Originally Posted by
charliegolf
Crewmen were routinely armed with a 9mm pistol and 10 rounds; and an SLR with 20. But only on a particular det/posting.
CG
In my time there, pilots got 3 full mags (of 10 rounds each?) for the 9mm and two of 30 each for the SA80.
Crewmen were obviously deemed better shots (or more expendable)....
(If you discount the box of 200 7.62 mm for the machine gun, that is).
Goodness knows how far over the coals you'd get dragged for actually firing any of them - losing a round was almost a hanging offence.