British Mercenaries in North Yemen Civil War

'British mercenaries in the mountains of north Yemen, helping royalist rebels to set up a heavy machine gun above a hideout cave.

Photograph taken in North Yemen showing 2 British mercenaries assisting Yemeni royalist rebels to set up a Russian heavy machine gun for use as an anti-aircraft weapon in the North Yemen Civil war of 1962-1967. Other rebels armed with .303 and other old rifles can be seen at the bottom of the photo in front of one of the caves used by the British.'

Taken on 1968-06-01
Source Hart-Davis, Duff. The War That Never Was. Arrow Books, 2012. (Wikipedia) [own work]
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