Lambrecht said she had commissioned the relevant departments of the military and manufacturers Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Rheinmetall to provide her with an analysis of what has gone wrong by the end of next week. "Our troops must be able to rely on weapon systems being robust and stable in combat." "The criticism from parliament is entirely justified," Lambrecht said in a statement released Monday. And if the Puma is not operational, then the army is not operational." "The Puma is supposed to be a main weapon system of the German army. "It's a nightmare," Christian Democrat (CDU) parliamentary group leader Johann Wadephul told German public broadcaster ARD. The conservative opposition was quick to jump on the news as supposed evidence of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's mismanagement of the Bundeswehr, particularly under the control of Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht. The German military faced yet another PR disaster on Monday after reports emerged over the weekend that a training exercise involving one of its key weapons, the Puma tank, left not a single one operational.
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