Ajax Vehicles: Ammunition

(asked on 28th November 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 20 June 2023 to Question 189763, how many rounds have been successfully fired from Capability Drop 3 Ajax vehicles during vehicle movement.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 4th December 2023

During Validation and Verification trials in Kirkcudbright, 2,639 40mm Main Armament Rounds and 12,080 7.62mm Chaingun rounds have been fired on the move. All Ajax live firing has been conducted on CD1 base platforms fitted with CD3 turrets.

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