Yemeni M1 Garand

[airbornetrooper]

I recently acquired this rifle and I am trying to figure out how many others are out there. From my understanding these came in with a shipment of Egyptian FN-49's through CAI in the 1980's and no one quite knew what to think of them at the time. Apparently the Egyptian Army must have captured them during the North Yemen Civil War (1962-1970) where they suffered over 26,000 casualties. From reading "Il garand in Italia 1951-1996" it came to my attention that only 1138 of these rifles were made for the North Yemen contract. All parts I can see are PB marked. Any further info or observations would be greatly appreciated.

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