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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 1 Squadron SAAF

• 1 year, 7 months ago

SAAF #Mirage F1AZ climbing out
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War

• 1 year, 7 months ago

FAPA-DAA (angolan) $Mi-8
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 2 Squadron ’Flying Cheetahs’ SAAF

• 1 year, 7 months ago

SAAF #Cheetahs being bombed up – looks ;ike AFB Langebaanweg
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 2 Squadron ’Flying Cheetahs’ SAAF

• 1 year, 7 months ago

sAAF #Cheetah C No 77
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 2 Squadron ’Flying Cheetahs’ SAAF

• 1 year, 7 months ago

SAAF #Cheetah C
Greg McEwan-Marriott

• 1 year, 7 months ago

Watched Legacy Conversations interview with SADF Col Stanley F Botten – who was the second in command of 2 Recce Regiment as well as a Hunter Group officer. It was from the Hunter Group that the idea to create South African Special Forces started.

He was also the SO1 for Ops Firewood, 1987, giving us valuable…Read More
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War

• 1 year, 7 months ago

SADF Troops heading out of base on patrol
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group UNITA

• 1 year, 7 months ago

UNITA rebels with a 106mm recoilles gun, Angola 1989
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War

• 1 year, 7 months ago

Angolan SA-13 Strela-10 system in the bush
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War

• 1 year, 7 months ago

#Buffel and #Kwevoel after hitting a landmine near Chambinga
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War

• 1 year, 7 months ago

SADF troops moving past destroyed FAPLA vehicles
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War

• 1 year, 7 months ago

FN MAG Gunner during the bush war
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SOUTH AFRICAN BORDER WAR

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26 Jun 1988 Techipa	Operation Displace becomes the last significant military engagement as FAPLA try to harass the SADF in Sector 10. A skirmish takes place at Techipa. The SADF withdrawal from Angola is orderly and relaxed. 61 Mechanized Battalion, reinforced with four ZT3 Ratel AFV’s, deploys in ambush position at Techipa (Operation Hilti/Excite). An artillery barrage is laid down at 20:00, destroying the Cuban artillery command post entirely. In a separate action east of Techipa, a platoon from Delta Company 32 Battalion, led by Lieutenant T.T. de Abreu, comes under heavy attack by a Cuban tank unit, engaging in a running fire fight over a 20-km distance, before breaking off the engagement under accurate and heavy artillery fire	38

RHODESIAN BUSH WAR

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PORTUGUESE WAR MOZAMBIQUE

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WAR STORIES

Counter Insurgency In SW Africa
The Hawker Hunter and Rhodesia’s Bush War
SAAF Impalas hunt down Angolan Choppers
Pfumo re Vanhu
South Africa’s New Range Rifles

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Aermacchi MB-326KC Impala MK2 Performance Data

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The Cuban Adventure – A Cuban Perspective of Air Operations in Angola

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The Organizer: The Story of Temba Moyo (1974) ZAPU/ZIPRA

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MIRAGE F1AZ FM-2 FLIGHT MANUAL

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Mozambican Revolution no.25, June-July 1966

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Mozambique Revolution no.55

Mozambique Revolution no.55, April-June 1973

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Mozambique Revolution no.57, October-December 1973

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Rhodesian SAS Combat Manual

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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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Aermacchi MB-326KC Impala MK2 Flight Manual

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From military to civilian life : the case of retired Special Forces Operators

From Military To Civilian Life : The Case of Retired Special Forces Operators

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Mozambique Revolution no.60, July-September 1974

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Mozambique Revolution no.61, Independence Issue 1975

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Mozambique Revolution no.42, January-March 1970

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PILOT OPERATION DESCRIPTION FOR BAe LIFT HAWK

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Mirage F1AZ FM-1 FLIGHT MANUAL

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Soldier Of Fortune Magazine 1986 May

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The War for Africa

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The Cheetah RLI Souvenir October 1980

The Cheetah RLI Magazine – 1980-10

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Vlamgat – The Story of the Mirage F1 in the South African Air Force

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Soldier Of Fortune Magazine Jun 1985

Soldier Of Fortune Magazine 1985 Jun

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Mozambique Revolution no.56, July-September 1973

Mozambique Revolution no.56, July-September 1973

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AERMACCHI MB-326KC Impala Mk.2 FRC1 Emergency Procedures

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Mozambique Revolution no.59, April-June 1974

Mozambique Revolution no.59, April-June 1974

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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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Soldier Of Fortune Magazine 1981 Jun

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Soldier Of Fortune Magazine 1985 Aug

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

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Mirage F1AZ NWS – Part 1 and 2

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A Far Away War

A Far-Away War: Angola 1975-1989

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THOSE WHO SERVED

Renier “PP” Hugo
Jim McGuire
Deon “Falcon” Ferreira
Andries L. “Dries” Marais
Gert van Zyl

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