Shades of US Hummer Controversy in Iraq

Not unlike the arguments over insufficiently-armored HMMWV's the US Army used in Iraq, the Brits are trying to beef up their Land Rovers in Afghanistan. However, changes aren't aren't coming quickly enough for one commander:

The SAS reservist commander in Afghanistan has resigned amid fresh controversy over the equipment available to British troops fighting the Taliban, it was revealed today.
Major Sebastian Morley is quitting after four his soldiers were killed when their lightly armoured Snatch Land Rover hit a landmine in Helmand province earlier this year.
Morley, the commander of D Squadron, 23 SAS, blamed 'chronic under investment' in equipment by the Ministry of Defence for their deaths, the Daily Telegraph reported.
The paper said he believed the MoD was guilty of 'gross negligence' and that its failure to supply better equipment was 'cavalier at best, criminal at worst'.

By: Brant