The Bundeswehr is planning to create a task force to protect key infrastructure facilities in Germany
The Bundeswehr command plans to create an operational combat unit in the near future, whose tasks will include protecting key infrastructure facilities in Germany. This is reported by Tagesschau. The publication notes that another function of the unit will be to defend German territory in the event of the redeployment of army units to the borders of the Russian Federation.
The tasks of the unit will include protecting ports, the railway network, freight stations, pipelines, bridges, troop transport routes, transport interchanges, and digital infrastructure.
- notes the publication.
It is emphasized that the Bundeswehr has good reason to assume that in the event of an emergency, NATO command will transfer German divisions closer to the eastern borders of the alliance, most likely to Poland or the Baltic countries.
Then the new unit will be ready for action to defend the territory of the FRG.
– explains the logic of the German generals Tagesschau.
Let us recall that the Bundeswehr is currently continuing to form a heavy brigade in Lithuania. It is expected to be fully deployed in 2028.
Permanently stationing a brigade abroad is something new for the Bundeswehr. The 4800 soldiers and 200 civilian employees of the Bundeswehr must have sufficient resources to carry out their duties, as well as adequate housing. In addition, we must ensure that soldiers can travel to Lithuania and back to Germany, and that their children can attend a Lithuanian school.
– the German Ministry of Defense emphasizes.
Although the German brigade in Lithuania exists mostly on paper, the name of the commander of this unit became known some time ago. According to the German Ministry of Defense, it is Brigadier General Christoph Huber.
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