§ Mr. Churchillasked the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he has taken to acquire the Milan anti-tank weapon for deployment to the British Army of the Rhine in the current year.
§ Dr. GilbertDeliveries of Milan have been accelerated. It entered service with the British Army in November 1977, six months ahead of the planned date. Deployment to BAOR will begin this month and by the end of the year equipment will have been issued to over half of the BAOR infantry battalions planned to operate the system. This represents a rate of deployment over double that envisaged in the original plan.