The F.L.N. system recovered weapons from fallen fighters to deny them to the French.

Evidence

But those of the A.L.N. were crippling, by far the worst that it had suffered in the war to date; out of a total of 820 men crossing the Line, no less than 620 were killed or captured, including a failek commander. With them were taken 416 rifles or sub-machine-guns, and forty-six machineguns. (The disproportionate number of arms to rebels captured, however, is once again a testimony to the efficiency of the F.L.N. system of weapon recovery, which aimed at never leaving behind the previous firearm of a fallen djoundi.) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 819

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels the weapon-recovery discipline of other long guerrilla wars, e.g. Mao’s and Viet Minh logistics. — connects to: The F.L.N. systematically recovered fallen fighters’ firearms

Related

• The F.L.N. systematically recovered fallen fighters’ firearms (similarity 0.96)
• F.L.N. began its revolt with only 350 to 400 mostly sporting firearms (similarity 0.80)
• The Algerian revolt began with only 350-400 mixed firearms (similarity 0.80)
• The revolt began with only 350-400 guns and no Communist-bloc arms (similarity 0.79)