It's quite a novel way to try and plug a £36bn hole in a budget, but the Ministry of Defence has decided to sell millions of pounds of equipment for a fraction of the cost.

Among the items on offer there are Gazelle helicopters (reduced from £5m to £100,000), armoured Jaguars (cut from £200,000 to as little as £12,000) and Snatch Land Rovers (retail price £65,000 but for you £2,000).

They are among a host of other items such as luxury watches that you might expect to see on the wrist of James Bond rather than someone on the front line.

There are 14 helicopters up for grabs and motorbikes are going for a snip at between £650 and £1,250. The HMS Ark Royal has so far reached £3.5million on eBay - it cost £200m originally.

There are other less obvious pieces of kit on sale including a £6,000 fridge that is advertised at £920, ships' mattresses, a dentist's chair and a 100ft girder bridge that spans 100ft.

For James Bond, a watch does far more than tell the time. It can kill your enemies with a single shot, fire wires into the air so you can swing between buildings, and even undo the zip on your sultry opponent’s dress.

Source: Daily Mail