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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars
Portuguese soldier during the African colonial wars with an MG42, Ca. 1970’s
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
Cuban ground personnel with some of the Soviet technicians that helped assemble the first fighter jets destined for Angola, in front of the first MiG-15UTI of the FAPA/DAA (serial C21), in early 1976
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
Taken at Luanda on 25 January 1976, during celebrations associated with the establishment of the FAPA/DAA, this photograph shows a row of (Cuban-manned) MiG-17Fs, plus two C-47 transports left behind by the Portuguese
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group PMC & Mercenary Operations in Africa
Members of Executive Outcomes
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
Operation Savannah: 22x Eland 90 armoured cars began a 2,400 km 6 day trek from Bloemfontein #SouthAfrica to Ondangwa in SW Africa where they would airlifted into the fight in #Angola 9 October 1975
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
A column of Eland armored cars passing by a destroyed Angolan T-54 tank during Operation Askari. 1984
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 24 Squadron SAAF
SAAF Buccaneers
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XO BBHQ posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars
Members of CAVALRY COMPANY 3419 in Chimbete, Angola/Cabinda 71/73
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XO BBHQ posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars
Picada Quivuenga
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XO BBHQ posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars
Angola – Mortar Platoon 2247
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XO BBHQ posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars
Portuguese Dragoon Angola
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XO BBHQ posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars
Dragoons Angola
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| 22 May 1988 Okankolo | SWAPO PLAN 60mm mortar and rifle grenade attack on the base at Okankolo at 23h30, 2 x SADF soldiers wounded. Five mortars hit the base | 38 |
| 22 May 1984 Etengwa | On 22 May 1984 the SADF base at Etengwa was attacked by PLAN insurgents with 50 and 82mm mortars. 2 x PLAN wounded | 42 |
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