UK artillery units face a near 15% shortfall in personnel

摘要

Front-line units of the British Army's artillery branch are nearly 15% short of their regular and reserve personnel, according to data released to Jane's under the United Kingdom's Freedom of Information (FOI) Act on 30 August. The data shows that the Royal Artillery only had about 6,640 trained personnel in its 17 frontline regular and reserve regiments on 1 April against a workforce requirement of about 7,784 personnel. This shortfall of 1,144 personnel represents 14.69% of its personnel requirement.