I mean, this is specifically accurate but a useless metrics.
Its literally bullets/kill.
Modern urban warfare tactics include a whole lot of shooting where the intent is not to kill the enemy, but to make the enemy hide and reduce their ability to shoot at you.
The army also uses lot of ammo to train and stay competent.
Its similar to how most military pilots clock hundreds of hours flying for every hour of combat they experience.
Bullets/kill is like an extreme version of "game winning scores"/"all shots ever taken in a game or training"
Exactly. I know people who shoot 2000 rounds in a weekend of target practice. This might be a large amount in a country where guns are rare, but it's nothing in the US.
I imagine its similar to buying a firearm. You need an FFL to receive it and they background you same as they would a gun. However the FFL needs a special license for grenades as well.
Edit for those who dont know:
You can order guns online but they must be shipped to a qualified FFL. They must keep records of having done a background check and all that (same as buying in person). As an FFL you could be audited at any moment so you dont wanna screw around or the ATF might come down on you hard. Honestly the last agency I want coming to arrest me is ATF looking at their history of shooting peoples dogs. Its like they think they are above all other agencies and do whatever to arrest people.
Grenades are registered destructive devices in the US. If you can pass the background check to buy a firearm you can buy a grenade. The cost will be $200 (tax) plus the cost of the grenade itself. Practical issues include the government being extremely slow in processing NFA transfers and finding a manufacturer that will actually sell you one. The few dealers I've found will only sell to Law Enforcement or Military buyers. There may be storage requirements I'm not aware of. E: to answer your actual question, it depends on a few factors but it may be possible to structure your grenade ownership to allow others to use it.
Yeah I mean, missing material sucks and shouldn't be routine, but this is pretty trivial bullet count compared to what any military runs through in marksmanship training on a daily basis.
Seems far more likely that one pallet is moulding in a corner of a warehouse somewhere (or accidentally got thrown away) than that a right-wing paramilitary group is stealing bullets from the German military, that they simply can't find anywhere else.
Germany spends half a trillion dollars per decade on its military. It would not be surprising if $20k of ammo vanishes for any number of reasons (theft, misplaced, miscounted).
https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/us-forced-t...