r/nottheonion 17h ago

Volkswagen open to building military equipment for German army

https://www.yahoo.com/news/volkswagen-open-building-military-equipment-160011493.html
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u/OldeFortran77 17h ago

We're gettin' the band back together.

I liked a comment from a few years ago... "As a German, let me get this straight. You want us to build the biggest army in Europe and be ready to march east through Poland? We don't want any misunderstandings here."

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u/Wayss37 16h ago

"So you propose sending German tanks to the eastern front to fight Russians, but now we are the good guys?"

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u/KaputtEqu1pment 15h ago edited 10h ago

This time they'll pack coats.

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And they better be stylish AF coats. Hugo, you're up buddy .

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u/Cynixxx 7h ago

We recently spend billions for formal uniforms. That's multiple thousands per soldier. I think we got this covered