The cancellation of the Buy of bullets from an Israeli company For the Civil Guard, leave in a limbo the situation of its ammunition stores. The long award processes will have to start from scratch and agents fear An upcoming rationing of the shots In the units. One of the assumptions that are studied is to reduce shooting practices, according to sources from the armed institute to reason.
The ammunition contract that has been annulled contained the figure not negligible 15 million 9mm caliber bullets, which is the most used among body agents. However, there is a circumstance that these units of the Israeli company Guardian Defense & Homeland Security SA, subsidiary of the Guardian Ltd Israel international group, only provided an acceptable use in Ramón models.
To understand the details of the circumstance that arises before the Civil Guard, it must be remembered that its agents have three models of gun. The HK USP Compactwhich mainly use information units type information and the UCO, the BERETTA 92which is for citizen security, and the RAMÓNwhich is only in the hands of Usecic and other groups of a certain operability. The latter, which were considered “low cost”, retired temporarily when incidents were detected in their use.
All these weapons need 9mm caliber that tried to buy without success in the international market. The problem is that the cartridges used by the Civil Guard hindered the operation of the Israeli guns. “Sensitivity is different and the occasional occurred Interruption during shooting exercises. Then it was decided to commission this company with some type of adjustment to have a greater sensitivity when doing the practices, “sources from the Armed Institute explain to La Razón.
The acquisition of these bullets of the Israel company could “Las Armas” Low Cost “dusted” that cannot be supplied by these problems. “It was bought to minimize the risks. The ammunition is standardized and can be used in all the guns we have,” clarify these sources that indicate that doubt that the Ramón can be bought again for the entire controversy generated.
The beginning from scratch of a new award process assumes that long months have passed without this material. One of the concerns that travel to the agents is to know how the situation will be managed to rationalize the use of these cartridges and that the stores do not remain empty. In the spotlight are the shooting practices of the officials.
The training of the guards
The Civil Guard troops have the obligation to do these training once each semester. The situation of the stores might suppose the figure to the amount of one to year to save the available material until the new units arrive. This is the order that gains more weight.
Another circumstance of interest is Fast Action Group Training (GAR). These agents have constant periodic formations where the use of firearms is the usual tonic. At first these elements will not be affected by the situation. However, a new slowdown could lead to more measures.
Special mention deserves the issue related to the amount of money that the State will have to pay for the annulment of this contract. “They will have to spend another six million euros again, Let’s see who pays them“Daniel Fernández, the Vice President of the Independents of the Civil Guard (IGC) in statements to La Razón.
And it is that Fernández stresses that this amount “would come very well” to the agents of the body to “cover the deficiencies of material” they have. In the same way, IgC’s national spokesman questions the “affectation that will have the purchase of the new ammunition”. Expresses their “concern” in case “they have in the warehouse” for the different units.
The restlessness for these units have not been braked by the new procedure that has been published for the purchase of: “Provision of various types of ammunition linked for use in various Civil Guard units.” As the reason said this commission has an estimated value of 100,430 euros with taxes and an execution period of two months.
Bullets for missions abroad
However, the sheet details that a total of 50,000 ammunition links in two lots is sought. The first one is from 5.56 caliber with a minimum of 20,000 units for a price of 1.6 euros. The second of them looks for 30,000 units of 7.62 caliber for a unit price of 1.7 euros. A size that is not the chord with the standard type.
“Given the growing participation of the Civil Guard in Peace maintenance operationsit is necessary to have equipment and material compatible with those who have the components of the armed forces with which they carry out these missions, so it is necessary to acquire this type of ammunition both for its use in the different areas of war conflict and for the instruction of the specialist personnel of the Civil Guard, with the objective of reaching a high degree of security and management, “said the armed institute on this contract.
From the administration it is emphasized that this type of cartridges “They are not bought in a recurring waybeing used only in this type of missions, so it is unfeasible to plan their hiring. “
