The weapons include a variety of ComBloc weapons including the Russian PPSh-41, the DShK heavy machine gun used in an anti-air role and the the Czech-made Vz52/57 rifle (predominantly used by the Cuban militia) and the Vz25 SMG which can be seen in many of the phots.
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Bay of Pigs Invasion · 25,000 Cuban Army · 200,000 Militia · 9,000 armed National Police · 4 Lockheed T-33 jets · 4 Hawker Sea Fury fighters · 7 B-26 Invader bombers ...
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Item Description ; Title, Millitary weapons from the Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961 in Cuba ; Note, Written on verso: "Edmundo 'Gordo'Perez a Julio Angel" ; Edmundo ...
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After the failed U.S. attempt to overthrow the Castro regime in Cuba with the Bay of Pigs invasion, and while the Kennedy administration planned Operation ...