The steady tactical advance begun by FAPLA on 2/6/87 has remain unchecked by UNITA and they are now at the source of the Chambinga River. In response to this Operation Moduler is launched with the establishment of Col. Jock Harris’ TAC HQ south of the Lomba River. Present at this TAC HQ is Colonel Mo Oelshig (SADF Liaison Officer with UNITA) and Colonel Piet Mulder from Rundu. The planning for Operation Moduler is fine-tuned from this TAC HQ
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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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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group C Squadron 22 SAS, Rhodesia
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