Thread: Iraq ca. 1935 - motorized police with machine guns
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Old 08-01-23, 23:42
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Colelagues - I have jst stumbled over these photos, captioned Iraq 1935 / police. Admit I have never seen such thing but it does not look improvised / done in a hurry. It would be interesting to learn more about this police unit / operations / vehicles & equipment.... else: Just enjoy the photos.
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The open cars are 1933 Chevrolet tourers.

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They are well armed with Lewis guns, even through the modified front windscreen.
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