"Lt. Col. David G. Johnson, the command spokesman, said that while there were no reports of ammunition misfiring, some of it was in such poor condition that the military had decided not to issue it."
"soon after arriving there, the cardboard boxes had split open and their contents spilled out, revealing ammunition manufactured in China in 1966.
“This is what they give us for the fighting,” said the colonel, Amanuddin, who like many Afghans has only one name. “It makes us worried, because too much of it is junk.” Ammunition as it ages over decades often becomes less powerful, reliable and accurate."
Corrosive primed Chicom Ammo ( factories supplied by Russia) is likely the least of the problems...it will go bang every time ( ok no ammo does and I've had wincher sqibs!)...
His main problem was not repackaging and retesting the ammo.
Most older ammo get HOTTER because the gun-power breaks up and becomes even faster burning...that is one LIE in this article from a ignorant yank Col.
No reports of misfires(at least with one lot) shows the ammo was OK, packaging should have been up to NATO spec.
And of course the CHINA issue...sorry this stuff was in ALBANIAN hands for 30-40 years....should have been destroyed, but was sold instead and the US...
a Young idiot contractor, set himself up for the wolves...even with ok ammo.
