Action Mod! ; Never Mind Equipment Shortages in Real Warfare, Defence Ministry Now Markets Full Range of Toys

Mail on Sunday › February 10, 2009

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THE Ministry of Defence is being criticised for backing a range of 'HM Armed Forces' toys - replicas of the soldiers and equipment battling insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The toys, which carry the MoD logo and have been painstakingly designed with the help of officials from the Army, Navy and RAF, are meant to represent Britain's elite fighting forces.

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Action Mod! ; Never Mind Equipment Shortages in Real Warfare, Defence Ministry Now Markets Full Range of Toys

But critics point out the realism extends to the unreliable equipment some of the figures are kitted out with, while other toys in the range mimic vital gear denied to real-life soldi...

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