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Two soldiers of the #Rhodesian African Rifles, 1976. #RAR
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Read MoreHow rapidly times alter. As the so-called ‘Winds of Change’ swept through colonial Africa, the process of decolonisation gathered inexorable pace. Rhodesia was a prominent example. In July 1964, it experienced its first terrorist incident when a white farmer...
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A #Hunter with a two-seat 3Vampire over the pestilential Zambezi Valley in about 1972 as nationalist incursions increased. AIR MARSHAL N. WALSH #Rhodesian
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#Hunter FGA9 R1198 with an Aermacchi #AL-60 over the Victoria Falls in 1970. The latter type often carried a forward air controller. AVM I. HARVEY #Rhosesian
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Wearing Royal #Rhodesian Air Force ‘assegai’ roundels, #Hunter FGA9 R1258 of 1 Squadron cuts a menacing pose over Lake Kariba during the period when the first attacks on insurgents were made. ROYAL RHODESIAN AIR FORCE
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This strange go-cart-looking vehicle was intended to cross over minefields without detonating explosive devices. For this purpose, #Pookie was fitted with four Formula One tires procured by the #Rhodesian government after the South African Grand Prix in 1976.
The width of the tires was able to exert less ground pressure than a footprint, or a…Read More
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#Spook Mine-Protected Combat Vehicle… 1RAR at Metheun #RAR #Rhodesian
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XO BBHQ posted in the group Angolan / South African Border War
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Regular CMV correspondent James Kinnear earlier this year met
with members of the Union of Veterans of Angola during a trip to Russia to find
out more about the war in Angola from the Soviet perspective