A friend of a friend of mine returned last month from the Stan and he confirmed that he was the lowest paid out of any of the NATO forces there. As already said, £2400 aprox for 6 months is by the lowest allowance out of any of the NATO forces deployed in the Stan.
Most of the Euro NATO forces are on at least 90 euros a day which is 2300 euros a month after tax or 13,800 euros for 6 months and some such as the Norwegians and Belgiums are on over 100 euros a day.
The US, Canadians and Aussies receive a tax free salary which is much more than the Brits.
The MOD claim that we are the highest paid Armed Forces in the world(apart from the Aussies), but this is simply not true.
They have put a link, which refers to an out of date survey in 2004, which if you look at, is fundamentally flawed. The Euro Nations and US Armed Forces are paid almost the same as the UK, but on Op deployments, they receive so much more.
Still the £2400 for 6 months is a step in the right direction even if it is not close to all of the other countries' allowances!