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22-02-2011, 08:58 #11
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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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22-02-2011, 09:07 #12
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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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28-02-2011, 10:23 #13
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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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01-03-2011, 07:12 #14
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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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01-03-2011, 08:01 #15
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01-03-2011, 09:54 #16
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Thanks man I'll check it out.
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15-05-2011, 21:16 #17
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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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21-06-2011, 21:24 #18
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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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22-06-2011, 12:09 #19
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27-06-2011, 17:52 #20
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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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