#C47 ”Dragon Dak’

Captured #T-55

Dramatic image of the dangers faced by South African servicemen during the Border War. Here #101Bn ‘Romeo Mike’ (special reaction force) battle casualties are being evacuated in a SAAF #Puma Helicopter from the battlefield to the Surgical Hospital at AFB #Ondangwa. The Medics are on standby and ready to receive them and the lives of these men…Read More

#SWATF (Southwest Africa Territorial Force) #101Bn #Casspir MRAP convoy, rolling out to contact.

101 Battalion had an interesting history as a unit. Their tactics combined ancient stone age tactics, with the pinnacle 20th century steel and fire. It was originally formed as a unit that provided skilled trackers and interpreters to South…Read More

#101Bn with M2 Brownings mounted on #Casspir

#31Bn of the (SADF) South Defense Forces, during the South African Border War of August 26th, 1966 – January 15th, 1990, and Angolan War.

Three members of the SADF’s #61Mech Battalion Group take a rest during the fighting on the #Lomba river in Angola in 1987.

These young SADF national servicemen – most of them having just written a High School matric a year before – have just shattered the Angolan/Cuban coalition’s mechanised offensive, turning the tide at the height of this…Read More

Operation #Modular 8 October 1987. This is a second image of the destroyed SADF #61Mech Battalion Group #Ratel Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV).

The South African armored column had penetrated deep into Angola and had just formed a laager to take bearings on their position and objectives. Two Angolan Mig 23 fighter jets had spotted the…Read More

SADF #Recce‘s: Neves Matias and José Da Costa from 5RR,1980’s

Victorino and Koos Stadler from 5 #Recce Regiment

#Recce ‘s: Cmdt. Duncan Rykaart and his team from 5RR, 1980s