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Moroccan slingers
Nov 14th, 2015 at 6:23am
 
In the lonely planet guide to Morocco, they write in their history part about a berber rebellion where they are mostly armed with slings. Does anyone know anything about this? How widespread was the sling in northern Africa historically? Any sources?

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Reply #1 - Dec 2nd, 2015 at 1:26am
 
Is this about the rebellion of Jugurtha ?
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Reply #2 - Dec 4th, 2015 at 5:36pm
 
It might very well be, sorry for the unclerity in the question, but the lonely planet history section is not packed with details...
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Reply #3 - Dec 4th, 2015 at 11:57pm
 
The sling is widespread in N. Africa, for sure (some memorable yt vids). Actually, do you mean the Rif War ? (against Spanish troops, 1920s)
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Re: Moroccan slingers
Reply #5 - Dec 27th, 2015 at 10:16am
 
the berber tribemen use slings ?
That i did not know.

Got  a story on the go that features the berbers - going to have to add slings now lol
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