Profusely illustrated.This book briefly describes the history of South Africa's armed forces, outlining their roles in the two World Wars and in Korea and explaining how this background has contributed to the unique make-up of South Africa's defence forces today. The weapons, organisation and training of each of the South African armed services are fully described with sections on elite formations like 1 Reconnaissance Commando and 44 Parachute Brigade and the special techniques they have developed. The campaigns in South West Africa (Namibia) against the SWAPO guerrillas are fully described as are the various operations in Angola from the initial South African involvement in 1975.

South African War Machine

History

Helmoed-Romer Heitman

Africa

Bison Books

Helmoed Romer Heitman, famed author of War in "Angola: The Final South African Phase" and co-author of "Bushwar Basoorlog Buschkrieg : The SWA/Namibia Defense Force", gives an authoritative and comprehensive description of South Africa's idiosyncratic but undoubtably efficient armed forces. His analysis is supplemented by a carefully chosen selection of illustrations, many of them never previously published. South African War Machine is an unrivaled guide to this most important organization.

South African war machine

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South African War Machine

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