German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Generalinspekteur der Bundeswehr (armed forces chief) General Eberhard Zorn presented a document with the main points of the continuing reform of Germany's military on 18 May. The docume.
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Germany s special forces look the other way on missing weapons
Already under investigation for far-right sympathies, Germany s elite commando unit has let its troops return stolen weapons without penalty. This is seen as a backlash to the embattled Bundeswehr s reform efforts.
The Special Forces Command (KSK) had been given the chance to reform from the inside
Brigadier General Markus Kreitmayr came up with an unlikely option early last year. The head of the KSK, a German special forces unit, told his troops they could return any weapons and munitions they had made off with anonymously and without fear of consequences.