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British troops fire 12m bullets in three years
British 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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08-10-2009 02:28 AM
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So no surplus British ammo coming on the market soon then?
Seriously though the best way to train is how your going to fight and I’m sure that would account for a good portion of this round count.
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12 million????
start practising Horton...thats about the number of rounds you need to call yourself a 'rifleman'....
So get away from that bloody bench, stand on your hind legs and shoot like a man...
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