Soviet military advisors (A Shishov on left) on the ‘road of death’ from Menongue to Cuito Cuanavale

The number of Soviet military combat personnel in Angola was small, a few hundred at any one time. They acted in the capacity of military advisors and in training roles, and also in providing military communications

Soviet military advisors of the Angolan Army’s 25th brigade in the vicinity of Cuito Cuanavale

Soviet military adviser Major V Gavrilov with a damaged BMP-1 after fighting in the province of Moshiko

Cuban and Soviet officers confer with each other in Angola sometime during 1985.

Angolan, Soviet and Cuban soldiers pose for a photograph near Cuito Cuanavale in April 1988.

32 Battalion member: Thunis Ferreira during Operation Forte, Angola, 1985

32 Bn Troop

Echo Coy platoon from 32Bn just east of Techamutete during Operation Askari 1984

Frans Van Staden from 32 Battalion during ops Askari, 1984
Taken North East of Cassinga, Jan 1984 (SADF – 32 Battalion during the South African border war in Angola)

Soviet instructors training FAPLA troop in Angola

SGT. Dean Viljoen team leader of Koevoet team Zulu Delta with some of his team members having a look at enemy weapons they picked.