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Cambodia Khmer Peoples Nat Lib Armed Forces ParaA mitn condition example of an original parachutist insignia for the khmer peoples national liberation armed forces. This is a beautifully well made, multi-piece insignia (probably made in thailand). The khmer people's national liberation armed forces (kpnlaf), the military component of the khmer people's national liberation front (kpnlf), was formed in march 1979 from various anticommunist groups concentrated near the thai border with cambodia, which were opposed to pol pot's democratic kampuchea. Many ahd become essentially warlord bands, engaging more in trade and in internecine fighting than in combat operations. They were brought together by general dien del, a former career officer of the khmer republic, who became chief of the kpnlaf general staff. In 1987 estimates of kpnlaf strength varied widely. At the upper limit, a iwdely quoted total was 14,000 personnel. In view of the leadership dispute that debilitated the movement in 1985 and in 1986 and prevented its subsequent growth, this figure probably was a considerable exaggeration. A more realistic total was about 8,000 combatants, and kpnlaf leaders expressed the hope that an earnest recruitment drive then beginning might incresae the movement's strength to 18,000 by the end of the year. Kpnlaf combatants sometimes were garbed in camouflage fatigues and combat boots, both probably of noncommunist origin. At other times, they were observed, while on operations, to be wearing merely odds and ends of clothing, gleaned in refugee camps, rather than uniforms. No rank or branch insignia were discernible, but kpnlaf troops frequently wore plastic-laminated chest pocket badges with a photo of son sann adn the noncommunist cambodian flag. All that said and done, it is very dubious they ever had a formal parachute training course or unit. Payment with money order or pesronal check. Domestic shipping $2.00 un-insured regular mail or $3.75 for insured mail, however will always combine shipping of multiple winnings. hTese rates reflect the new u. S.
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