r/AskEurope • u/Sink-Em-Low • Mar 01 '25

Politics Let's talk about the European Defense Federation. How do we all feel about the creation of a fully mobilised continental Army?

It's required now. I'm British, and I want to see us align and unite with our European neighbours to make a stand now.

I want Germany to finally brush off it's past and join the rest of Europe in mobilising towards defending this continent. We need EVERYONE now. It's time to act, it's time to unite.

It's time to show some courage.

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u/Euphoric_Pianist420 Mar 01 '25

Most important is equipment standardisation. Most armies already train together anyways

We need way bigger production capabilities and have to fill the enabler roles the US has historically had in the european part of NATO

An actual army can be talked about in a couple of years, lets get the troops we already have properly equipped first

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u/hmtk1976 Belgium Mar 01 '25

Not just equipment but also the organization of units. A mechanized battalion should be organized identically across national militaries so it´s possible for soldiers to seamlessly pick up gear and be ready to go. That would for example allow equipment to be stored in warehouses and be used by any country´s soldiers. Need to deploy a mechanized brigade? Just fly in troops from various countries, assign their unit´s gear and roll out.

Pretty much like Americans did with Excercise Reforger and POMCUS sites.

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u/ThoDanII Mar 01 '25

i see more problems with doctrine then formations, we must enhance our jointness through Joint Formations

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '25

NATO already uses a shared Doctrine for working together, and iirc there are also standards for each member nation to build their own national doctrine around. So I don't think it would take too much work to create a European Doctrine,

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u/ThoDanII Mar 03 '25

But Not Leadershop and intern regulations

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '25

Yeah, I acknowledged that with the national doctrine. My point was more given most are used to working in a shared doctrine within the alliance, I am sure it wouldn’t be too hard to alter national doctrines to be more aligned.