Here's an interesting story. British troops in Afghanistan were sent a defective batch of ammunition, and were forced to borrow rounds from Canadian and U.S. troops about three months ago. The Ministry of Defense confirmed the incident last week.
"Three months ago, there was a single defective batch of 0.5 ammunition," a spokeswoman for the MoD said. "Some ammunition was borrowed from the Aermicans and Canadians for the short time it took to be replaced. At present, there are no problems with 0.5 ammunition of any other kind of rounds in theater."
The defective ammo is thought to be from either Pakistan or the Czech Republic, where a round costs about $0.60. British, Canadian or American ammo costs about $1.50 per round, meaning cheaper ammo would likely have saved thousands of punds, given the number of rounds fired.
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