The German Ministry of Defense found that the new body armor of the Bundeswehr are not bulletproof

One of the batches of 304 Modular Ballistic Protection and Carrying Equipment Soldier (MOBAST) bulletproof vests ordered by the German Ministry of Defense turned out to be seriously flawed. As experts of the military department of Germany found out, bulletproof vests are not bulletproof. This is reported by the TV channel N-TV.

Now the German Ministry of Defense has appointed new tests for the resistance of bulletproof vests to bullets, after passing which they will be transferred to the armed forces. If the bulletproof vests do not pass the tests, then they will not be supplied to the troops.

History with bulletproof vests began after the former Minister of Defense of Germany, Christina Lambrecht, wanted to increase the security of military personnel. She ordered a large number of body armor, and then left her position. At present, the German military has received only 4 bulletproof vests out of 304, while significant shortcomings have begun to be found in all subsequent batches.

The press service of the Ministry of Defense assures that the causes of the problem have been identified, so the situation will be corrected soon. True, it is not very clear how the matter with compensation for losses is. Under Minister Lambrecht, 2,4 billion euros were allocated for the purchase of body armor. It was one of the largest projects in the modernization of the equipment of the Bundeswehr.

Recall that earlier the German government announced its intention to spend at least 100 billion euros on equipping the Bundeswehr over several years, and it was both about rearming troops and supplying soldiers and officers with protective equipment.

It should be noted that recently in the Western press there have been more and more publications about the deplorable state of the Bundeswehr - allegedly weapons the German army is not enough, and the personnel shortage is getting worse. Such publications may aim to create a favorable public background for the subsequent increase in defense spending, the restoration of compulsory conscription for military service, and other steps unpopular for ordinary Germans.

Comments

[Sharky]

So the normal trend in "civilized Europe": homosexuality is not a disease, body armor is not from bullets!

[Maz]

What a pleasant surprise, send them to ukroreykh for EU money, they just belong in their ukrovermacht!

[Grandfather Fichteau]

Quote: Maz

What a pleasant surprise, send them to ukroreykh for EU money, they just belong in their ukrovermacht!

Let them also send them helmets from the time of Friedrich and MG machine guns. They are very much appreciated by the Nazis-Bandera And songs from the archives of Madeline Dietrich Then our PMCs will immediately kill them
Bandero soldier, NATO officer, etc. Damn it

[Ingvar 72]

Quote: Grandfather Pikhto

MG machine guns

It is still considered one of the best machine guns in the world. Along with our PCM.

[Mister X]

Chinese armors, like stew from a movie
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[Ingvar 72]

Quote: Mister X

Chinese armors, like stew from a movie

Chinese plates are not worse than ours, they hold 7,62 * 54. And the Chinese seal aramid bags in cases, because aramid is afraid of moisture. We do not do this.

[Mister X]

Quote: Ingvar 72

Chinese plates are not worse than ours,

In China, as well as in Turkey - goods of absolutely different quality.
It all depends on the desired price.
The Chinese never say "no cheaper".
- Go cheaper - let's do it!
But the quality will be lower.
And so on to infinity ...

The same bed linen can be bought for 20 or 2 bucks per set.
But the one for 2 will not be made of fabric, but of gauze
So apparently it happened with the armor for the Bundeswehr

[smart ass]

What whiners! Just think, we have a 1.5 million set of armor with holes, the warrior has disappeared somewhere, the MO did not even utter a word!

[Sergej1972]

It was not about a set of "warriors", but about a set of "ordinary" uniforms. But there was no particular confirmation of the information.

[smart ass]

Sorry, this is different))) the usual form can be poked with trucks

[fif21]

Quote: Clever man

Sorry, this is different))) the usual form can be poked with trucks

There is a different scheme. Ordered, paid, not sewn, shared!

[ARIONkrsk]

Quote: Sharky

So the normal trend in "civilized Europe": homosexuality is not a disease, body armor is not from bullets!

You just need to rename them to bulletproof body armor and that's it.

[Ross xnumx]

The story with bulletproof vests began after the former Minister of Defense of Germany, Christina Lambrecht, wanted to increase the security of military personnel.

It would be better if this story began with the fact that Lambrecht wanted to test the bulletproof vest on herself ...

[Cheshire]

Quote: ROSS 42

The story with bulletproof vests began after the former Minister of Defense of Germany, Christina Lambrecht, wanted to increase the security of military personnel.

It would be better if this story began with the fact that Lambrecht wanted to test the bulletproof vest on herself ...

What for? She was a useful bitch for us in a responsible position, she sucked a lot. For Russia, this is very good.

[dmi.pris1]

It reminded me of a fire in a warehouse before the revision. I ordered it and left ..

[tralflot1832]

And they say in the West they don’t steal budget money. Yes, they don’t steal them, they master them.

