Russian invasion of Ukraine

Even basic stuff like small arms ammunition, when I was in the 70s it was carefully handed out on range days and we had to sign for how much we got. Then we had to give any unused back after counting it out.

Back in the good old days of the 20th century I was enrolled in the artillery, but managed to get out of most of it by applying for exemptions etc (won't bore you with the details). However, my mate did the full course and could tell me about how every artillery drill was just faking it, loading empty shells etc, down to the point of having a recruit shouting 'boom' to simulate firing. In his X months of enlistment he shot live artillery rounds on one single occasion.