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There is virtually no way to ascertain which gun was issued to which soldier, short of stumbling across the serial number in someone’s soldbuch.
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reive (riːv) vb (Military) (intr) dialect Scot and Northern English to go on a plundering raid
[variant of reave]
ˈreiver n e.g., " Some view the Border Reivers as loveable rogues."
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