I've just stumbled across a very interesting document here [262 pages: 52.4MB] http://royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/RamCollection/Collection/documents/Operations in Radfan.pdf Middle East Land Forces - Report On Operations in Radfan: 14 April - 30 Jun 1964
For those interested in the Radfan campaign there are mentions of it within a short thread on a mainly US blogsite: A small war: Aden till 1967 Just checked the links shown there work (except one which has been deleted). Professor Clive Jones @ Durham University is an expert and author on Aden. See his bio & publications list: Professor C.A. Jones - Durham University Charley I will add your discovery to the cited blogsite thread in a moment.
Good stuff. I suspect that those dead YouTube links once pointed to this: And here's the later BBC effort:
Charley, No the only 'dead' link I found was to Clive Jones opening speech at the Aden Exit conference in 2017.
This is an excellent find CF, thank you so much for posting it up, it is very, very much appreciated. And for you CF, and davidbfpo, and other good folks who frequent these pages, here's a little associated information re Appendix 1 of Annex L (appropriate extracts from said appendix added too). Again Charley, thank you. Kind regards, always, Jim.
Here's the rest of Annex L (and its extras) Boxouts are mine by way of picking out parts that could sit in any number of existing threads on WW2 Talk. And all the contents of not only this annex but all the others relating to other units after action reports readily lend themselves to "boxouts" too (had to call a halt somewhere, but all is extremely interesting stuff). Kind regards, always, Jim.
Extract re 22 SAS in Arabia from "Honour to the Airborne PART 2" by David Buxton, plus further London Gazette entries from 1966. Kind regards, always, Jim.
Pg.137 of the document above at Pt.15 refers to weapons. I assume the preference for the LMG over the GPMG means the Bren LMG?
Yes, the Bren (as was) in 7.62 Nato, the L4. A veritable Rolls-Royce of LMGs, much more portable, and manageable too dare I say, than the dear "jimpy". In and out of mothballs aplenty, and I wouldn't be surprised if there are still some readily to hand even now. Delta Force chaps tried the HK equivalent in the 60s/70s, but much coveted the L4 (which of course their procurement overseers wouldn't let them have because a) it was deemed "old", and b) it would only take (in their eyes) a "limited" capacity 30 round box magazine, as compared to the newer, belt or box fed, HK). Ultimately, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"! Kind regards, always, Jim.
I came across a few great photographs. Unsure of their origin. 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (3 Para) during heavy fighting in the Radfan Hills, British Protectorate of Dhala. Source: Our Forgotten Wars