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South African Defence Force: Border War Firefight

By the mid-1980s the SADF was modernised to the point where it was able to conduct both conventional and counterinsurgency operations. The footage depicts the quality of the Infantry in fire and movement as well as trench-clearing. Infantry tactics focused on aggression and personal initiative during the firefight. Note the weapon-handling of the conscripts, suggesting a high level of discipline, as well as confidence in the weapons themselves. Given the relatively small size of the white population in South Africa, the military was nevertheless, much like the Rhodesians, quite loss-averse.

Angola  Bushwar  army  military  South  africa  Defence  Force  Namibia  combat  infantry  Apartheid  warfare 

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South African Defence Force: Brothers in Arms 2

The SADF increased the number of South African recruited black units from the early 1980s onwards. 21 Battalion served as the nucleus for the numerous other units that emerged out of all the various ethnic groups in the country. The most prominent unit may have been 121 Bn comprised of Zulus and located at Matubatuba in KwaZulu/Natal. The troops, unlike most of their Namibian counterparts, also served in the townships during the riots. This resulted in many soldiers being killed when on leave e.g. thrown from trains, their houses burned, their families attacked and sometimes injured or killed by UDF (later ANC) supporters. As "Apartheid soldiers", these men have basically been ignored by history, although black soldiers served both as NCOs and officers, attending Infantry School alongside white and coloured candidates from 1987 onwards.

black  troops  Apartheid  Border  war  military  south  africa  defence  force  combat  Afrikaners  racism  Impi  Zulu  Shaka  ANC  SWAPO  Bushwar  soldiers  Angola  firefight  army 

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South African Defence Force: Armoured assault

The SADF main battle tank was the "Olifant". Based on the British "Centurion", it carried a 105 mm gun, had improved mobility in addition to other modifications. While able to match any Soviet equivalent deployed in Sub-Saharan Africa at the time, it remained an improvisation. Also featured in this video is the G 6 155 mm self-propelled howitzer. While superior to anything that the Angolan side could put in the field, there were rather few actually deployed at the time. The backbone of the artillery during operations in Angola therefore continued to be the G 5. The last part of the video features mechanised infantry.

SADF  South  Africa  Border  War  Angola  Bok  van  Blerk  Afrikaner  Apartheid  Armour  Artillery  Infantry  combat  army  military  force  weermag  diensplig  grens  oorlog  Afrikaans  tanks  guns  Namibia  Suidwes 

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