During the last 15 years and post "Apartheid" era more and more information became available in the public domain.
Even to someone like me that grew up in this era and served many years in the SADF, it is still fascinating and sometimes even mind-boggling to read about the events and to connect the dots completing some very interesting stories of the past.
The pure scope of events,the extreme distances over which battles were fought,the large concentration of Soviet weapons backed by Cuban, Russian, East German and even Chinese forces made this war a very complex and logistically difficult war for South Africa.
Soldiers on patrole often had to run for cover or sleep at night in trees to avoid elephant herds or lions.Crossing rivers even not under attack was made very difficult as they often became prey to crocodile attacks.
This all in the face of a total international arms embargo against SA.But as the say"When the going gets tough,.....then the tough gets going " South Africa as result had to be creative and flexible.They used every possible avenue and build the biggest and most sophisticated arms industry in Africa and to date eve the USA is surprised by their inventions and designs born out of combat experience.
Here are some other units of the South African Defence Forces that performed exceptionally well under very harsh conditions : 32 Battalion - www.netcentral.co.uk/~cobus/32BAT.htm
Another very unique unit that might interest members of this forum is the "Solous Scouts" ,a anti-terror unit with a great history fighting in Rhodesia ( Zimbabwe) ;http://members.tripod.com/selousscouts/home_page.htm
Well I hope every one will enjoy reading some of the history and sharing the events that took place during some of the most difficult wars in Africa.
Cheers, Sea-dog
