Bundeswehr vs British Army

[Thraex]

I'm not talking about WW2 scenarios but rather scenarios of today. Which army do you think is currently superior and more likely to win?

http://drummajor.net/Military/British%20Army%20Crest.jpg

http://pakgeonews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Unlawfully-Killed-A-British-Soldier-In-Afghanistan.jpg

http://www.enemyforces.net/tanks/challenger2_2.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Bundeswehr_Logo.svg/678px-Bundeswehr_Logo.svg.png


http://nsa11.casimages.com/img/2009/12/18/091218104818331364.jpg

http://wiki.bf2s.com/lib/exe/fetch.php?hash=dc301b&media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fprado.com%2Farmorsite%2FLe o2_Pics%2FLeopard-2E-firing-01.jpg

[antonio]

I have no real data to support my election, but I suppose UK still has military advantage over Germany.

[Thraex]

I have no real data to support my election, but I suppose UK still has military advantage over Germany.

I suppose Britain does in ways of the navy and to some extent, the air force. However I don't believe Britain would be able to defeat Germany on land. The British army is still marginally smaller and less equipped in comparison to the Bundeswehr.

[Stars Down To Earth]

This is a joke, right?

The Bundeswehr were the guys who once cried and complained to authorities when they didn't get their weekly rations of beer and bratwurst.

They're a neutered army, and intentionally kept that way. The French Army could destroy the Bundeswehr within a couple of weeks, and the British could finish them off even faster.

Only the Japanese Self-Defense Forces are more pathetic than the Germans. A permanent reminder of who won the Big War and who lost.

[antonio]

I suppose Britain does in ways of the navy and to some extent, the air force. However I don't believe Britain would be able to defeat Germany on land. The British army is still marginally smaller and less equipped in comparison to the Bundeswehr.

Indeed. But neither one nor the other would be able to conquer the opposite mainland if people had the will to resist. And, as you well know, at a remote land, UK is superior.

[Joe McCarthy]

No contest. Britain has the fourth or fifth strongest military in the world and the second most naval tonnage in NATO. Germany doesn't even rank in the top ten.

[antonio]

No contest. Britain has the fourth or fifth strongest military in the world and the second most naval tonnage in NATO. Germany doesn't even rank in the top ten.

But, would England be able to conquest Germany alone? It would be a hard labour, I guess.

[Joe McCarthy]

But, would England be able to conquest Germany alone? It would be a hard labour, I guess.

No, but victory in war is not defined simply by conquest of the enemy. It is meeting one's strategic objectives. It would actually be fairly difficult for them to wage war on each other at this moment. Both serve mainly as auxiliaries to the US and rely on American lift capacity. Britain's though is much stronger, plus if it really got interesting they could just use nukes.