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XO BBHQ posted in the group 32Bn ’Buffalo’

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#32Bn Sgt. Frans ‘FL’ Smit during a patrol in Angola, 1980’s

XO BBHQ posted in the group 32Bn ’Buffalo’

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#32Bn signallers

XO BBHQ posted in the group 5 Special Forces Regiment

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5 #Recce operators: André Diedericks and Neves Matias

XO BBHQ posted in the group 5 Special Forces Regiment

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André Diedericks from 5 #Recce after deployment, Angola

XO BBHQ posted in the group 5 Special Forces Regiment

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Neves Matias and Andre Diedericks from 5 #Recce

XO BBHQ posted in the group South African Special Forces – Recces

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South African Special Forces aka Recces in their natural African environment #Recce

XO BBHQ posted in the group South African Special Forces – Recces

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South African Recces in 1986 #Recce

XO BBHQ posted in the group South African Special Forces – Recces

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South African #Recce‘s during ops #Colosseum, 1986
Operators in photo: Mark Auret, Sgt. Jaime and Gert Massyn | 16 October 1986 | Recce’s from 5RR (special forces) attacked a SWAPO base near Techamutete and Caiundo

XO BBHQ posted in the group 5 Special Forces Regiment

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SADF @Recce operators from 5RR #Recce

XO BBHQ posted in the group 5 Special Forces Regiment

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#Recce

XO BBHQ posted in the group South African Special Forces – Recces

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SADF Recces ready for a mission. Note what looks like a Beretta’s AR-70 5.56 assault rifles. #Recce

XO BBHQ posted in the group Selous Scouts

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Rhodesian Selous Scout – Rhodesian Bush War 1964 – 1979 #selousscouts

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23 Mar 1988 Vimposto-Chambinga	An infantry assault during Operation Hooper sees the 32 Battalion rifle companies debus at Vimposto, advancing on foot towards the floodplain riparian to the Chambinga River some 45-km from the FAPLA front line. The infantry cross the floodplain in single file, knee deep in mud. It takes 90 minutes for 250 men to make the crossing in single file, spread over two kilometres and highly vulnerable. The soldiers wait in the tree line until nightfall, when they march on foot until they reach a position 3-km south of FAPLA 25 Brigade	38
23 Mar 1986 Concor	On 23 March 1986 the Concor base was attacked by 20 x PLAN insurgents	40
23 Mar 1980	SAAF Impala Mk.II (#1050) piloted by Capt.Smal crashes whilst on a mission over Angola due to loss of power. Pilot ejected at low level and was recovered safely.	46

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