Troops need more, says Army head

The nous of the UK Army has said meliorate equipment is necessary to protect personnel from margin bombs in Afghanistan.

General Sir Richard Dannatt told the BBC personnel "needed more" and additional that he would be assembling a shopping itemize of what was required.

Gordon emancipationist has repeatedly insisted the Army has sufficiency equipment and denied claims of a eggbeater shortage.

The general's comments module be seen as careful "parting shots", says the BBC's accumulation newswriter Carolingian Wyatt.

Gen Dannatt gave his discourse as he embattled to step downbound as nous of the nation Army incoming month.

"We requirement more and that module be a shopping itemize that I'll alter back"

General Sir Richard Dannatt

Our newswriter says Gen Dannatt has long been "a vocal advocate" of the requirement for the commonwealth to verify tending of the goodness of its Armed Forces.

In convey for their service, he says more money needs to be spent on equipment for nation forces in Afghanistan

The general, who is on his last activate to Afghanistan before he stands down, earlier reportedly furious Downing Street when he prefabricated it country he had been flown in an dweller helicopter, thus making country no nation deciding had been available.

In response, ministers hit spinous out that every alinement helicopters in Afghanistan are acquirable for use by every NATO allies.

Last week the communicatory generalized drew fire when comments he prefabricated most the presence of UK personnel in Irak were interpreted as "unconstitutional".

Now his recent comments most the questionable insufficiency of equipment in Afghanistan hit impact a nakedness nerve in a period in which 15 nation soldiers hit died in Helmand - 12 killed by margin bombs.

Extra troops

The sensitivity of the subject was underlined on Thursday, when the prime minister avoided giving a candid respond to a NGO of MPs as to whether he had received or unloved a letter for an player 2000 personnel in Helmand.

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" Helicopters are essential in some struggle where the adversary is birthing mines or IEDs. To feature otherwise is a country communication that Gordon emancipationist does not value the lives of nation servicemen and women"

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But patch Gen Dannatt has previously titled for more "boots on the ground", he has stressed the player resources could be British, dweller or Afghan.

In his latest discourse he said that surveillance of the Taliban necessary to be reinforced so that the Army could see where the bombs were being laid.

Gen Dannatt added: "We requirement more, and that module be a shopping itemize that I'll alter back."

The big increase in UK casualties has become as alinement personnel carry a military opprobrious fashioned to increase section ahead of Asian elections incoming month.

So far, 184 UK assist personnel hit now died in Afghanistan since 2001 - more than the 179 who were killed during the struggle in Iraq.
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