Occasionally, I'll have a German Army story that pops up, with a twist to it. I noticed this via ARD (Channel One, public German TV) yesterday.
Around three years ago, the German Army came to admit that they had a major issue with their chosen assault rifle (the G-36). Perhaps in training situations....it worked as advertised, but as you got into real situations....in the heat of Afghanistan or Africa....it came to fail. Solders began to complain, and it reached the level of getting into the German news. So the Defense Minister (Ursula von der Leyen, CDU) came to say that a replacement rifle had to be found.
This past week, the German military came to admit that after various tests with the replacement rifles (various companies).....NONE met the qualifications.
Yes, it's a pretty serious thing to admit.
So, they handed the rifles and results back to the companies, and said they have around eight months to fix the issues, and a new test will occur.
A delay? You can figure a minimum of eight months, and it's possible that even with this extra time and effort....issues will continue.
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