UK out of service date for the .303 Bren?

[Sentryduty]

When you are talking to the local unit RSM and WO and they mention that 50-70% of their support vehicles are broke down or canibalized for spares and don't run you wonder if they could support any real combat operations.

Factual truth of the state of affairs when I left the Army in 2013, I suspect little has changed for the better since then. A simple 200 km road move from Edmonton to Wainwright would look like the Desert Storm Iraqi withdrawal up Highway 80 at times, and trail party would end up larger than the main body. We shipped troops by rented civilian Coach and equipment by commercial tractor-trailer for very good reason.

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[Lee Enfield]

Factual truth of the state of affairs when I left the Army in 2013, I suspect little has changed for the better since then. A simple 200 km road move from Edmonton to Wainwright would look like the Desert Storm Iraqi withdrawal up Highway 80 at times, and trail party would end up larger than the main body. We shipped troops by rented civilian Coach and equipment by commercial tractor-trailer for very good reason.

During "real" home Operations there would be a lot of green paint used on "expropriated" civilian heavy vehicles.