Christmas Video from Afghanistan/Cheap MoD buying non-functional bullets

**Grey_Fox** · 11-27-2006, 16:26

https://youtube.com/watch?v=nQUR9qiTEnY

The MoD bought cheap ammo from the Czech Republic.

Almost every single round is a jam or a misfire. The MoD insists the ammunition is good, even whilst ordering commanders to buy the bullets off Canadian and other allied troops.

For those with no patience it starts on 2.20.

Editted because I realised I said the same thing three times...

**CrossLOPER** · 11-27-2006, 16:57

It's a lot funnier when you're under fire and your guns do that.

**Fragony** · 11-27-2006, 19:01

This is just unbelievable. If you have to send troops at least give them proper equipment.

**Orb** · 11-27-2006, 22:44

"Don't worry Jim, just put them in the bag labelled 'TA' and send them off!"

**Vladimir** · 11-27-2006, 22:56

Are you sure it's the bullets? They seem to be firing good enough but they're not being ejected. This is because either the rounds aren't powerful enough or there is something wrong with the weapon. In a dirty environment like that I'm not sure if the weapon doesn't need maintenance.

A decent comparison is when (ok, "war" story) I had a blank adapter fly off my M-60. Each round would fire fine but I had to manually cycle the ammunition. The Czechs make decent firearms, explosives, and one would think...ammunition. I think there's something wrong with the weapon.

Edit: Look at the difficulty he is having in cycling the weapon.

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 11-28-2006, 01:05

I don't see a fifty jamming like that normally. It started off okay and then it just ground to a halt. Excessive fouling on the bolt from shoddy powder I expect.