A pistol, rifle and deactivated World War One machine gun have been stolen or lost from Ministry of Defence facilities in the past two years. Figures also show that more than 700 phones ...

In the battlefield conditions of WW1 this meant an average of 500 rounds ... Momentum shifted for British forces after the founding of the Machine Gun Corps (MGC) in late 1915.

The data for the lost or stolen firearms last year showed two lost WWII-era guns (a Luger pistol and Sten Gun), a WW1 machine gun (lost and subsequently found), and a stolen Glock pistol yet to be ...