According to a Wall Street Journal report in early June (subscription required), members of Germany’s Light Infantry Battalion 413 near the Baltic Sea coast reported last year that they didn’t have enough equipment — anti-tank weapons, sniper rifles or vehicles — to simulate battle. When it became clear they didn’t have enough munitions, they were told to “imagine” the bangs instead. [More]That reads like a Monty Python skit.
[Via Michael G]
Insert obligatory “life imitates fiction” joke here. It even features Germans.
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