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[Kev The Rat]

Why would the British Army be low on ammo? How would you know? (You dont).

Live ammo training in the Brecons and Black Mountains is a regular jaunt for SAS, (Hereford), and 2 Commando, (Mid Somerset). No point using blanks if you think it through.

I said thats what I had heard?

UK ammunition stockpile 'dangerously low' due to Ukraine war

Rebuilding the UK's diminishing stockpile of munitions after the conflict could take at least a decade, they added.

www.forces.net

 

[roydo]

I said thats what I had heard?

UK ammunition stockpile 'dangerously low' due to Ukraine war

Rebuilding the UK's diminishing stockpile of munitions after the conflict could take at least a decade, they added.

www.forces.net

So low cos we have sent it to Ukraine? Not quite the same thing as we have run out.

 

[Kev The Rat]

So low cos we have sent it to Ukraine? Not quite the same thing as we have run out.

did I ever say we had 'run out'?

 

[roydo]

did I ever say we had 'run out'?

Tomato tomato.

 

[Kev The Rat]

Tomato tomato.

critical apparently.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/18/politics/ukraine-critical-ammo-shortage-us-nato-grapple/index.html

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Imagine supporting this.

 

[roydo]

critical apparently.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/18/politics/ukraine-critical-ammo-shortage-us-nato-grapple/index.html

 

[roydo]

Read that as planning. Its already 8 weeks out of date.

 

[Cecil]

Imagine supporting this.

It’s all NATOs fault

 

[Alan Whittle]

critical apparently.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/18/politics/ukraine-critical-ammo-shortage-us-nato-grapple/index.html

…or it was reported as such, eight weeks ago.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

This is disgusting too. Upwards of 600 murdered here by Russia and they see fit to have a Chinese opera singer perform a song there. It should be a grave.

AP evidence points to 600 dead in Mariupol theater airstrike

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — She stood in just her bathrobe in the freezing basement of the Mariupol theater, coated in white plaster dust shaken loose by the explosion.

apnews.com

 

[Kev The Rat]

…or it was reported as such, eight weeks ago.

And could take a decade to replenish

‘The MoD produced a strategy aimed at improving the way that it engages with industry and allies almost two years ago and yet we have been told it will take at least a decade to replenish (and then increase to a sustainable level) UK ammunition stockpiles.’

UK's 'dangerously low' ammunition supplies could take a decade to restore

MPs have warned this puts UK national security at risk.

metro.co.uk

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Read that as planning. Its already 8 weeks out of date.

If I remember correctly we have given old stock which will be replaced by the latest generation of weaponary - getting rid of the old for the latest gear.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

If I remember correctly we have given old stock which will be replaced by the latest generation of weaponary - getting rid of the old for the latest gear.

Next generation was the correct term.

£2.4-billion munitions deal secures thousands of UK jobs

A new £2.4-billion contract to equip UK Armed Forces with essential fire power will sustain 4,000 jobs around the UK over 15 years, Defence Minister Jeremy Quin today announced.

www.gov.uk

 

[dublinbluenose]

Seems to be quite the purge going on in Putins inner circle.