12.01.2010
German Navy's officials stated that the fleet had faced serious deficiency in munitions which allegedly could not be eliminated soon, reports Spiegel.
Formerly, ammunition unused in expired year was divided between Army, Navy and Air Force for the next year; however, this time it is impossible. "2010 seems to be a hard year", said the source in German Navy.
One of the reasons for munitions shortage is increase in amount and intensity of Bundeswehr's overseas missions. First of all, they spent huge number of ammunition in Afghanistan and to train soldiers for combat operations abroad.
Nevertheless, lack of munitions will not affect key missions, said German Navy's officials. It is primarily referred to naval operation
Atalanta aimed against Somali pirates, and patrolling Lebanese coast along with multinational peacekeeping force UNIFIL.
Source: , photo: frigate Cologne (German Navy's official website)
