Typical image of #Cuban convoy in #Angola. Note the #BRDM-52 armored vehicle in the foreground and the surveillance soldiers deployed on both sides of the road, evidently doing their job poorly. In the 80s, Cuban troops only controlled the large cities and had to move during the day in heavily protected caravans to resolve supplies, tactical…Read More

#R-105 radio, used by #Cuban troops in #Angola in the 70s. There are several versions (designations) for use in the different branches of an army and later modernizations (models R-105M, R-105D, etc.). In general, the equipment weighed more than 14 kilos and had an antenna one and a half meters high, with 1 watt of power. The young Cuban…Read More

#Cuban #MiG-21PFM serial “C-50” after crash landing, in #Angola. (Photo credit: Luis Domínguez.)

#MiG-21 of the #Angolan Air Force #FAPA-DAA with #Cuban Pilot

Operation #Carlota #Angola , #Cuban Artillery

Operation #Carlota, #Cuban military in #Angola

#Cuban #T-55 in #Angola during the Angolan war

November 5, Operation Carlota. (Photo: Granma Archive) #Angola #Cuban #carlota

#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.