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South African Defence Force: Military Service

Military service was compulsory for every white male. There were 8 Infantry training battalions for white conscripts. 2 SAInfantry Battalion was situated in the South African enclave of Walvis Bay along the Namibian coast. The footage in the beginning of this clip shows the harsh training conditions among the sand dunes.

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South African Defence Force - Infantry School 1986

Situated on the outskirts of Oudtshoorn, the School of Infantry trained the junior leaders for South Africa's mot. Infantry. The training was rigorous by any standards and less than half the candidates completed the course. It involved a platoon weapons phase, an endurance march covering 140 kilometers through the Swartberg mountains, a conventional warfare phase, urban and rural counterinsugency phases. The candidates were deployed operationally in Sector 10 along the SWA border as well as during the riots in support of the South African Police (SAP). Some of the footage in this clip does not depict members of Infantry School but serves to provide historical context.

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Added: 162 days ago by SAClips

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South African Defence Force: Auxiliary Forces

Thousands of black troops served alongside their white comrades during the South African Border war (1966-1989). Two prominent units feature in this video, namely 32 and 101 Battalions.

South  Africa  Namibia  Angola  Border  War  grensoorlog  Apartheid  infantry  32  Battalion  101  African  Defence  Force  SADF  SWAPO  UNITA  FAPLA  Kaplyn  Cuito  soldiers  Cold  combat  Afrikanerhart  Bok  van  Blerk  Tyd  om  the  trek  racism  military 

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61 MECH BN , SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE FORCE, LAST PARADE

61 Mech Bn was disbanded on the 17th of November 2005. This is a short video for those who could not attend and all those that died in the line of serving with the Unit. This unit was the real deal,the iron fist for conventional and semi-conventional warfare for the South African Defence Force. This was the only permanent Mechanised Batalion with all elements ranging from Artillery to Infantry and everything inbetween. As everybody that served in 61 will tell you....If you were in 61 you were there........ MOBILITATE VINCERE.

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Added: 162 days ago by SAClips

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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.

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