Report Criticizes British Vehicle, Helo, Fuel Shortages
LONDON - British forces fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq have suffered shortages of spares for armored vehicles, helicopters and other equipment, according to a parliamentary report to be published Oct 13.
Other key supplies were also in short supply, with fuel stocks at the main army base at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, shrinking to "critically low levels" at one point last year, the Public Accounts Committee report says.
In July 2008, fuel stocks at Camp Bastion in Helmand province were down to just 5 percent against a mandated 80 percent, says the report, entitled "Support to High Intensity Operations.".........