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I wanted to know if 60k was a lot. Assuming we're talking 5.56/.223 rounds, I found a listing for 500 rounds for $220 USD. (Out of stock, though, lots of people

I wanted to know if 60k was a lot. Assuming we're talking 5.56/.223 rounds, I found a listing for 500 rounds for $220 USD. (Out of stock, though, lots of people buying guns and ammo right now.) That works out to $26.4k total. Also, 60k rounds would fill 2,000 30-round magazines. That amount doesn't strike me as large if spread across the entirety of the Bundeswehr, which has some 200k personnel and a budget of $50 billion according to Wikipedia. However, the article mentions 48k more rounds missing from the KSK, a unit of only 1,100 men that's apparently had issues with some members holding extremist attitudes. 48k rounds missing seems somewhat significant at that scale. https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/dept/ammunition/rifle/5-point-56-nato https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/dept/ammunition/rifle...

chrismcb 6y ago
The article says more than 68k missing since 2010. But that is profanity a rounding error. Quick Google search says a person should consider shooting from 50 to 600 rounds in a session. At 500 rounds, 60k is only 120 sessions. Maybe 500 is to many, so maybe it is 240 sessions... For an entire army.
dasm 6y ago
As you said, we have a little bubble on guns & ammo in the US right now. Basic NATO 5.56 - ie, cheap enough for practice or poorly equipped grunts - is probably ~$0.30/round. However, it doesn't specify the caliber or load. Loads designed for combat and not practice - like armor piercing, barrier penetration, soft target performance, precision, short barrel optimized, etc. - could be ~2-7x more expensive, and more indicative of a serious organizational problem. Small arms calibers could include .50BMG, which is also a much larger cost & problem.