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SAAF Impala II low over Ovamboland
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SAAF Puma chasing its shadow low over the Operational area
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SADF “Bulldog” MRAP, 1980
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Another main gate shot of AFB Ondangwa
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Rhodesian SAS
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Koevoet Casspir on ops
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101Bn Casspir

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4 Sai and 61 Meg during Ops Dolfyn
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Inside of a South African ‘Ratel’ IFV, 1980’s
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53Bn Entrance during the border war
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Ondangwa AFB during the border war
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SADF Recce operators destroy bridge on the Soviet Front in Mozambique
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SOUTH AFRICAN BORDER WAR

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28 Jun 1987 Mupa	Mupa is shelled with mortars from 32 Battalion as part of Operation Radbraak with the intention of flushing out SWAPO	39
28 Jun 1985	On 28 June, PLAN insurgents entered South West Africa damaging a bridge between Epali and Ondangwa, sabotaging twenty telephone poles, mortaring the Eenhana SADF base and a bomb was detonated at the Ongwediva Teachers Training College	41

RHODESIAN BUSH WAR

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PORTUGUESE WAR MOZAMBIQUE

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WAR STORIES

Operation Prawn: Selous Scouts – Top Secret War
The story of the Fiat G.91R fighter bombers operated by the Portuguese Air Force in Angola
Buccaneer to the Rescue
South African Mirage F1’s versus Angolan MiG-23’s
Counter Insurgency In SW Africa

Units

2 Special Service Bn
2 Squadron SAAF
Sector 10 HQ
1 Squadron SAAF
Selous Scouts

equipment

TMA-3
Ratel 60
TM-57
T-54/55
TMD-44

OPERATIONS

Operation Klipklop
Operation Revenge
Operation Dolfyn
Operation Snoek
Operation Seiljag 1

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South African Armed Forces
Images of War
South African War Machine
19 with a Bullet: A South African Paratrooper in Angola

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The USSR and SWAPO: SECRET MISSION IN ANGOLA (1977–1990)

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Mozambique Revolution no.58, January-March 1974

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Original Ops Briefing Slides – Modular, Hooper & Packer

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Art of War Papers. The Rhodesian African Rifles

The Rhodesian African Rifles – The Growth and Adaptation of a Multicultural Regiment through the Rhodesian Bush War, 1965-1980

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Mozambican Revolution no.46, January-April 1966

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Mozambique Revolution no.57, October-December 1973

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Rhodesian SAS Combat Manual

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A Far Away War

A Far-Away War: Angola 1975-1989

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SADF Workshop Repair Manual - 5.56mm R-4 Assault Rifle

SADF Workshop Repair Manual – 5.56mm R-4 Assault Rifle

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Mozambique Revolution no.56, July-September 1973

Mozambique Revolution no.56, July-September 1973

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Mozambican Revolution no.25, June-July 1966

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THOSE WHO SERVED

George Toweel
John Murphy
Michael Hamilton Woods
Robert Callen “Bob” MacKenzie
“Lieb” Liebenberg

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SITREP AFRICA

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Angola receives first tank landing craft from CMN
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