Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) has confirmed that the additional budget for the Bundeswehr of 100 billion euros should enable the troops to be “fully equipped”.

She did not give any further details on future armaments procurement.

On Wednesday, Lambrecht took part in a meeting between Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, Eberhard Zorn, to discuss the content of the equipment aid for the Bundeswehr.

In her budget speech to the Bundestag, Lambrecht said only that there had often been promises to remedy the lack of equipment in the Bundeswehr, but "now, action is being taken."

She announced: "We are giving the Bundeswehr back its full operational readiness for national and alliance defense without restrictions." The equipment ceiling, which was always "too short", is now "sufficiently large".

Lambrecht also turned against earlier accusations from his own party, in which more funds for the Bundeswehr were understood as a sign of "saber rattling" or "armament".

She said that in many conversations with soldiers she had never encountered such motives;

but all soldiers would have wished for good and complete equipment.

It ranges from personal clothing and working radios to air defense and naval corvettes.

Lambrecht's assurance of "complete operational readiness" gives an indication of the necessary investments in equipment.

Since 2018, the "Capability Profile of the Bundeswehr" has described a complete equipment status that, according to previous planning, should be achieved in ten years.

For the year 2032, Germany has reported to NATO the presence of three fully equipped operational divisions.

This level of deployment will now be targeted earlier under the impact of the Ukraine war.

In order to achieve it, a large part of the 100 billion euros would have to be spent, for example on the procurement of further armored personnel carriers and tanks, numerous pieces of equipment, new helicopters and a modernization of the air defense system.

Lambrecht appealed to the MPs that they expected them to "fulfil their responsibilities" with the appropriate budget decisions.

Lambrecht also remained vague on the question of current arms deliveries to the Ukraine, arguing that if it was stated exactly "when what would be delivered to where" then the carriers of the deliveries themselves would become a target.

It only announced that more Soviet Strela anti-aircraft missiles from the stocks of the former GDR People's Army and "other weapons" would be delivered to Ukraine.

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) had previously announced that Ukraine should receive another delivery of decommissioned Strela missiles.

Baerbock had also made it clear in the Bundestag that there had obviously been delays in delivery after earlier announcements of arms deliveries.

It "gets to her heart" when Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba calls her and asks: "Where are the weapons?"

The Foreign Office called on this issue to find out where the problem was.

Baerbock stated that she will continue to work to ensure that arms deliveries to Ukraine are possible.

Germany and the West must stand together with a clear stance, said Baerbock.

The key is not to be afraid.

In the evening it became known that Germany will now deliver another 2,000 anti-tank weapons to Ukraine.

Lambrecht recently claimed that the Bundeswehr could no longer hand over any more weapons.