Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Monday, 12 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 14 December 2005. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 January 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Military Equipment
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 22 November 2005, Official Report, column 1877W, how many complaints about (a) body armour, (b) weapons and (c) machinery have been recorded in the recent campaigns in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan.
- Answer
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In respect of body armour, I can confirm that this was included in my earlier reply, 22 November 2005, Official Report, column 1877W, as a clothing product. Defect reports on clothing products are held for 12 months. During the past 12 months there have been no such reports emanating from either Iraq or Afghanistan.””Weapons and machinery”” have, for the purposes of this question, been defined as small arms and vehicles. ““Complaints”” has been defined as those issues giving rise to an equipment failure report (EFR) or serious equipment failure (SEF). An EFR is logged if the user believes that ‘an item of equipment or component has failed unreasonably early in its life, or that it exhibits a design, handling or safety problem'. A SEF is defined as ‘a failure or suspected failure that results in, or has the potential to result in, personal injury, loss of life or serious damage'. All EFRs and SEFs are reported to the Defence Logistic Organisation for investigation and any necessary action. Available records for EFRs and SEFs on small arms and vehicles emanating from Afghanistan and Iraq/Kuwait are in the following tables:
Iraq and Kuwait—21 March 2003 to 15 December 2005 Equipment type Number of equipment failure reports Number of serious equipment failures Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) 141 4 Armoured Fighting Vehicle 430 Series 106 6 Warrior Armoured Personnel Carrier 419 24 Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank 399 7 Challenger Repair and Recovery Vehicle 27 1 Leyland (all variants) 52 9 Bedford (all variants) 87 1 Heavy Equipment Transporters 234 2 Fuel &Water Tankers + Recovery Vehicles 40 4 Pinzgauer 22 0 BV206 23 0 Land Rover (all variants) 967 22 Material Handling Equipment and Earth Moving Equipment 64 5 Rifle 5.56 mm SA80 101 3 Light Support Weapon 5.56mm 47 0 MINIMI Light machine Gun 5.56 mm 0 1 General purpose Machine Gun 7.62 mm 4 1 Under-slung Grenade Launcher 5 1 Afghanistan—1 April 2002 to 15 December 2005 Equipment type Number of equipment failure reports Number of serious equipment failures Land Rover (all variants) 39 1 Saxon 12 — JCB (All variants) 7 — Leyland (all variants) 8 — Rifle 5.56 mm SA80 A2 4 — Machine Gun 5.56mm (Minimi) 1 — Night Vision Goggles 5 — Under-slung Grenade Launcher 1 — (14) Information on weapons not available before 1 August 2003
Secondary information
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- Reference
- 37853; 441 c503-4W
- Session
- 2005-06
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- Complaints Armed forces Defence equipment Iraq Equipment Peacekeeping operations Weapons Uniforms Afghanistan
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