
Weapon: 7.62 Belgian FN light machine gun in dappled camouflage finish.
Equipment: British 1958 pattern webbing kit made up of web belt with shoulder straps, two water bottles in covers, 2 large pouches each with two small pockets, 1 on either side and 4 smaller but deeper pouches. A rucksack was worn over the top. Note that the water bottles, covers and thin deep pouches were sourced from South Africa.
Uniform: The camouflage pattern on this uniform was specifically chosen for the RAR. The cotton cap with neck shade/ear muffs and the cotton drill trousers and shirt were locally produced. The boots are South African manufacture but the design is US WW2 twin buckled cuff.
Notes: In the tradition of the Rhodesian Native Regiment which had a proud WW1 history the RAR made a name for itself in WW2 in Burma and later in Malaya, Suez, and later against ZAPU and ZANU the two rebel groups fighting to create Zimbabwe.

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