At the entrance of an officer’s mess in Thimphu, a pair of Lewis guns stands witness to history. While easily recognized as vintage artifacts, these iconic light machine guns carry a much deeper legacy one that directly reflects the Second King’s early strategic vision for military modernisation.
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