Via Nicholas Fiorenza at the Ares blog, Germany is sending PzH 2000 155mm self propelled howitzers, Marder Infantry Fighting Vehicles and TOW anti-tank missiles to its troops based in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan. German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, on a recent visit to Afghanistan, said the heavy armor shipment is not related to the fighting on April 2 that killed three German soldiers and wounded eight more. Just yesterday, four more German soldiers were killed and another five wounded.
-- Greg
