UK soldiers 12% more likely to die than US troops in 'war on terror'

Study says poor equipment could be a reason for higher British fatality rate in Iraq and Afghanistan

British soldiers were 12% more likely to have been killed than their American counterparts during the war on terror" in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a study of casualty figures.

The research - intended as a lessons learned exercise - also concludes that UK forces were 26% more likely to have been killed by improvised explosives, validating longstanding complaints about the poorly armoured Snatch Land Rover.