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08-10-2009, 12:47 AM
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Beats me. I really don't know their...
Beats me. I really don't know their gear/equipment all that well. I can only go by what I see in pictures and what's on Wikipedia. I'm sure somebody who's been in the SLA could tell you better...
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08-08-2009, 11:42 PM
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I dunno, things have changed a bit since the...
I dunno, things have changed a bit since the 1970s and 80s, but the war has certainly exacerbated ethnic tensions quite a bit. I do think that the Sri Lankan government will at least make some...
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08-07-2009, 01:38 AM
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08-07-2009, 12:37 AM
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08-05-2009, 03:39 AM
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I imagine the SLA received some surplus L7A2...
I imagine the SLA received some surplus L7A2 GPMGs from the British government just as they received many surplus L1A1 SLRs, but I imagine that, as with other small arms, they've long since been...
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08-05-2009, 12:24 AM
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08-04-2009, 09:14 PM
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08-04-2009, 09:13 PM
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08-04-2009, 09:06 PM
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08-04-2009, 05:36 PM
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08-04-2009, 05:26 PM
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In conflicts like the Sri Lankan Civil War,...
In conflicts like the Sri Lankan Civil War, atrocities on both sides tend to be the norm. That's how it often is in Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, etc. - no obvious good or bad guys, no...
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08-04-2009, 04:46 PM
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I don't think the G3A3s are used very much...
I don't think the G3A3s are used very much anymore. I've seen hundreds of photos from the conflict, and the G3's use by the SLA pretty much seems to stop by the 1990s. I'm sure they are still used...
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08-04-2009, 04:34 PM
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Basically, the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil...
Basically, the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) want to create their own little country in the Northern part of Sri Lanka. The Tamil people got imported to the island by the Brits, back when...
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08-04-2009, 04:29 PM
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