"Too small": The British Ministry of Defense announced the depressing state of the army

The condition of the British army was considered "shocking". This conclusion was reached in the UK Department of Defense, which published an internal report, writes the Daily Mail.

According to the report, only one of the 33 infantry battalions in the British army is fully staffed, while the remaining 32 have a catastrophic shortage of personnel. Even the elite Scottish Guard, one of the country's most elite units, faced a shortage of recruits. According to the military department, only 339 servicemen serve in the battalion, and the shortage is more than 600 people.

It is noted that the number of applications filed for service in the army is significantly less than the vacancies available in the troops, and this trend continues to develop. The reason for the plight of recruits in the UK Department of Defense was called low salaries of military personnel, as well as the selection of recruits for service through a private firm, and not the offices of the military department.

Recruits were faced with bureaucratic obstacles when recruiting to the troops, which discouraged them from serving in the Armed Forces of the kingdom

- said the former commander of the British forces in Afghanistan, Colonel Richard Kemp.

To date, the British Ground Forces have only 11 thousand troops in their composition, the shortage is 14984 XNUMX people, the report says.

The army is already too small to fully defend Britain in an increasingly dangerous world

- added Richard Kemp.

Comments

[figwam]

The army is already too small to fully defend Britain in an increasingly dangerous world

Who needs you?

[Hunter 2]

But they then believe that Russia will attack them, they are filming serials, BBC TV series "The Third World War: Inside the Command Post" And real military and politicians are playing there ...

[dSK]

Quote: Hunter 2

But they then believe that Russia will attack them ...

To solve its problems, the United States needs a war outside the country. Pay politicians to fuel it not only in Europe -

The Chinese authorities have banned BBC World News from broadcasting in the country due to systematic violations of reporting requirements and undermining the national interests of the PRC, the General Directorate of Radio and Television of China said in a statement.

[dSK]

Wise China put out another state "set on fire" -

The border troops of China and India on the southern and northern shores of Lake Pangong Tso began a synchronized and orderly withdrawal of their forces. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the PRC.

[Mountain shooter]

Quote: Hunter 2

But they then believe that Russia will attack them

If they believed, they would not have had an army the size of a reinforced division. Given the lack of conscription, they have nowhere to take their reserves.

[Bolt cutter]

they have nowhere to take reserves.

There are Territorial army-reservists who regularly train (they are even taken to California and the Caribbean) and participate in hostilities. They may also call those who served earlier and offer a "tour trip". In the event of a serious war, the call will be total. There will be special groups of the military literally pick up from home / bar / work.

[Lipchanin]

Quote: Hunter 2

But they then believe that Russia will attack them, they are filming serials, BBC TV series "The Third World War: Inside the Command Post" And real military and politicians are playing there ...

And they also get used to the frost in estonia

[Maz]

let them take Ukrainians into the army, these will serve for money

[Cowbra]

This news is at least 10 years old, the whole world was laughing at the beginning of the 10th that they had a shortage of 60% ... They just finished

[Lionnvrsk]

Quote: Cowbra

They just finished

The notorious British scientists suggested this to them!

[Egoza]

Quote: Cowbra

the whole world was laughing at the beginning of the 10s that they had 60% shortage ...

The army will wait! The main thing is that the guardsmen in bear hats are still marching.

[Lipchanin]

Quote: Egoza

The main thing is that the guardsmen in bear hats are still marching.

And those are undersupplied

[Sergej1972]

So these guardsmen also relate to the army.

[Incvizitor]

For an island that no one needs an army large and not needed.

[Ros 56]

I'm crazy about this news. This means that we were sitting and sitting in a small British military department and suddenly an idea, why is it such a tiny army here? Where have you been before, or have you just arrived from the moon? An open day in a madhouse.

[Lipchanin]

Quote: Ros 56

This means that we were sitting and sitting in a small British military department and suddenly an idea, why is it such a tiny army here?

Apparently from estonia from the exercises, the slow-thinking virus was brought

[nickname7]

Where have you been before, or have you just arrived from the moon?

Perhaps this is due to Brexit, while they were together with Europe, they did not need an army, but what the British planned, left the EU and the army was needed. In general, the layouts in the world are beginning to change. What "Napoleonic plans" England is hatching, that is the question.

