Osnabrück (epd). Exports of pistols, machine weapons and related weapons from Germany have elevated. According to a report within the “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung” (Friday) from a response from the Ministry of Economics to a request from MP Sevim Dagdelen from the Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) and different MPs, Germany delivered so-called small arms value round 93.6 million in 2023 Euro overseas. In the earlier yr the worth was 87.1 million euros.
The provide of small arms is controversial as a result of they’re utilized in specific in civil war-like conflicts. Dagdelen instructed the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung that small arms trigger extra homicide and killings worldwide than another kind of weapon.
According to the federal authorities, there are preliminary figures for 2024 till mid-April. Accordingly, the principle recipient of small arms is at the moment Ukraine with an export worth of round 24.1 million euros, adopted by France (5.3 million euros), Lithuania (1.9 million euros) and Spain (1.2 million euros).