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"Fears that the new 303 ammo was less effective against charging fanatics than its 457 predecessor led to secret tests during the Chitral operations. Captured mullahs were executed by firing squads using the two types of bullet and comparative post mortems were then undertaken. "
— Jan 11, 2020 11:18AM
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Dimitri
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High hopes for Peter Hopkirk's Great Game books! "An unpublicised but vital aspect of the Great Game was systematic esponiage by native agents scattered between the Caspian and the Chinese frontier. Many details were not realized until this decade (1990s)"
— Jan 11, 2020 06:09AM
