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Posted: 1/18/2006 12:53:54 AM EDT
Full House now! RAF, Army, Marines, Police and not wanting be left out, the Navy's gone and lost one as well...
 ANdy Navy's missing rifle sparks probe The SA80 rifle disappeared from aboard the destroyer HMS York An investigation has begun into how an automatic rifle disappeared from a Navy warship's arsenal. The SA80 rifle disappeared from aboard the destroyer HMS York, based in Portsmouth, Hampshire. The Navy's Special Investigation Branch (SIB) is carrying out the inquiry. Hampshire Constabulary has also been informed, a Navy spokesman said. He added the weapon was found to be missing following a "stock check" but all the ammunition was accounted for. "Most ships have a small arms store and often they do a check like a stock check," said the Navy spokesman. "That is how it came to light that there is one rifle, an SA80, unaccounted for. "They have searched the ship and Navy divers have searched around the area where HMS York is alongside." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/4620578.stm |
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Posted: 1/18/2006 1:32:21 AM EDT
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Wonder how long it's been missing? How often do they stock take? In my last job it was every 12 months!
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Posted: 1/18/2006 1:47:55 AM EDT
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This is really serious
It would seem that for all of our fault's, that hardly any of us target shooter's misplace or god forbid loose our weapon's. Resulting from this deduction I suggest that HMG give us all a shiney new weapon to look after for them.  If the weapon has disappeared out of the armoury, then it's been nicked, one could check the repair's book's to see if the weapon had been sent of to a base workshop for repair's, check the issue list's to see who last had the weapon, and see if it was returned!!!! No luck! Then it's gone. Toe. |
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Posted: 1/18/2006 1:56:58 AM EDT
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The number of missing SA80's is well into double figures now....
ANdy |
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Posted: 1/18/2006 2:03:35 AM EDT
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I'll bet that someone has a lovely collection . Expensive for the tax payer's though.Toe |
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Posted: 1/18/2006 2:05:43 AM EDT
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Muppets !! Maybe they're being converted into deadly airsoft guns......
 Of all the things to nick from a destroyer........I'd have gone for one of these  :Twin Sea Dart Missile launcher 114mm (4.5 inch) Mk 8 gun 2 x 20mm Close range guns 2 x Vulcan Phalanx close in weapons system (CIWS) 2 x Triple anti submarine torpedo tubes NATO Seagnat and DLF3 Decoy Launchers |
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Posted: 1/18/2006 2:18:51 AM EDT
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Steven Have you got the reloading kit for the above?  Toe |
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Posted: 1/18/2006 2:50:59 AM EDT
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Navy lost a gun in a tragic boating accident.
  
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Posted: 1/18/2006 3:26:14 AM EDT
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Don't forget the dozen or so GPMG's and 7.62 miniguns.. You could also nick the .50 door gun out of the Lynx along with it's Sea Skua anti ship missiles. ANdy |
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Posted: 1/18/2006 7:27:29 PM EDT
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To hazard a guess: That's what the next Jimmy Bond movie is going to be about; some Minister or another lost his/her pea shooter and MI6 is called in to investigate. Climax has a squadron of Hercs deploying the paras in a desperate hand-to-hand combat with your vegetarian anti-gun nut cases.
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