Germany prepares huge orders for jets, armored vehicles, sources say

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany is preparing a wave of multi-billion-euro procurement orders, including 20 Eurofighter jets, up to 3,000 Boxer armoured vehicles, and as many as 3,500 Patria infantry fighting vehicles, two sources familiar with the plans told Reuters. The purchases are part of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s push to build Europe’s most powerful conventional army, aiming to reduce reliance on an increasingly unpredictable ally, the United States, and take greater responsibility for European security. Earlier this year, Merz secured the parliamentary backing needed to exempt defence spending from Germany’s constitutionally enshrined debt limits, enabling his government to finance the military overhaul.