military training ground near Ostenholz, northern Germany, October ...

Support would be for deployment on NATO's eastern border in the event of crisis, Handelsblatt says Russia seen as main threat from east since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine Discussions include possible ...