Photos Angolan Civil Wars, Rhodesian Bush Wars & South African Border Wars

Soviet military advisor Sergei Mishchenko in a captured South African land rover during the battle of Cuito Cuanavale, October 1987
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Both Rhodesia and SA had mixed units and mixed SF that apparently were quite successful. why then did those countries organize their societies around the apartheid concept? or am I wrong about that....
has this been studied or discussed anywhere else that I could read about?
 
And if we start to speak about GDR presence in Africa,lets add here a little propaganda from western side of the border:D
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"Huey" utility helicopter of the Rhodesian Air Force, they were known as "Cheetahs" in Rhodesian service, of the No. 8 Sqn, in Rhodesia during the bush war, c. 1978 - 1979.
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Rhodesian and SA use 5.56mm assault rifle?
During the many brush wars of the 70s and 80s, both Rhodesian and South African forces used the FN FAL in 7.62 with a smattering of other small arms captured or bought. The FN remained the rifle of choice though
 
Low-quality but rarely seen still of a Cuban-flown Angolan AF An-26 transport dropping bombs during the Angolan Civil War, 1980s. The An-26 cam carry actual bomb shackles on the lower fuselage.
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SADF Recce troopers during the Bush War, Col Koos Stadler on the right with possibly Neves Matias on the left
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South African Recce operators during the Angolan War, 1980's. Andre Diedericks, Vic Victorino, Menno Uys and Jose da Costa.
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