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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 2 Squadron ’Flying Cheetahs’ SAAF
SAAF 2 Sqn. Medal parade, Korea
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
Cuban soldier in Angola photographed by Ernesto Fernandez Nogueras, 1982
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
Cuban soldiers jumping from an Mi-8 helicopter landing in Angola, 1982.
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group C Squadron 22 SAS, Rhodesia
Rhodesian SAS in Mozambique
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
Soviet special forces (Spetsnaz) in Angola, 1985.
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group C Squadron 22 SAS, Rhodesia
Rhodesian SAS Sgt Andy Chait with a camouflaged FN FAL and Trilux optic, 1974-1975.
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
Soviet advisors with their Angolan (FAPLA) compatriots in the 1980’s
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Special Forces – Recces
South African #Recce troops on the Quito river at a place called Mapupa, trying to recover an Angolan PT-76 during Operation Protea in 1981. They eventually destroyed it
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars
Portuguese Commandos in Angola, during the Portuguese Colonial War which lasted 13 years (1961-1974)
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 32Bn ’Buffalo’
32 Battalion somewhere in Angola in the 80’s
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
Gunner in South African #Alouette relies on sign language to communicate with another heli in the flight
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
South African Olifant tanks are pictured moving up to the frontline prior to a major battle near Angola’s Cuito River in the late 1980s
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SOUTH AFRICAN BORDER WAR
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| 01 Jul 1983 Dova/Nehone | 32Bn Alpha Company’s third platoon was waiting to be joined at a temporary base between Dova and Nehone by the first platoon, and when guards saw a group of men in uniform approaching, they assumed the platoon had arrived. Even when the newcomers opened fire, those in the base thought it was a mistake, and instead of returning fire took to the bush to prevent friendly fire casualties. But the intruders were a group of 50 SWAPO, and because the platoon members had taken only their personal weapons with them, an effective counter-attack was impossible. Sergeant GH du Randt and Rifleman E Cassera were killed, and Second Lieutenant GW Roos, Corporal PG Grobler and two troops wounded. SWAPO looted all the equipment in the base, including 26 bigpacks and groundsheets, 25 sleeping bags, 144 water bottles, an A72 radio and the B22 VHF radio, the only means of making contact with company or tactical headquarters. Lieutenant Gert Kruger’s platoon was despatched from Ionde to rescue the plundered patrol. - Operation Dolfyn | 43 |
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