Soldiers with the pro-Western Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( #UNITA) on patrol during the Bush War. A communist push into southeastern Angola in 1897 triggered a major ground response from South Africa

View of a burned-out enemy tank from the turret of a #Ratel 90 of the South African #61Mech Battalion. Although lightly armored, the Ratels were fast and mobile and able to take on Soviet #T-55 tanks with their 90mm guns.

Jonas #Savimbi led the #UNITA forces.

#Cuban soldiers pose with Soviet-backed Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola soldiers near Cuito Cuanavale. The struggle between pro-Western and pro-Soviet military factions in Angola was a major front in the Cold War, resulting in the participation of 40,000 Cuban troops.

“Moozers”, circa 1960s #Rhodesian #Alouette

SADF Bush War Shenanigans, circa. late 1980s

Rhodesia Regiment and #Rhodesian Air Force lads at the “Swamp”, circa. 1970s

Chillin’ on Lake Kariba, circa. 1970s.

#Rhodesian

White Portuguese troopie carrying a wounded African comrade in Mozambique, 1970.

1 Platoon, “A” Coy, 1st Battalion, #Rhodesian African Rifles, at the “sharp end” along the Lukosi River, keeping the peace at the end of the Bush War, 1980. #RAR

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