Machine gun, pistol and hundreds of devices lost by Ministry of Defence Pistols, a deactivated World War I machine gun and a rifle were among items lost or stolen from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in the last two years.
An SA80 rifle - a type of weapon used by the British Armed Forces in almost all conflicts since its introduction in the early 1980s - was also lost and subsequently recovered, as was a deactivated World War I machine gun.
Armed forces minister Luke Pollard insisted the security of firearms is "taken very seriously" by the MoD, and the department has "robust procedures in place to deter and prevent loss and theft".
In 2023, two deactivated World War II weapons were lost, and a Glock 19 pistol was stolen.
Data obtained by the party reveals more than 700 computers, laptops, phones, and USBs belonging to the department were also lost or stolen over the same period.
