C Coy of 1 Parachute Battalion was involved in smaller skirmished in the south of Angola. Once again at Santa Clara as well as Namacunde, Cheedi and Onoile. Four MPLA soldiers were killed and 20 captured
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Koevoet (SWAPOL TIN)
Readying for patrol at Ongandjera (ZN?)
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Koevoet (SWAPOL TIN)
Gunner position (left side front) in a Casspir… Standard issue was a FN-MAG mounted hand operated turret, the two handle bars that allowed you to rotate the turret can be easily seen here, to fire the MAG you basically had almost like a bicycle brake lever that allowed u to fire the weapon
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Koevoet (SWAPOL TIN)
Koevoet morning parade at Ongandjera, Namibia
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Koevoet (SWAPOL TIN)
Koevoet at Ongandjera, Namibia
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Selous Scouts
Member of the Selous Scouts special forces of the Rhodesian Security Forces: camouflaged in the rural bushland of Rhodesia, during the bush war against Zimbabwean communist insurgent forces, c. 1970s
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Selous Scouts
Lt. Timothy George Bax of the Selous Scouts
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Koevoet (SWAPOL TIN)
Inside of a Koevoet Casspir
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
1987: 5 Recce meeting Koevoet in Southwest Africa (modern day Namibia)
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