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#Koevoet Camo
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Arn Durand’s #Koevoet team in hostile territory, stopping to helping a young elephant calf back to it’s mother, Kavango, Southwest Africa circa. 1980s
Durand survived 127 enemy contacts with SWAPO during his 6 year career with Koevoet in Southwest Africa, including three separate landmine explosions. He has written two books about his com…Read More
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#Koevoet personnel inspect a captured #SA-7 after a contact with SWAPO PLAN insurgents in southern Angola 1984.
Made in Russia. The 9K32 Strela-2 (Russian: C?????, “arrow”; NATO reporting name SA-7 Grail) is a man-portable, shoulder-fired, low-altitude surface-to-air missile system with a high explosive warhead and passive infrared homing gui…Read More
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XO BBHQ posted in the group Koevoet (SWAPOL TIN)
#Koevoet patrol taken near #Rundu in the Kavango region of South West Africa/Namibia 30/08/1988.
A highly effective but highly controversial paramilitary Police force, Koevoet (meaning “crow bar”) abbreviated Operation K or SWAPOL- COIN (South West African Police Counter Insurgency) was a major paramilitary organisation under South Afr…Read More
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XO BBHQ posted in the group Koevoet (SWAPOL TIN)
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XO BBHQ posted in the group Koevoet (SWAPOL TIN)
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XO BBHQ posted in the group Koevoet (SWAPOL TIN)
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XO BBHQ posted in the group Koevoet (SWAPOL TIN)
Ian Richardson (RIP) A #Koevoet legend in his own right. Being treated by his team, ZN ops medic.
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