What are the subtle details of this process?
Does the gormint allow this, even in peace time? Or was it a special provision?
There was no provisions. The Govt has no process to allow or disallow. It was citizens getting off their arse and trying to be helpful rather than masturbate on twitter.
If I remember correctly that drive had failed cause army refused to accept that amount because H&D and red tape? They had donated that amount to some self help groups within army?
This is correct - QC were eventually purchased by the members - if i remember correctly and sent informally via known relatives of serving soldiers/units who were forward deployed.
Not to mention they had to be imported if i remmeber correctly and there were tons of issues/delays from that. A few people carried them back from the US in their suitcases.