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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War

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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 24 Squadron SAAF

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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Koevoet (SWAPOL TIN)

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Inside of a Koevoet Casspir
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War

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1987: 5 Recce meeting Koevoet in Southwest Africa (modern day Namibia)
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Special Forces – Recces

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1, 4, and 5 Recce operators during the last ever Small Team course, just after the Angolan War
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War

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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 1 Recce

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South African 1 Recce operator L CPL Ribeiro, missing and listed as dead during casualty transport in Angola, August 1976. He served as an Angolan paratrooper before joining the SADF. Ribeiro was one of the founding members of 32 Battalion. Here he is wearing “Recce 1st camo pattern” which was the inspiration behind 32Bn camo
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Special Forces – Recces

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Recce Operators
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War

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BSAP in the Bush War

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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Selous Scouts

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Selous Scouts flying a FRELIMO flag on a cross border raid

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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War

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Eland 90 during Operation Miracle

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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War

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Operation Snoopy: RLI and SAS vs ZANLA in 25 camps over 32 square kilometers. Several hundred ZANLA killed and 2 Rhodesian casualties.
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SOUTH AFRICAN BORDER WAR

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RHODESIAN BUSH WAR

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PORTUGUESE WAR MOZAMBIQUE

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WAR STORIES

FIRST SHOT COUNTS
Cuban MiG-23’s night attack on SAAF C130B’s
SAAF Impalas hunt down Angolan Choppers
Operating with the RLI and the SAS
South African Mirage F1’s versus Angolan MiG-23’s

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