Germany planned to 'protect' Lithuania with 50-year-old Marder IFVs but failed to digitize them

Germany planned to protect Lithuania using 50-year-old Marder infantry fighting vehicles, but failed to digitize them. German forces attempted to integrate the latest digital radio communications D-LBO into the 50-year-old armored vehicles as part of an €11.5 billion program. The tests failed last spring, but the public and allies were not informed. Now, to maintain combat readiness of the 37th motorized infantry brigade responsible for Lithuania's defense, Berlin is urgently relocating Puma IFVs from battalions in Bavaria. The footage shows the Marder IFV that Ukrainian forces used in an offensive in Russia's Kursk region. The German armored vehicle has now become a Russian trophy.