And I only had two bullets to my name, I know EXACTLY who’s head’s they would be fired into at point blank range.
A number of British troops were forced to give up body armour in Iraq in the same way as a sergeant who died from bullet wounds, Tory MP’s told the Commons yesterday.
Equipment was so scarce that servicemen behind the front line were issued with only two bullets each and had to have a whip-round for more if they went forward, the Commons was told.
But at least we’re not alone, The US Military is running at 4 million rounds a day just to “keep the peace” in post war Iraq.
FOUR MILLION ROUNDS A DAY… DUDE!
Gen. Paul Kern said it would probably take until 2005 to get small-arms ammunition production to a level at which there will be enough to cover all the increased training needs and begin rebuilding the war reserves.
“We can’t just go out and buy our ammunition commercially,” Kern said. “We maintain very tight quality controls. Our ammo has to work, at 40 below zero or 140 degrees.”
Well, thats nice to know.
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Seems they put more effort into how well the bullets fire than into say, decisions about WHETHER OR NOT TO USE 4 MILLION ROUNDS A DAY. F’n a.
Perhaps this is slightly ignorant of me but I had NO idea that the amount of money used was as much as 4 million a day.
hmmm… Thats not good. (Sorry bit shocked here)
It’s 4 million rounds of ammunition thats being used…
I’m sure the daily cost is much more than 4 million
*creeps back embarrassed look on her face*
ah. Even Worse!
Much worse… MUCH worse unfortunately