Defence Secretary challenged over decision to spend twice as much Ministry of Defence money on new yachts as machine gun ammunition

MoD says it's investing £10 billion over ten years on munitions supply 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. 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 bullets were for the Army's main infantry machine gun which is also carried on light tanks as a secondary weapon for the crew. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the conference of All-Russia People's Front on January 25, 2016 in Stavropol, Russia An MoD spokesman refused to comment on 'individual tender processes' but said that it was 'investing £10 billion over ten years to grow our domestic munitions production pipeline and improve stockpiles'.