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PMD-6 & 7 Landmine

Nov 24, 2024 | Anti-Personnel Mine, Portuguese Colonial Wars In Africa, Rhodesian Bush War, South African Bush War, Soviet Union

This is the Russian PMD-6 (ПMД-6), a High-Explosive-Blast (HE-Blast), rectangular, wooden, Anti-Personnel (AP), landmine that is designed to wound or kill by its HE-Blast effect also copied in China. The upper portion of the box overlaps the lower portion which...

F1 Hand Grenade

Nov 10, 2024 | Grenades, Portuguese Colonial Wars In Africa, Rhodesian Bush War, South African Bush War, Soviet Union

This is the Russian F1(Ф1), a High-Explosive-Fragmentation (HE-Frag), defensive, striker-release (SR), hand-grenade, nicknamed the Limonka (lemon-like), used as an Anti-Personnel (AP) hand-grenade and also used as part of a booby-trap (BTP), it has been copied in many...

PROM-1 Landmine

Nov 10, 2024 | Anti-Personnel Mine, Portuguese Colonial Wars In Africa, Rhodesian Bush War, South African Bush War, Yugoslavia

This is the Yugoslavian PROM-1, a High-Explosive-Fragmentation (HE-Frag), pressure or tripwire (TPW) actuated, bounding, Anti-Personnel (AP), landmine. It consists of a cylindrical body with a pronged fuze inserted into the top of the landmine. The landmine is...

TMD-44 Landmine

Nov 10, 2024 | Anti-Tank Mine, Portuguese Colonial Wars In Africa, Rhodesian Bush War, South African Bush War, Soviet Union

This is the Russian TMD-44, a High-Explosive-Blast (HE-Blast), square-shaped, wooden-bodied, Anti-Vehicle (AV), landmine that is designed to damage or destroy a vehicle by its blast effect, similar in appearance to the Russian TMD-B of WWII and appears to be an...

The F-86 Sabre in combat in Guinea-Bissau Part 1

Oct 18, 2023 | Fighter-Bomber Aircraft, Guinea-Bissau, Portugal, Portuguese Colonial Wars In Africa, War in Africa

In the context of the former Portuguese colonial empire, the territories of Guinea and Cape Verde played an important role in the maritime and air routes connecting Southern Africa, where Portugal had two important colonies: Angola and Mozambique. Furthermore, on the...

POMZ-2M Landmine

Sep 24, 2023 | Anti-Personnel Mine, Portuguese Colonial Wars In Africa, Rhodesian Bush War, South African Bush War, Soviet Union

The POMZ-2M is a stake-mounted anti-personnel fragmentation mine made in the former Soviet Union. The body of the mine is a cast-iron thick-walled tube with five rows of cast fragmentation "chunks". This is usually mounted on a short wooden stake. Because the mine is...

PMN Landmine

Sep 24, 2023 | Anti-Personnel Mine, Portuguese Colonial Wars In Africa, Rhodesian Bush War, South African Bush War, Soviet Union

The PMN is a bakelite-cased, pressure operated, anti-personnel blast mine (sometimes called the 'Black-widow'). Made in the former Soviet Union, it has been found in Afghanistan, Angola, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Chechnya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Honduras,...

The story of the Fiat G.91R fighter bombers operated by the Portuguese Air Force in Angola

Sep 11, 2023 | Angola, Fighter-Bomber Aircraft, Portugal, Portuguese Colonial Wars In Africa

This is the short story of Fiat G.91R fighter bombers operated by the Força Aérea Portuguesa (FAP, Portuguese Air Force) in Angola [partially covered in War of Intervention in Angola Volume 1 published by Helion & Company]. None of the Fiat G.91R fighter bombers...