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Just five bullets for each soldier: Iraq inquiry leak reveals how British troops went in woefully unprepared

By Ian Drury
Last updated at 8:51 AM on 23rd November 2009

British military operations in Iraq were so badly resourced that some soldiers went into battle with only five bullets each, secret documents have revealed.

Troops were put at 'significant risk' on the front line as they struggled with an 'appalling' shortage of rounds, and radios which collapsed in the heat.

The kit revelations are among the most shocking contained in hundreds of pages of classified papers leaked in advance of Sir John Chilcot's inquiry into the Iraq war, which begins on Tuesday.



Shortage: Leaked Iraq inquiry documents revealed British soldiers had just five rounds of ammunition and insufficient body armour (file picture)