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Written question asked by Patrick Mercer (Conservative) on Wednesday, 25 April 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 27 April 2007. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Monday, 21 May 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ammunition: Iraq

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what type of munitions were fired in Iraq by (a) 20 Armed Brigade and (b) 19 Light Brigade in each month of their deployment.
Answer

The number and type of munitions fired in Iraq by 20 Armoured Brigade and 19 Light Brigade in each month of their deployment is shown in the following table.

20 Armoured brigade 19 Light brigade
Commodity May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar.
RD 5.56MM BALL CTN L2 SA80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 1 1 0
RD 5.56MM BALL BDR L2 SA80 7,896 959 1,961 7,445 15,975 1,750 6,380 2,783 1,450 3,417 1,977
RD 5.56MM TRA CTN 10 0 3 70 895 555 6 57 917 0 33
RD 5.56MM 4B/1T BDR SA80 741 1,175 404 2,316 13,063 1,771 1,050 1,255 338 1,604 762
RD5.56MM4B/1T MINIMI 396 322 3,166 22,450 21,697 11,251 965 2,550 1,341 2,924 2,426
RD 7.62MM BALL SNPR L42A1 8 7 0 13 497 81 15 53 19 229 114
RD7.62MM4B/1TBTD 551 0 0 1,924 8,022 539 4,809 922 1,968 1,864 815
RD7.62MM1B/1TBTD 790 3,275 5,893 2,865 2,016 2,604 2 1,006 1 2,560 7,277
RD 8.59MM BALL CTN L1 (OR 0.338IN LAPUA BALL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
RD9MMBALLCTNL18 24 13 83 788 311 47 842 371 0 1,224 15
RKT H/F ILLUM PARA L5 74 58 5 6 246 0 0 0 0 0 0
RKT H/F PARA ILLUM L12 224 191 247 485 342 722 412 258 132 138 158
SIG KIT 16MM PYRO PISTOL WHITE 14 0 0 3 8 78 9 12 0 16 12
SIG KIT 16MM PYRO PISTOL GREEN 7 0 0 3 9 3 0 0 1 0 1
SIG KIT 16MM PYRO PISTOL RED 4 1 1 4 9 4 1 4 1 2 5
FLARE TRIPWIRE KIT L10A1 23 84 7 24 53 18 0 0 51 16 23
GREN HD SIG SMK GREEN L68 35 0 2 2 26 6 3 14 3 11 14
GREN HD SIG SMK ORANGE L69 6 3 4 2 20 5 0 8 0 23 13
GREN HD SIG SMK RED L70 17 9 7 14 65 61 2 33 22 21 40
GREN HD SIG SMK BLUE L71 0 0 5 2 19 9 7 7 20 1 93
GREN HD SIG SMK PURPLE L101 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 4
RD 40X 46MM HEDP 11 16 31 6 36 27 2 3 9 20 20
RD 40 X 46 MM HE FRAG GREN 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 0
GREN HAND HE L1 09 1 2 5 1 26 2 0 0 1 2 2
MOR BOMB 51 MM ILLUM L16 35 4 38 40 11 86 60 0 29 21 3
MOR BOMB 81 MM ILLUM L39 655 234 672 485 209 453 64 60 96 268 0
MOR BOMB 81 MM HE L41 8 35 17 5 0 40 0 0 0 1 0
RD 30MM HE 0 16 69 1 10 22 0 6 24 66 22
105MM HE FZD L1 16A1 W/CART NORM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 0
RD A-RIOT 1 .5IN BATON L5 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RD A-RIOT 37MM BATON L21 206 36 10 34 144 64 4 112 0 17 24
GRENHDDISTXL108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0
GREN DSCHGR ANTI RIOT CS L96 0 0 6 6 4 0 0 0 o 0 0

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
134710; 460 c1044-6W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Ammunition Iraq Peacekeeping operations
Link
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