[7,62x54]

This amount will be enough for provocations and terror.

[Flooding]

What fools these modern Britons are. Go back to the experience of your ancestors. Complete colonial units with representatives of the former colonies. Delov is not the first time for you.

[Bolt cutter]

representatives of the former colonies.

There are already citizens of the Commonwealth countries, formally under the rule of the Crown and can voluntarily serve in the army.

[horus88]

If the enemies land in Britain, then neither 25 thousand ground troops, nor 225 thousand, will not help much. All the Britons need is the favor of the former colony. And the navy, capable of punishing a third world country or taking part in a major massacre, is part of NATO.
And British politicians understand this. Because the army has long been scored.
But generals and colonels want to eat, even in reserve, as well as businessmen from the defense industry. This, of course, would give an army of a couple of million people

[tralflot1832]

I have to take it, I like Scotland, especially the town of Ullapool, and there is a lake nearby Loch Ness called, I love fishing. They say that something big is found.

[Cowbra]

Quote: tralflot1832

They say that something big is found.

Loch Ness must have suckers. Large. Judging by the fact that they have been bred there for more than a century)))

[tralflot1832]

Salmon that swept away its eggs and rolled downstream is also called a Loch. And in England there are less and less suckers, well, they do not want to serve in the army.

[Egoza]

Quote: Cowbra

Loch Ness must have suckers. Large. Judging by the fact that they have been bred there for more than a century)))

Nessie needs something to feed! Well, the population around it picks up "crumbs".

[sabakina]

Lord, at least leave Nessie alone! She is non-partisan and demilitarized!

[tralflot1832]

Not in order, we need to check how she reacts to our monster in the Labynkyr lake; maybe the kids will work out for them! Intervene in everything!

[Lipchanin]

Quote: Cowbra

Loch Ness must be full of fuckers. Large.

Here suckers and lit
Herds once piled there

[Flooding]

Quote: tralflot1832

.There they say that something big is found

fat tourists

[Lipchanin]

Quote: tralflot1832

.Tam say that something big is found.

But nobody saw

[rocket757]

Recruits faced bureaucratic obstacles in the selection of troops,

What they grew up grew .... they don't want to serve, that's all.
Another question ... all the Gayropean ones fell on the wing of a big vulture !!! denyushku saved and not small !!! Why are they moaning now? all one to one.

[Guru]

According to the report, only one of the 33 infantry battalions of the British army is fully staffed, while the remaining 32 have a catastrophic shortage of personnel.

Well, here's a living example of the "Professional Army", Our liberals also insist that the draft must be abandoned.

[Lipchanin]

Quote: Guru

Our liberals also insist that the call must be abandoned.

But they themselves are not in a hurry to the military enlistment offices
Hi

[rotmistr60]

The condition of the British army is considered "shocking" ... The army is already too small to fully defend Britain in an increasingly dangerous world

The incompleteness is understandable and this is clearly not due to bureaucratic obstacles. Young people see that the British army is participating in military conflicts along with the United States and by them and unleashed, and risking their lives because of the mythical attitude of "democracy" is not clear where today very few people want. Did Richard Kemp think about who makes this world dangerous?

[prior]

The British Empire "over which the sun did not set" was blown away to the size of a golf course.

[postum]

Let the Russians and Ukrainians be called, how many guards we have wandering around idle)))

[TermNachTer]

Western "democracies" have practically no armies left))) with the navy, the air force is also a problem))) but everything is bad, only Russia)))

[Prisoner]

And why do they need a large army? To rule over the seas is now already a pipe, the colonies have broken off, and the devil itself is not needed by the devil by and large. The generals fuss over the drop in content.

[Fedorovich]

Maybe go back to the old picking method?

[Sergej1972]

So they have this system is the old, traditional.

[Sergej1972]

Is there a typo here? I don’t believe there are 11 servicemen in the British Army. Maybe they missed the zero? Or is it the total number of infantry battalions? Then you can still believe, and even then with difficulty.

[Sergej1972]

Here Wikipedia claims that in the British ground forces there are 80 thousand in active forces and 25 thousand in reserve units.

[orionvitt]

The British ground forces have only 11 thousand troops in their composition

One incomplete division, is that all the ground forces? But the "army" of rainbow and other "fighters" of the gender front is growing. With which I congratulate them.