[Grandfather Fichteau]

Quote: tralflot1832

And they say in the West they don’t steal budget money. Yes, they don’t steal them, they master them.

And they are mastering it very actively .. Banks are bursting one after another The dollar is a soap bubble inflated to the maximum
And only a world war can save the Anglo-Saxons Naturally, if you pit someone.

[Ingvar 72]

Quote: tralflot1832

And they say in the West they don’t steal budget money. Yes, they don’t steal them, they master them.

They steal everywhere, only the scale is different. As well as responsibility for theft. But for some reason, I think that if 1.5 million sets of equipment were lost in the West, those responsible would immediately leave their posts, followed by arrest.
According to the article - impenetrable armor does not exist in nature. A priori. The article is more like a sketch of the German press. According to various estimates, the armored vehicles of the Bundessphere are among the best in the world, along with the Pendos and Israeli ones.
There are a lot of questions for our Warrior (6B45), although he is also in the TOP-10 of the best armors in the world. For example, why don't Kevlar bags have waterproofing? Why have our guys been ripping open armor for a year to wrap Kevlar in food stretch film, but the manufacturer still doesn't do it? After all, Kevlar loses 50% of its properties when wet. Even the Chinese have been soldering anti-fragmentation packages for a long time.

[Popandos]

they say in the west they don't steal

Know Corruption, Know Crime ©

[Lynx2000]

Quote: tralflot1832

And they say in the West they don’t steal budget money. Yes, they don’t steal them, they master them.

In the West, this is done in a civilized manner, for example, in the United States, in order to "prevent corruption", the legislation regulates lobbying in the interests of certain financial-industrial groups.

[rotmistr60]

bulletproof vests are not bulletproof ... 2,4 billion euros have been allocated for the purchase of bulletproof vests.

Well, right according to Poroshenko's scheme - he received the money, but it's not clear what he put in. It turns out that not only Ukrainians are learning something from the Germans at the training grounds, but the Germans have also begun to actively master the methods of making money out of thin air.

[Mikhail3]

Didn't they buy titanium from "aggressive Russia"? Limited to a couple of layers of steel with a ceramic gasket? Profit from 2,5 billion euros should be good...

[Sharky]

Ceramics (Chinese) really works wonders. Recommend to watch :

[Ingvar 72]

Quote: Sharky

Ceramics (Chinese) really works wonders.

Yes, ceramics rocks. The Chinese are putting pressure on our plate manufacturers. In terms of quality, they are almost as good as our stoves, and the price is more than twice cheaper. A set of two Melitech plates costs 26-30 thousand rubles with delivery, and this is the best Chinese manufacturer. Our Shchelkovo slabs are 35 thousand rubles per slab.

[Mikhail3]

Quote: Ingvar 72

A set of two Melitech plates costs 26-30 thousand rubles with delivery, and this is the best Chinese manufacturer. Our Schelkovo slabs are 35 thousand rubles per slab

Well, you're just like a non-native. What about certification costs? And the issuance of permits for everything, starting with the permit to breathe in the shop? And the share of the "right people" directly?! The stove itself, taking into account the "salaries" that we pay, does not cost more than 3 thousand ...

[fif21]

Quote: Ingvar 72

Our Shchelkovo slabs are 35 thousand rubles per slab.

Ofigeli with cologne! Let them justify the price! Profitability 500% ?

[Mikhail3]

Quote: Sharky

Ceramics (Chinese) really work wonders

This is true. But for the manufacture of high-quality ceramics, a lot of gas is needed) For furnaces. In Europe, this is now strained. So their ceramics are not very good) More precisely, you can do it well, but it will be expensive! The more expensive the product itself, the less you can steal.

[Tagan]

Apparently the boys will be happy - a chic batch of bulletproof vests.

[Mazunga]

also learned to cut)))) go the right way cameraden

[fif21]

Quote from Mazunga

also learned to cut)))) go the right way cameraden

But to dilute the fuel, and a lot of things, our traitors who fled to the west have not yet taught? The head of Russian Railways fled to the west, and the trains went downhill, the redhead fled and the west was seized by a banking crisis! Maybe send defective managers to help them?

[Lynx2000]

Are armor panaceas supposed to stop all bullets? As I remember, at the beginning of its service life, the Cuirass 5M body armor weighs about 8 kg or more, as the platoon commander explained, it does not protect against all types of small arms and fragments of artillery systems. There was also a STSH "Sphere" steel about 3 kg.
As explained, everything depends on the caliber, ballistics (at close range, distances from 20 - 100 m, at the end, tangents along the fragments, caliber, type of projectile, distance from the epicenter of the gap, etc.)

[Obstacle]

I agree, vanity out of nowhere ...

[vvn_vl]

everything must be checked on the deputies: the result will be immediately