Germany - 40 cases of ammunition stolen at 'Bundeswehr' , largest theft in 30 years.

Germany - Largest ammunition theft at 'Bundeswehr' for 30 years.(Welt). HT: TundraTabloids.

From the paratrooper barracks in Seedorf 32,981 cartridges were stolen.

A secret report reveals now: The Bundeswehr ignored safety recommendations of the MAD – simply for cost reasons. From Thorsten Jungholt

The deed was done in the early morning hours of 7 February. Sometime between 4.30 und 7 clock clock stole Unknown 32,981 cartridges of various calibers from the Paratrooper barracks in Lower Saxony Seedorf.Appreciated are the approximately 40 cases of ammunition, weighing up to 600 kilograms. In the Berlin Defence Ministry declares an ammunition theft of this magnitude had not occurred in the army for 30 years.

An unfortunate individual case, then? Not at all. The embarrassing mishap is rather a renewed proof of serious safety deficiencies in the German barracks . The armed forces will in future take greater responsibility in the world according to the will of the government, are not even able to protect their own properties reliably. Between 2003 and 2013 poorly guarded military bases to the scene of all possible offenses were: Knowledgeable files are 524 burglaries, 294 property damage, 55 arsons and 460 thefts, including 14 Munitions and 30 stolen firearms.

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