C Coy of 1 Parachute Battalion was involved in smaller skirmished in the south of Angola. Once again at Santa Clara as well as Namacunde, Cheedi and Onoile. Four MPLA soldiers were killed and 20 captured
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Koevoet (SWAPOL TIN)
Lt.Frans Conradie – legendary Koevoet
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Koevoet (SWAPOL TIN)
Koevoet trackers running on the spoor
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Greg McEwan-Marriott wrote a new post
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
A Soviet An-12B transport (serial CCCP-11922) unloading one of the first P-12 radars to reach Angola, in 1982. (via Albert Grandolini)
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
Operation Askari (January 1984): A prominent loss occurred near Cuvelai when a Ratel-20 (Call sign 13B) was directly hit and destroyed by a FAPLA T-55 tank, resulting in 6 crew fatalities.
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
Operation Moduler
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
Operation Moduler
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
FAPA-DAA Mi-8 landing
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Greg McEwan-Marriott wrote a new post
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars
Portuguese Troops on the mission to destroy the Catur Base Mozambique
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars
On the runway at Air Base 5 in Nacala, waiting to board the Nord Atlas for a parachute jump
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War
Late 1970s armed Mazda pickup – Rhodesian BSAP convoy operations
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