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Bet on the "God of War": Germany has developed a new concept for the organization of ground forces on the lessons of Ukraine

Rate of «god of war»: Germany has developed a new concept for the organization of ground forces on the lessons of UkraineIn Germany, a new concept of the structure of the ground forces of the Bundeswehr, in accordance with which a significant increase in army artillery is expected, reorganization of the air defense system and the transformation of part of the mechanized brigades into motorized infantry. German military leaders do not hide, what is the reform of the ground forces will be a response to the events in Ukraine, which forced NATO countries to take a different look at the nature of hostilities in Eastern Europe.

At present, the ground forces of Germany are composed of three divisions., two of which are armored. However, in practice, tank divisions are mechanized formations with six battalions of tanks 44 cars in every. The undoubted advantage of the German mechanized divisions is the presence of a reconnaissance battalion and well-trained engineering units.. Artillery remains the weak point of these divisions as well., and the Bundeswehr as a whole. meanwhile, Ukrainian events demonstrated, that the "God of War" has not lost its significance in our century.

for example, as part of the 1st Panzer Division of the Bundeswehr only from 32 to 40 howitzer, according to the Polish edition of Defense24. It's too little, even if you use modern artillery systems, such as the Panzerhaubitze 2000, It emphasizes the publication.

Besides, there are obvious difficulties with the ability to use the division as a well-functioning unit, and not as a base for the formation of battalion tactical groups. Therefore, in the process of reorganization, it is proposed, that the German tank units would consist of 2 tank and 2 mechanized brigades. Each of them will have 2 mechanized battalions and one (mechanized brigades) or two (armored brigades) tank battalion.

two brigades, functioning today as armored and mechanized in the structures of the 1st Panzer Division: 21-I am a tank brigade and the 41st armored grenadier brigade (motorized rifle), are subject to transformation in the part of "medium forces" on wheeled armored vehicles. Motorized infantry units are easier to deploy over long distances along the road network.

Another important structural change is the subordination of the 231st Mountain Rifle Brigade to the Rapid Reaction Force Division.. However, the real revolution will be the reorganization of the artillery of the Bundeswehr. According to the new concept, it is planned to form up to five additional artillery battalions. Each of the German brigades will have an artillery battalion, in addition there will be one division at the division level. In this way, each of the tank divisions should have a total of four artillery battalions, and the rapid reaction force division, which should now use artillery support "above" 120mm mortars, will get its own division.

Likely, newly created artillery units will be equipped with new howitzers on a wheeled chassis. Rheinmetall offers the KMW-Boxer system as a platform for mounting artillery pieces on a truck.

The concept also provides for the inclusion of an anti-aircraft battery in each artillery battalion of divisions of the ground forces. I.e, we are talking about the restoration of army air defense. As it appears, such a decision was also made against the background of the assimilation of Ukrainian lessons. Interestingly, earlier, Germany handed over to Ukraine up to 30 complexes "Gepard", weakening the capabilities of their own air defense.

In this way, the new concept of organizing the structure of the ground forces of the Bundeswehr can be considered as a general vector for reforming the German armed forces in the near future. Berlin is forced to strengthen the power of its army, while taking into account financial, economic and demographic factors.

Switching to wheeled vehicles will be more economical, and the restoration of army air defense and artillery will increase the firepower of the German armed forces. Cooperation with the Netherlands and the inclusion of Dutch units in the German army will partially cover the shortage of personnel. Author:Ilya Polonsky Photos used:Wikipedia / Ralf Dillenburger – BeobPzArtLBtl 345 cuddle

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