A report released on Monday by Transparency International UK found that German arms companies had a spotty record in their ethics and anti-corruption programmes.
Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen announced on Wednesday that the controversial G36 rifle 'has no future in the German Army,' signalling the end of a two decade relationship between the army and the dodgy weapon.
Update: Weapons manufacturer Heckler & Koch denied on Monday evening that the G36 rifles it supplied to the Bundeswehr (German army) lose their accuracy when they are too hot.
Germany's defence ministry scrambled on Tuesday to counter media reports that its forces were so under-equipped they had to use broomsticks instead of machine-guns at Nato manoeuvres in Norway.
An elderly couple in Paderborn got a shock on Tuesday morning when they opened the curtains to discover their fence and hedges crushed by a British army tank.
Germany's defence budget is too small to fund Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen's plan to make the military a more family-friendly and attractive employer, according to reports.
US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, recently released after five years as a Taliban prisoner, is in a "stable condition" and is making progress in his recovery in Germany, his doctors said on Tuesday.
Does Germany pull its weight in international affairs? The Local spoke with a military analyst to discuss what German soldiers are doing abroad and why the government is so reluctant to engage its troops in active combat.
UPDATE: Germany's government on Wednesday approved increasing the number of soldiers sent to crisis-torn Mali and extending the withdrawal date for troops in Afghanistan by another ten months.
The majority of Germans are against a bigger role for their military in the world's trouble spots despite a push by the country's new defence minister, a poll on Friday showed.
The German army has released new guidelines to soldiers about their appearance. Tattoos of naked women, piercings and bushy beards have all been booted out.
UPDATE: Germany said on Monday that its troops would not be among those from European Union states sent to help the conflict-stricken Central African Republic - it will only aid with air transport.
Germany's new defence minister has come under fire for wanting to make the armed forces more family-friendly. It would be too expensive, opposition politicians said on Monday.
Outgoing Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière said he considered resigning over a botched drone deal last year but the soldiers persuaded him not to. He also hit out at Germany's allies in a leaving ceremony on Wednesday night.
One in five of German soldiers being sent on operations abroad have mental health problems before they go - and are far more likely to develop serious difficulties when they return according to a study published on Tuesday.
Germany wants to recruit 10,000 more women soldiers in a bid to significantly increase the number of females in its ranks, Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière said on Sunday.
Germany on Sunday handed over command of its northern Kunduz camp to Afghan security forces, a milestone in the drawdown from a more than decade-long military deployment.
An attack on Monday at against German soldiers stationed in Afghanistan has left five injured. Terrorists reportedly used explosives and bazookas to target the group, who were near the camp in the Kunduz Province.
Firemen were still battling a raging inferno on a former military training ground in Brandenburg on Monday, two days after it's thought buried explosives began spontaneously combusting in the heat.
Bundeswehr Chief-of-Staff Volker Wieker has admitted he made mistakes over the German army's Euro Hawk drone programme, and that Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière might let him go.
The German army is considering new ways to prevent soldiers suffering mental breakdowns on foreign missions, an internal report has revealed. Traumatized soldiers have also long criticized the length of time it takes to get therapy.
A German soldier from the KSK elite military unit was killed and another wounded in an attack by insurgents in northern Afghanistan on Saturday. It's the first time a member of the special forces anti-terror KSK unit has been killed.
German Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière's plan to buy armed drones for the Bundeswehr received a tempered response on Monday from politicians within his own party, who warned against knee-jerk decisions.
Britain's Royal Air Force said on Friday that it has questioned one of its former servicemen over claims that he sexually abused children at a British base in Berlin in the 1980s.
