The decision follows a military study showing the new design provides better concealment, especially in urban environments.

A criminal case against a former commanding officer of Germany's elite KSK special forces over thousands of rounds of missing ammunition has been dropped in exchange for an €8,000 ($8,600 ...

Germany's elite KSK special forces unit is to survive despite a series of far-right incidents that had prompted calls for it to be disbanded, the defence minister decided on Tuesday.