South African #Recce‘s during ops #Colosseum, 1986
Operators in photo: Mark Auret, Sgt. Jaime and Gert Massyn | 16 October 1986 | Recce’s from 5RR (special forces) attacked a SWAPO base near Techamutete and Caiundo

SADF @Recce operators from 5RR #Recce

#Recce

SADF Recces ready for a mission. Note what looks like a Beretta’s AR-70 5.56 assault rifles. #Recce

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