Ammunition

(asked on 18th August 2021) - View Source
Questioner
Lord Beamish Portrait
Lord Beamish
(Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department last purchased ammunition for the L21A1 RARDEN 30mm cannon.

Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 7th September 2021

Ammunition for the L21A1 RARDEN 30mm cannon was last purchased as follows:

Type of 30mm ammunition

Year of last Purchase

Practice

2019

Reduced Range Practice

2014

High Explosive Tracer

2011

Armour Piercing

1991

Reticulating Splines