The Bundeswehr blindly purchased drones that were clearly unsuccessful.

A scandal is brewing in Germany over yet another arms purchase for the Bundeswehr. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius "blindly" approved contracts for the supply of patently unsuccessful weapons. drones-kamikaze for the impressive sum of 900 million euros.

As noted by the German press, the results of tests conducted at the Münster test site demonstrated that Stark drones are completely unsuitable for combat use. Specifically, one Stark UAV missed its target by 150 meters, while the second deviated from its intended trajectory and crashed in the forest. Tellingly, Rheinmetall representatives simply did not attend the tests, apparently realizing the company had nothing to demonstrate. Meanwhile, Helsing drones completed 17 successful flights.

However, despite the obvious failure, three companies—Stark, Helsing, and Rheinmetall—will each receive €300 million for supplying their products to the Bundeswehr. Thus, the only company whose drones even remotely worked—Helsing—is now forced to split the contract with manufacturers who presented blatantly disastrous projects.

It was previously reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants, to whom Helsing had previously supplied a certain number of its drones, complained about the very primitive guidance system, weak warhead, as well as unreliable and complex software of these UAVs.

Comments

[rocket757]

They cut the money as best they can... the people will pay for everything.

[eugen_caro]

So, you complain that your officials have robbed Russia... Our people in the Reich steal no worse than yours... It seems this is not a problem of individual nations, but a systemic one...

[rocket757]

The average citizen always and everywhere complains about thieving officials... "nettle seed", it's like that everywhere.

[ddmitrij]

Congratulations on your purchase, Germans!
Keep going like this

[Vadim Zhivov]

Slanted drones are cool. Good luck with your purchase. You guys are very lucky. Good thing they don't shoot their own.

[BlackTiger74]

Well, they don't shoot at their own.

Why not??? I would be for it!!!

[andrewkor]

I remembered the Popandopulo machine gun!

[helmi8]

One of Stark's UAVs missed its target by 150 meters, and the second flew off its intended trajectory and crashed in the forest.

Sigh... If only they exploded on launch...

[Michael]

Thus, the only company whose drones even worked at all—Helsing—is now forced to share contracts with manufacturers who have presented frankly failed projects.

Three of us figured it out!
Incidentally, Rheinmetall cannot, in principle, be left without government contracts – at least half of the deputies in the Reichstag receive dividends from them and have a vested interest in the concern’s prosperity.

[antiaircrafter]

Their drones are good. The operators are crooked.

[Sergey Mitinsky]

Yeah, you can't drink away experience, but until you have it, there's no trial.
This funny story shows that in Germany, as in the rest of Europe, they are not particularly preparing for war, despite the accelerating hysteria in the media, but money in the form of defense orders is already being dispersed
There are no Mercedes, BMWs, chemical plants, newspapers, or steamships anymore, all the narrow-film green initiatives have been squashed, social services are shrinking, but the defense industry is now in chocolate
The drones were purchased, but the operators did not show up for the training.
There is no Hitler on them)
And thank God that there isn't, especially since they don't believe the lie that Russia will attack Germany without reason.

[Krivotykin]

Good drones should be bought at the bazaar from gypsies, not just anywhere.

[Dart2027]

I remember how during perestroika they told us that there was no corruption there.

[BlackTiger74]

I don’t remember now where exactly, but I think it was in AiF in the late 80s, early 90s, they wrote that young mothers (I think in Germany) rented out their young children for sexual pleasures...

[AC130 Gunship]

And the "frankly successful" ones are the ones that are assembled in a garage from Chinese components?

[APASUS]

Everyone is told about some kind of fabulous transparency and honesty of EU officials, but there is still a swamp there and bribes are taken openly.

[BlackTiger74]

The gynecologist's assistant alone is worth something!!!

[APASUS]

Quote from BlacTiger74

The gynecologist's assistant alone is worth something!!!

Just 20 years ago, our company was feeding off an environmental official from Norway. He took bribes smartly. He didn't wear chains, didn't buy a Mercedes, but he traveled the world at our expense.

[ankir13]

And the gynecologist's assistant, small and frail. Not even a belly showed up: just skin, hair, and bones... Either she's very literate, or she's not worth feeding a horse, or she doesn't take bribes; she's offended for the "state"!

[ankir13]

Lancet clones. Only black ones. The unsuccessful ones are just for now, they'll fix it, rest assured. These guys are clearly going to war... Around '41, for example.