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Flying10uk MG42 use during the Soviet... 02-20-2017, 01:34 PM
Sentryduty I never encountered them in... 02-20-2017, 01:40 PM
Lee Enfield Simple, we gave up to 25,000... 02-20-2017, 06:38 PM
Flying10uk I've never heard any mention... 02-20-2017, 01:50 PM
mrclark303 I would have thought they... 02-20-2017, 02:03 PM
mrclark303 I would imagine all done in a... 02-20-2017, 06:58 PM
Peter Laidler Oh no............... Back to... 02-21-2017, 05:13 AM
mrclark303 Don't mention the Spanish... 02-21-2017, 05:27 AM
Flying10uk It would have been handy to... 02-21-2017, 05:44 AM
Sentryduty It is also possible that the... 02-21-2017, 12:13 PM
browningautorifle It is after all media, and... 02-21-2017, 12:26 PM
Sentryduty Even beyond the normal, "the... 02-21-2017, 12:41 PM
Flying10uk This explains why one well... 02-22-2017, 01:37 PM
Flying10uk It certainly looked like... 02-21-2017, 03:49 PM
Sentryduty Without seeing the footage... 02-21-2017, 04:38 PM
Flying10uk I don't think that there was... 02-21-2017, 05:37 PM
Vincent MG42s or MG3s were not... 02-21-2017, 09:30 PM
Vincent Shipped by Southern Air... 02-21-2017, 10:53 PM
Flying10uk I think that their respective... 02-22-2017, 05:00 AM
mrclark303 Interesting stuff Vincent, so... 02-22-2017, 04:24 AM
browningautorifle If you can believe Wiki... ... 02-22-2017, 10:13 AM
mrclark303 Cheers Jim, I wonder how many... 02-22-2017, 12:35 PM
browningautorifle Thing is, they put him in... 02-22-2017, 02:50 PM
Flying10uk It did mention Oliver North... 02-22-2017, 12:57 PM
mrclark303 Ah, found it on Quest F10, I... 02-22-2017, 01:30 PM
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    Interesting stuff Vincent, so not unlike Air America of an earlier generation.

    I bet they just use International Arms dealers these days, all done through middle men, you can bet your bottom dollar lessons were learnt from the Iran Contra affair.

    Incidentally, whatever became of Colonel North?
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrclark303 View Post
    Incidentally, whatever became of Colonel North?
    If you can believe Wiki... Oliver North - Wikipedia
    Regards, Jim

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