The L85 assault rifle has been deemed "unsafe" by health and safety experts at the ministry of defence. An insider was quoted as saying "Someone could get killed with one of these things".
Front line troops are being issued with water bomb catapult systems to provide a safer method of "contacting" hostiles. However contoversy has plagued the initiative as the MoD procurement department has contracted to pay £50 a unit when similar weapons systems are on sale in Pounland for only £1.