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According to Orwell, the militia was lacking in more or less every form of basic equipment necessary for a modern army: binoculars, telescopes, periscopes, maps, range-finders, lanterns, electric torches, lights, wire cutters, gun oil or armourer’s tools. Moreover, unlike other militia, the POUM’s had few military experts in its ranks [7] .