As if we hadn’t already seen enough yesterday…
A German battalion assigned to Nato’s rapid response force used broomstick handles instead of guns on a joint exercise due to chronic equipment shortages.
Oh, I dunno. Maybe this is just part of Germany’s new security strategy. I mean, if they really know how to use these broomstick handles properly and stuff?
“Sure you can manage that broom, Potter?” said a cold, drawling voice.
Observing Hermann 
Maybe they were broomsticks to fly like the wicked Michel of the North into harms way! Cheaper than buying drones for sure!
I think I might find this even more troubling:http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/hohe-anforderungen-verzoegern-die-auslieferung-des-puma-panzers-13405087.html
I did not realize that even pregger German women were such mighty warriors that they would need proper accommodations on the front line.