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KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Sirens will blare across Germany at 11 a.m. Thursday as the country tests its national emergency warning system for the first time since 1990.

The nationwide exercise is being held “to sensitize the people but also to test the functioning of the system,” municipal authorities in Kaiserslautern said in a statement.

Kaiserslautern will serve as the hub for the test in the western part of Rheinland-Pfalz. The area around the city, and Kaiserslautern itself, are home to one of the largest American military communities outside of the United States.

It was unclear if broadcasts would be altered or the text message emergency system would be activated during the siren test on Thursday. In a real emergency, TV networks and radio stations would interrupt regular programming and provide people with instructions on what action to take, and text messages would be sent out to anyone who has registered to receive them via the KATWARN or NINA warning systems, the statement said.

The sirens are part of a warning network known as the Modularen Warnsystem, or MoWaS, which connects emergency services on the federal, state and district levels. It is the rough equivalent of the U.S. National Warning System, whose original purpose was to warn of imminent enemy attacks but which is now focused on natural and other disasters.

More information about Thursday’s test, as well as audio examples of what the sirens sound like when they’re indicating an emergency or giving the all-clear, is available on the website warnung-der-bevoelkerung.de. The warnings are transmitted by satellite and would function even if a power outage were to occur during an emergency, the website says.

According to the German language publication Soldat und Technik, the German Army has selected the CG Haenel MK556 carbine to replace the G36. The MK556 is a short-stroke piston design in 5.56mm NATO.

This ends the service’s multi-year search for a G36 replacement. The program to purchase around 120,000 new rifles began in 2017 and suffered a slight set back in 2019 when testing had to be reaccomplished. The G36 entered service in 1997 and underwent two upgrades during its service.

The MK556 beat out the new Heckler & Koch HK433 which was developed specifically for this tender after the German government told H&K that their existing HK416 (adopted by the German Kommando Spezialkräfte or, Special Forces) was too expensive.

Interestingly enough, Haenel part of the Merkel Group, which is under Tawazun Holding (United Arab Emirates) (Caracal). So the Bundeswehr is essentially getting a lower cost HK416.

Sakslased valisid siis G36-te asendama Haeneli MK556

hillart kirjutas:Järgneva paari aasta jooksul saadetakse laiali 2 ohvitseride- ja 3 allohvitseride väljaõppepataljoni.
- Offizieranwärter-Bataillon 1 Munster-is;
- Offizieranwärter-Bataillon 2 Hammelburg-is;
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The new assault rifle of the German armed forces should - as we have reported - be produced by the arms manufacturer CG Haenel from Thuringia. The competitor and traditional manufacturer Heckler & Koch would have come away empty-handed. But he could still call. And now the Department of Defense is backing down.

The Federal Ministry of Defense has announced that it will withdraw the award of the major order for the Bundeswehr's new assault rifle to Haenel . The Ministry justified the step with "possible patent infringements" by the company at the expense of competitor Heckler and Koch .

But not everyone should have got that anyway: German special forces are supposed to use the HK416 from Heckler & Koch as the G95 , after all, they won this separate tender from 2017. Since January 2019 should be delivered, but supposedly the 1,000 pieces have not yet been accepted. You can hear that the troops are rather dissatisfied. Is the next German debacle looming?