Two machine guns and nearly 2,000 rounds of ammunition have been lost by the Ministry of Defence in the last two years, shock figures have revealed.
The Government department admitted lethal weapons and bullets vanished in 2021 and 2022.
Asked to come clean about guns and ammo misplaced, the MoD owned up to losing two general purpose machine guns - GPMGs, known as Gimpys - one deactivated AK47 assault rifle and two Glock pistols.