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2SSB SADF

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Disaster Strikes on 9 August 1982 – We Loose Fifteen Splendid Soldiers in One Swell Swoop

21:09in1 Parachute Battalion, 61 Mechanised Battalion Group, Books, Operations, South African Bush Warby XO BBHQ

From Eye of the Firestorm, Operation Meebos 1982 9 August – a crisp winter’s morning found 61 Mech in an ambushing position to the east of the Cuvelai-Techamutete road close to where it intersected with the Mui River. The frustrations relating to the finding of the next viable target for the TAC HQ was now […]

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2 Special Service Battalion (usually abbreviated to 2SSB) was an armoured regiment of the South African Army and only one of two such in its regular force. The Regiment was based at Zeerust. It was known in English as, 2 Special Service Battalion, and in the Afrikaans language as, 2 Spesiale Diens Bataljon (2 SSB and 2 SDB).


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