C Coy of 1 Parachute Battalion was involved in smaller skirmished in the south of Angola. Once again at Santa Clara as well as Namacunde, Cheedi and Onoile. Four MPLA soldiers were killed and 20 captured
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XO BBHQ posted in the group South African Border War
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XO BBHQ posted in the group South African Border War
‘Mopping up’ in #Cassinga the paratroopers recovered a relatively small number of mainly Soviet weapons, these included a B-10 Recoilless Rifle, AK-47, AKM and SKS Assault rifles and carbines, boxes of RGD-5, RG-42 and F1 Hand Grenades, some TM-57 Anti-Tank Mines, RPG-7 Anti-Tank Rockets and 82mm B-10 recoilless Rockets still in their tin tra…Read More
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XO BBHQ posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars
SAAF Puma in support of Portuguese troops in Angola
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Boat 3 (P1563) the SAS Frederick Creswell ‘shadowing’ the Soviet aircraft carrier ‘Minsk’ at extremely close range.
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XO BBHQ posted in the group South African Border War
Five of South Africa’s ‘Minister Class’ Strike Craft Photo, SAS Jan Smuts (P1561), SAS Jim Fouche (P1564), SAS Frans Erusmus (P1565), SAS Hendrick Mentz (P1567) and SAS Magnus Malan (P1569). Photo courtesy Frank Lima
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XO BBHQ posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War
Monday March 04,1980 RhACR ‘E’ Sqn listen to ZRBC election result broadcast – Operation Quartz will not go ahead.
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XO BBHQ posted in the group South African Border War
Major Nortman and the crew, Johan Jacobs, Neels Claasen, Darren Nelson, 32 Battalion September 1987
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XO BBHQ posted in the group South African Border War
#Ratel combat during the Battle of the Lomba
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Greg McEwan-Marriott wrote a new post
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Koevoet (SWAPOL TIN)
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Koevoet (SWAPOL TIN)
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