British army halts Ajax vehicle training as noise and vibrations make soldiers ill

The British army has paused the use of its Ajax armoured vehicles after troops became unwell from noise and vibration .

About 30 soldiers had become ill when training to use the vehicle over the weekend and the deployment had been halted for two weeks for an investigation, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.

The troubled programme has been beset by difficulties. The first delivery of Ajax armoured vehicles was announced earlier this month, eight years behind schedule and amid questions about their relevance as cheap drones dominate the conflict in Ukraine.

During the war games on Salisbury Plain, some soldiers emerged vomiting from the vehicles, while others were shaking so violently they could not control their bodies, the Times reported.

The MoD said that a defence minister, Lu