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Il-76 with Russian Crew Downed by Chinese SAM System in Sudan
In Sudan, anti-government forces shot down an Il-76 carrying a Russian crew with a Chinese-made FK-2000 air defense system. The aircraft may have been on a highly unusual mission. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which had previously operated with the support of...
Tetchamutete
Xangongo
T-34/85
One of the last modern conflicts which saw the extensive combat deployment of the T-34-85 was the Angolan Civil War. In 1975, the Soviet Union shipped eighty T-34-85s to Angola as part of its support for the ongoing Cuban military intervention there. Cuban crewmen...
Buffel
After the Hippo APC, the Buffel was the second-ever mass-produced V-shaped hull, open-topped, Mine Protected Vehicle (MPV) / Armored Personnel Carrier (APC). It was made and used by the South African Defense Force (SADF) at a time when South Africa was subject to ever...
PT-76
The PT-76 is a Soviet amphibious light tank that was introduced in the early 1950s and soon became the standard reconnaissance tank of the Soviet Army and the other Warsaw Pact armed forces. It was widely exported to other friendly states, like Angola, India,...