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A group of Salvadoran Army soldiers, including a nine year old orphan who was adopted and pressed into service, pose for a photograph with their weapons at a camp near Usulután. In front of them is a Madsen machine gun, a weapon of Danish design but of unknown origin and manufacture. Two soldiers on the left of the image each hold a Heckler & Koch (H&K) G3 battle rifle chambered to fire 7.62x51mm NATO ammunition. Richard Cross took this image in 1982 while covering the presidential election and War of Liberation in El Salvador. Un grupo de soldados del ejército salvadoreño que incluye a un niño de nueve años huérfano y adoptado y puesto al servicio del mismo, posan para una fotografía con sus armas dentro de un campamento cerca de Usulután. Frente a ellos se observa una ametralladora Madsen, un arma de diseño danés pero de origen y fabricación desconocido. Dos soldados sobre la izquierda de la imagen portan un fusil de combate Heckler & Koch (H&K) G3 de calibre 7.62x51mm OTAN. Richard Cross tomó esta fotografía en 1982 durante su estadía en El Salvador cubriendo las elecciones y la guerra de liberación.
Child soldiers--El Salvador Children and war--El Salvador Soldiers El Salvador. Ejército--Infantry Machine guns Military maneuvers--El Salvador--Usulután (Department) El Salvador--History--1979-1992 Civil war
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