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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
The UK can't even provide enough ammunition for soldiers in a war zone!
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Interesting. Basic ammo (e.g., bullets, hand grenades, mortar rounds) is usually designed to be inexpensive. Is the problem financial or, as is often the case with soldiers in war zones, logistical? Willow, do you have link to some info about this? I know that our US soldiers have had troubles obtaining appropriate body and vehicle armor, but that is largely because the Defense Department had not budgeted for sufficient amounts of these items.
In any case, I'm not sure why the question of soldiers housing is even relevant here. Soldiers in war zones often have to make do with substandard housing - indeed, over history, most the housing for most soldier in war zones has been makeshift at best. Often, the is simply no housing, save for what the soldiers carry with them. When you think back to WWII, the soldiers on D-Day didn't worry much about housing, as they usually wanted to carry as much munitions as they could manage. Those pictures of those horrible accomodations are far better than those enjoyed by the men who fought in the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. No one likes thise fact, but it's a normal part of having soldiers in combat.
I don't believe that it is a valid comparison with what the accomodations in a prison should be. From the pictures of HM Prisons, basic and serviceable seems to be what is on offer. IMHO, that is entirely appropriate.