Der Kommandeur der 10. Panzerdivision schlägt Alarm: Von 18 hochmodernen Schützenpanzern »Puma« sei kein einziger einsatzbereit. Besonders brisant: Sie waren für die Schnelle Eingreiftruppe der Nato gedacht.
Yup, but it’s actually much older and cringier. In 1813 the Prussian military adopted it as a military symbol and award and it was supposed to be a variant of the symbol of the Teutonic Order, a German order of crusaders formed in 1190. The German Empire then kept carrying it on, both as a symbol for its military and as military decoration it would award.
The Teutonic Order itself based their symbol on the Knights Templar.
So basically today there is like an onion of lowkey larping as a Catholic military order going on.
Semi-related, but why tf does Bundeswehr still use that black-and-white cross emblem? Isn’t it from German Empire?
Yup, but it’s actually much older and cringier. In 1813 the Prussian military adopted it as a military symbol and award and it was supposed to be a variant of the symbol of the Teutonic Order, a German order of crusaders formed in 1190. The German Empire then kept carrying it on, both as a symbol for its military and as military decoration it would award.
The Teutonic Order itself based their symbol on the Knights Templar. So basically today there is like an onion of lowkey larping as a Catholic military order going on.
…I wonder why the Bundeswehr has a nazi problem
I’ve wondered about that as well actually.