The Army has paused the use of its Ajax armoured vehicles after soldiers became unwell from noise and vibration during a war game exercise.

Some 30 soldiers became ill when training to use the armoured fighting vehicle over the weekend, and Ajax has now been paused for two weeks amid an investigation “out of an abundance of caution”, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.

Some emerged vomiting from the vehicles, while others were shaking so violently they could not control their bodies after the war games on Salisbury Plain, according to the Times newspaper.

The latest troubles for the vehicle come in the same month that defence minister Luke Pollard claimed the £6.3 billion programme has “left its troubles behind”, as Ajax declared initial operating capability (IOC).

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