A CIR Fuchs Kampfwert-Steigerung Radio Multiband (KWS RMB) radar reconnaissance vehicle during electronic warfare exercise ‘Vigilant Owl' held in Lithuania at the end of 2023. (Bundeswehr/Stefan Uj)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced in a press conference on 4 April that he had approved the restructuring of the Bundeswehr in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The restructuring aims to make the Bundeswehr combat ready and optimise it for defending Germany and its NATO allies.

The restructured Bundeswehr will consist of four branches, as well as an operational and a support command.

Pistorius said the new operational command would provide “planning and operational management of the Bundeswehr from a single source, [resulting in] quicker decision making based on a common 360° situational picture”. He noted that the command would provide a single contact for NATO as well as for Germany's federal government and state authorities.

A CIR Fuchs Kampfwert-Steigerung Radio Multiband (KWS RMB) radar reconnaissance vehicle during electronic warfare exercise ‘Vigilant Owl' held in Lithuania at the end of 2023. (Bundeswehr/Stefan Uj)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced in a press conference on 4 April that he had approved the restructuring of the Bundeswehr in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The restructuring aims to make the Bundeswehr combat ready and optimise it for defending Germany and its NATO allies.

The restructured Bundeswehr will consist of four branches, as well as an operational and a support command.

Pistorius said the new operational command would provide “planning and operational management of the Bundeswehr from a single source, [resulting in] quicker decision making based on a common 360° situational picture”. He noted that the command would provide a single contact for NATO as well as for Germany's federal government and state authorities.

A CIR Fuchs Kampfwert-Steigerung Radio Multiband (KWS RMB) radar reconnaissance vehicle during electronic warfare exercise ‘Vigilant Owl' held in Lithuania at the end of 2023. (Bundeswehr/Stefan Uj)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced in a press conference on 4 April that he had approved the restructuring of the Bundeswehr in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The restructuring aims to make the Bundeswehr combat ready and optimise it for defending Germany and its NATO allies.

The restructured Bundeswehr will consist of four branches, as well as an operational and a support command.

Pistorius said the new operational command would provide “planning and operational management of the Bundeswehr from a single source, [resulting in] quicker decision making based on a common 360° situational picture”. He noted that the command would provide a single contact for NATO as well as for Germany's federal government and state authorities.

A CIR Fuchs Kampfwert-Steigerung Radio Multiband (KWS RMB) radar reconnaissance vehicle during electronic warfare exercise ‘Vigilant Owl' held in Lithuania at the end of 2023. (Bundeswehr/Stefan Uj)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced in a press conference on 4 April that he had approved the restructuring of the Bundeswehr in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The restructuring aims to make the Bundeswehr combat ready and optimise it for defending Germany and its NATO allies.

The restructured Bundeswehr will consist of four branches, as well as an operational and a support command.

Pistorius said the new operational command would provide “planning and operational management of the Bundeswehr from a single source, [resulting in] quicker decision making based on a common 360° situational picture”. He noted that the command would provide a single contact for NATO as well as for Germany's federal government and state authorities.

A CIR Fuchs Kampfwert-Steigerung Radio Multiband (KWS RMB) radar reconnaissance vehicle during electronic warfare exercise ‘Vigilant Owl' held in Lithuania at the end of 2023. (Bundeswehr/Stefan Uj)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced in a press conference on 4 April that he had approved the restructuring of the Bundeswehr in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The restructuring aims to make the Bundeswehr combat ready and optimise it for defending Germany and its NATO allies.

The restructured Bundeswehr will consist of four branches, as well as an operational and a support command.

Pistorius said the new operational command would provide “planning and operational management of the Bundeswehr from a single source, [resulting in] quicker decision making based on a common 360° situational picture”. He noted that the command would provide a single contact for NATO as well as for Germany's federal government and state authorities.

A CIR Fuchs Kampfwert-Steigerung Radio Multiband (KWS RMB) radar reconnaissance vehicle during electronic warfare exercise ‘Vigilant Owl' held in Lithuania at the end of 2023. (Bundeswehr/Stefan Uj)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced in a press conference on 4 April that he had approved the restructuring of the Bundeswehr in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The restructuring aims to make the Bundeswehr combat ready and optimise it for defending Germany and its NATO allies.

The restructured Bundeswehr will consist of four branches, as well as an operational and a support command.

Pistorius said the new operational command would provide “planning and operational management of the Bundeswehr from a single source, [resulting in] quicker decision making based on a common 360° situational picture”. He noted that the command would provide a single contact for NATO as well as for Germany's federal government and state authorities.