26 . I said nothing . <| sep |> I ' m glad you ' ll let them <| sep |> Saying they couldn ' t even equip themselves and that they were poorly trained as broad generalizations is taking the counter jerk way too far . In 44 they had 10 million troops , many of whom would ' ve already been combat veterans as compared to the modern Heer , most of whom have never seen combat . They clearly had no issues providing rifles and ammunition for these units . Think about this situation in terms of throughput instead of just saying MUH tech advantage . You have 60 , 000 ground troops , 250 tanks , ~ 280 IFVs and 60 multirole ground attack fighters . These people don ' t have speed force . They cannot be everywhere at once . There is a limit to their efficiency . There is a limit to the amount of ammunition they can carry . If we take an empty modern Germany , with all buildings and infrastructure intact and make that the arena , as my analysis assumes , then the Bundeswehr must defend 138 , 000 square miles of territory , or vice versa . Tanks would be concentrated into their regiments whose divisions would have to be spread out across the entirety of the line . Those 60 , 000 infantry with their 300 AFVs would be spread even more thin . That ' s not enough troops for a proper defense in depth and the Nazis aren ' t so stupid that they wouldn ' t realize this . They launch feint attacks in some areas , which pins enough of planes and those tanks you laud so much that they can then basically walk around the defenses . The Bundeswehr ' s best chance , and what they ' d probably do , is to basically withdraw to a small pocket and defend there . Even then they would probably run out of ammunition first . And yes , if the Aryan HordesTM can manage to push into an area and really get into a melee with the Bundeswehr , which they would because as I have pointed out the modern tech doesn ' t have that degree of efficiency , then IEDs would definitely be viable . And even moreso if the Bundeswehr is on the attack .