sentences:  In the 1960s standard armour of the period was the "Ferret", a pre-independence contribution from the British Forces Aden.Although 30 Ferrets had once been maintained by the Southern Rhodesian Armoured Regiment some of these were passed on to other successor states after the breakup of the Federation.The Rhodesian Light Infantry only inherited 10 examples in varying states of disrepair and was forced to restore them.