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    Miniswatg I had a link somewhere and will try find it.Look at this one in the mean time...the first paragraph under the skinned baboon.

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    You get soem really lucky people...check what this guy managed to aquire....lucky bliksem.
    http://www.falfiles.com/forums/showt...postid=2896628

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    Thanks I'll take a look when my backlog of emails has been handled.

    They also used Captured SKS's If I recall

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    This is slightly off topic but speaking about Rhodesia... - Im currently reading Peter Stiffs book on SA Special Forces opps from 1964 - 1994. Its a great book. What amazed me is all the attempts to assassinate Mgabe - and many other cancelled missions including one in London using a briefcase, C4 and ball bearings like a homemade Claymore.

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    Interesting Para FAL, I must check mine because I swear the numbers are very similar.


    I know a few guys who were in 3 commando RLI and they carried FN Hipowers and Stars when they actually used sidearms.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BGL View Post
    This is slightly off topic but speaking about Rhodesia... - Im currently reading Peter Stiffs book on SA Special Forces opps from 1964 - 1994. Its a great book. What amazed me is all the attempts to assassinate Mgabe - and many other cancelled missions including one in London using a briefcase, C4 and ball bearings like a homemade Claymore.
    BGL "See You in November" also by Peter Stiff would be a great one to read after that, unpacks some of those attempts
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    Thanks man I'll check it out.

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    shark_za.. I'm the person pictured with the para FN in the photo on FalFiles that G-force posted the link to. You mentioned you have one with similar numbers? I'd be extremely interested to see an image of your rifle. I'm assuming it is also a para version? If so, there is a bit of information about how it might have been acquired by the Rhodesian army. I'd be interested to hear whether you have any background on your one's provenance? Cheers, Neil

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    Chas

    Anything you could give me on Rhodesian mine proof APC's and IFV's and their influence on South African designs? It looked like the Casspir and Buffel all owed quite a lot to Rhodesian experiences with mines.

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    Chas

    Anything you could give me on Rhodesian mine proof APC's and IFV's and their influence on South African designs? It looked like the Casspir and Buffel all owed quite a lot to Rhodesian experiences with mines.
    Give me a starting point - have you read Locke and Cooke's book?

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    Nah

    Basically your Rhodesian Soldier, the Selous Scouts Top Secret War one and the SAS one. as well as a few socio political ones like Mukiwa and "A crocodile ate the sun"... the Selous Scouts Top Secret War one had a few sidelong references to use of old British stuff (Saracen and Ferret), SA Pantser Elands, and then a myriad of locally created MPVs like the Hyena and the Pookie and a few T34's I think.

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