Cuban soldier in Angola photographed by Ernesto Fernandez Nogueras, 1982

Cuban soldiers jumping from an Mi-8 helicopter landing in Angola, 1982.

Rhodesian SAS in Mozambique

Soviet special forces (Spetsnaz) in Angola, 1985.

Rhodesian SAS Sgt Andy Chait with a camouflaged FN FAL and Trilux optic, 1974-1975.

Soviet advisors with their Angolan (FAPLA) compatriots in the 1980’s

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

Portuguese Commandos in Angola, during the Portuguese Colonial War which lasted 13 years (1961-1974)

32 Battalion somewhere in Angola in the 80’s

Gunner in South African #Alouette relies on sign language to communicate with another heli in the flight

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

Parachute Course No. 15 #SAS #Rhodesia