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The climactic death-throes of Soviet Communism during the 1980s included a last-gasp attempt at strategic franchise expansion in Southern Africa. Channeled through Castro's Cuba, oil-rich Angolan armed forces (FAPLA) received billions of dollars of advanced weaponry including MiG 23 and Sukhoi fighter jets, SAM 8 missile systems and thousands of armored vehicles. Their intent - to eradicate the US-backed Angolan opposition (UNITA), then push southwards into South Africa's protectorate SWA/Namibia, ostensibly as liberators. 1985 saw the first large-scale mechanized offensive in Southern African history. Russian Generals planned and oversaw the offensive but without properly accounting for the tenacity of UNITA (supported by the South African Defense Forces - SADF) or the treacherous terrain typical in the rainy season. The '85 offensive floundered in the mud and FAPLA returned to their capital Luanda. The South Africans stood down, confident their 'covert' support for UNITA had demonstrated the folly of prosecuting war so far from home against Africa's military Superpower. The South Africans were mistaken. Fidel and FAPLA immediately redoubled their efforts, strengthening fifteen battalions with even more Soviet hardware while Russian and Cuban specialists oversaw troop training. As Cuban and Angola fighter pilots honed their skills over the skies of Northern Angola, David Mannall, a normal 17-year old kid completing High School, was preparing for two years of compulsory military service before beginning Tertiary education. Through a series of fateful twists he found himself leading soldiers in a number of full-scale armored clashes including the largest and most decisive battle on African soil since World War II. This is the David and Goliath story that, due to seismic political changes in the region, has never been truthfully told. The author lifts the hatch on his story of how Charlie Squadron, comprising just twelve 90mm AFVs crewed by 36 national servicemen, as part of the elite 61 Mechanized Battalion, engaged and effectively annihilated the giant FAPLA 47th Armored Brigade in one day - 3 October 1987. Their 90mm cannons were never designed as tank-killers but any assurances that it would never be used against heavy armor were left in the classroom during the three-month operation and never more starkly than the decisive 'Battle on The Lomba River'. The Communist-backed offensive died that day along with hundreds of opposition fighters. 47th Brigade survivors abandoned their remaining equipment, fleeing north across the Lomba, eventually joining the 59th Brigade in what became a full-scale retreat of over ten thousand soldiers to Cuito Cuanevale. The myth perpetuated by post-apartheid politicians goes something like this "the SADF force that destroyed 47th Brigade on 3 October numbered 6,000 men and that all the hard yards were run by the long suffering UNITA!" The inconvenient truth is that there were just 36 South African boys on the frontline that day, but it is also true to say they would never have achieved such a stunning victory without the support of many more. This is their story. T-54/T-55 - Wikipedia "T-54" redirects here For an American tank prototype from the same era see T54 (American tank) For other uses see T54 (disambiguation) "T-55" redirects here For The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale Angola Cuban and Angolan troops during the battle Research by Special Forces Directorate of Strategy and Plans As the global community and the mass media embark on the THE BATTLE OF CUITO CUANAVALE - Rhodesia THE BATTLE OF CUITO CUANAVALE Cuba's Mythical Victory The Myth In 1988 the Angolan Minister of Defence and other official Angolan and Cuban sources claimed that a Battle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988 South African History Online Introduction The battle of Cuito Cuanavale and the Cuban intervention in Angola is one of the turning points in Southern African History It led to the movement of Replaying Cuito Cuanavale History Today The battle of Cuito Cuanavale was a key moment in the smokescreen conflict of the Cold War played out in southern Africa Gary Baines looks at the ways in which Olifant MkI Main Battle Tank - Tank Encyclopedia Development history The Centurion tank was the South African MBT since 1957 250 Mk 2 and Mk 3 were purchased bought directly from the UK but after a later SA Border War - YouTube This feature is not available right now Please try again later Grensoorlog boekeblad Nuut op die rak ***** Josefskleed (Stryd om te oorleef) Wynand du Toit - R 240-00 (Softcover) *** Mobility Conquers (Story of 61 Mech Battalion Group 1978 - 2005) Battle of Cuito Cuanavale - Wikipedia Battle of Cuito Cuanavale; Part of the Angolan Civil War and the South African Border War Ratel 90 and SANDF Armour in Mock Battle Formation - YouTube Unsubscribe from Africa Travel Channel? The Ratel APC / IFV was used by the SADF during the Angolan Bush War / Border War 1966 - 1989 During the Angolan
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