"Ladies of the Village Defense Committee" via Cellar:
VDCs are local self-defense groups that were set up in Jammu and Kashmir in the mid-1990's following a number of massacres. The idea is to help villagers in remote areas defend themselves against terrorist attacks and intimidation.
I dig the cammies but dont recognize the camo pattern..
Woodland?..no, Tigerstripe?..no, Jungle?..no.
I got it... Mubai Marketplace..
Posted by: Jake | August 15, 2007 at 10:10 AM
What kinds of rifles are those?
Posted by: gail | August 15, 2007 at 10:15 AM
They look like .303 Lee-Enfield Mark IIIs.
Posted by: prairie biker | August 15, 2007 at 10:32 AM
Which would date them at almost 100 yrs old.. Do they even make shells for those anymore? You'd think they'd have bought some AKs as cheap as they are by the ton.
Posted by: Jake | August 15, 2007 at 10:48 AM
Yeah, the cammies are definitely meant for the market place. But seeing as how that's where most terrorists seem to attack, they are strangely appropriate--and stylish.
Posted by: joated | August 15, 2007 at 05:34 PM
Well, the design is 100 years old, but I believe the Indians had a domestic production model that they manufactured well into the 1940s.
It's on par with the Indian Enfield motorcycles that you can buy today it's a decades old design, that was dated when it was introduced, currently made in a third world country.
Posted by: prairie biker | August 15, 2007 at 09:07 PM
If only they had Village Defense Committees in the Congo...not to mention Darfur and a thousand other places!
Posted by: Amy | August 17, 2007 at 07:19 PM