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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Grumpmeister on September 26, 2008, 12:37:04 PM
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200 weaoons lost or stolen from the Army in the last 9 years. Now I'm sorry but how do you lose an assault rifle. While it isnt as large as the old SLR its not like losiing your keys, its still a decent size.
An assault rifle and radio equipment have been lost during an army training exercise on Dartmoor.
The SA80 automatic weapon and secure portable radio system went missing on a 42 Engineer Regiment training weekend, the Ministry of Defence (MoD)said.
An MoD spokesman said: "A military police investigation is under way due to a missing rifle and radio."
He added that he could not confirm reports that the weapon was taken after a soldier fell asleep.
"They went missing after a training exercise last weekend on the south side of Dartmoor," he said.
The equipment belonging to the Oxfordshire-based regiment went missing in the early hours of Sunday at Homing Beam, a regular military training area near Princetown.
200 weapons lost
An Army spokesman said the gun was not loaded and investigators were taking the incident very seriously.
He said no ammunition was missing and the MoD Police's special investigation branch was leading the inquiry.
The spokesman claimed such equipment losses were a rare occurrence. However, in 2006 the BBC discovered that more than 200 weapons had been lost by or stolen from the British military over a nine-year period.
The SA80 rifle is one of the British military's standard combat weapons.
It takes a 30-round magazine and is capable of firing 700 rounds of 5.56mm ammunition per minute.
There has been a military presence on Dartmoor for more than 200 years. The MoD has licences for firing on 13,000 hectares of National Park land.
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"BBC discovered that more than 200 weapons had been lost by or stolen from the British military over a nine-year period."
In my experience stole from the military by the military whistle:
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Given the MOD cutbacks it does make sense I suppose Snoop. At least the can be sure they would have a weapon if they are deployed anywhere.
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"BBC discovered that more than 200 weapons had been lost by or stolen from the British military over a nine-year period."
In my experience stole from the military by the military whistle:
So true! Its worth a good few bob on the black market for those in the business of doing a bit of rabbiting
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Given that the 200 weapons includes LAWS just how bleedin big are the rabbits round your way... eeek:
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Have you ever seen a mob handed herd of angry rabbits?
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lol: lol: lol:
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Have you ever seen a mob handed herd of angry rabbits?
Every day. noooo:
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Well not every day of course, their arrival has something to do with the tide tables I think
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Well not every day of course, their arrival has something to do with the tide tables I think
Except when you are this close to Chernobyl Harwell. eeek: