Why equip troops when they can borrow other forces equipment?
As one who has served in NZ, Middle East and the Balkans, with a number of different organisations, I am long of the belief that it is better to get ingenious Commonwealth Forces to steal/borrow/barter kit from our generous US colleagues (oops! that's right, excluding New Zealand!)
In the Gulf we routinely obtained all manner of US equipment, clothing, boots etc to make up for our crappy issued kit (with the exception of NBC gear - UK S-10s are much better). Got ammunition, too.
Why bother spending hard earned NZ dollars or Sterling whenthe US are so gullable?