Britishicon forces in Afghanistan have fired more than 12 million bullets in less than three years, new figures have shown.

Some 5.8 million of the rounds were 5.56mm bullets fired from SA80 rifles. There were also 5 million general purpose machine gun 7.62mm rounds.

More than 311,000 9mm rounds were fired from pistols, typically issued to officers.

There were also more than 150,000 rounds fired by attack helicopters. More than 16,000 shotgun rounds were discharged, most of them by the Parachute Regiment.
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