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

Recce Operators

BSAP in the Bush War

Selous Scouts flying a FRELIMO flag on a cross border raid

Eland 90 during Operation Miracle

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

Alouette III at Assembly Point Juliet, Zezani, Rhodesia, 1980

Angolan SU-22

On Ops

1 Platoon, “A” Coy, 1st Battalion, Rhodesian African Rifles, at the “sharp end” along the Lukosi River, keeping the peace at the end of the Bush War, 1980

Eland Crew of Rhodesian Armoured Car Regiment, circa. late 1970s.

South African 4 Reconnaissance Commando operators prepping for Operation Nobilis, 10 July 1984.