🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 2022 · 🏗️ Megaprojects
589 armoured vehicles ordered. By late 2021, how much had been paid, and how many arrived?
💸 Guess, then reveal the price
£3.17 billion paid by Dec 2021
So loud and shaky, the enemy could hear it coming. So could the medics.
What actually happened
The National Audit Office reported in March 2022 that the Ministry of Defence had paid about £3.2 billion, but had received only 26 vehicles, with noise and vibration problems that injured crews still unresolved.
Source: National Audit Office ↗ · Amount in original currency, not adjusted for inflation. An unusual cost is not automatically waste; see how we check the facts.