61 Mechanised Infantry Battalion Group (61 Mech) was a unit of the South African Infantry Corps. Although it was classed as mechanized infantry, it was a mixed force of infantry, armour and artillery. It was formed in 1978 as Battle Group Juliet (or Combat Group Juliet) in South-West Africa as a force to prevent attacks on the region from SWAPO forces in southern Angola and was located at Omuthya in northern SWA.
OPS
1987 Operation Moduler 1983 Operation Askari 1983 Operation Dolfyn 1983 Operation Phoenix 1982 Operation Meebos 1978 Operation Reindeer
THOSE WHO SERVED
61 Mechanised Battalion Group
South Africa
FORMED 1978
Army
DISBANDED IN 2005-11
PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS
From 1978 as Battle Group Juliet
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