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Grant Shapps was challenged last night over plans to spend twice as much on yachts as on new bullets for the Army's machine guns.
The Defence Secretary faced calls to explain proposals to splash out nearly £8million replacing the Ministry of Defence's fleet of sailing boats but only £4million on that ammunition.
One MP privately mocked the plans last night, saying: 'We're supposed to be showing Vladimir Putin how tough we are – not give him a laugh.'
The spending plans are set out in the MoD's latest 'acquisition pipeline' proposals for potential contracts worth over £2 million and due for release within 18 months.
They include spending an estimated £4 million for 're-procurement' of '7.62 x 35mm ammunition' from December 2025.
The Defence Secretary Grant Shapps is planning to spend nearly £8million replacing the Ministry of Defence's sailing boats but only £4million on ammunition
Mr Shapps has also been urged to send gas masks to Ukrainian soldiers amid claims Russian soldiers are using poison gas
Military sources said the
