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British Army is ‘dangerously undermanned and short of battle-ready soldiers’

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August 21, 2021
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THE shocking state of the British Army has been exposed in a secret report that reveals 32 of 33 infantry battalions are dangerously short of battle-ready soldiers.

Frontline units lack the manpower needed to fight the UK’s wars – with just 11,301 troops available of the 14,984 minimum needed to deploy on operations.

The alarming Ministry of Defence report, marked ‘Official: Sensitive’, shows that regiments are hugely under-manned, the Daily Mail reports.

Despite the shocking news, a number of infantry battalions are facing the axe in a review of defence expenditure and long-term strategy. 

The report reveals that 1st Battalion, one of the Army’s most prestigious regiments, has just 339 soldiers available to deploy – despite having a quota of 603 troops.

It means just over half of the regiment’s soldiers are currently ready to fight.

Currently, the only infantry regiment with enough manpower to deploy on missions is 1 Royal Gurkha Rifles, which is described as being “103 per cent fully deployable”.

Tobias Ellwood, a former defence minister who chairs the Commons defence committee, said: “Our infantry is getting smaller.

“We all want Britain to stand tall and lead in a fast changing world. 

“This cannot be achieved if soldier numbers are cut and if we cut any more infantry battalions.”

Mr Ellwood, who served with the Royal Green Jackets, said cuts to the Army threatens the UK’s standing on the world stage.

“Losing so many personnel would effectively remove ourselves from significant participation in major Nato operations,” he said.

And Colonel Richard Kemp told the Mail handing Army recruitment contracts worth more than £1bn to contractors Capita was “disastrous”.

The ten-year contract began in 2012. Applications fell by 25,000 in 2017.

Colonel Kemp, who commanded forces in Afghanistan, said: “The Army is already too small to adequately protect Britain in an increasingly dangerous world. 

“These further cuts are dangerously irresponsible.”

Last night the MoD said: “The Army achieved its target for infantry recruits in 2020 and continues to actively recruit today. 

“We are confident that the Army has the numbers and talent required to protect the United Kingdom.

“The Integrated Review is not yet complete and any reporting about Army force structure is merely speculation.”

A spokesperson for Capita insisted recruitment had improved “since a re-set 2018”.

“Over the past two years, targets have been consistently hit and the proportion of candidates getting through the process greatly increased,” a spokesperson said. 

“We have recruited thousands of excellent candidates for the army, supporting them to meet fitness targets and helping them achieve their ambitions of learning skilled trades.” 

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