#R-105 radio, used by #Cuban troops in #Angola in the 70s. There are several versions (designations) for use in the different branches of an army and later modernizations (models R-105M, R-105D, etc.). In general, the equipment weighed more than 14 kilos and had an antenna one and a half meters high, with 1 watt of power. The young Cuban…Read More

August 1986. #MIG-21 plane shot down by MANPAD – #Stinger anti-aircraft missile – supplied by the CIA to #UNITA

#Cuban #MiG-21PFM serial “C-50” after crash landing, in #Angola. (Photo credit: Luis Domínguez.)

#MiG-21 of the #Angolan Air Force #FAPA-DAA with #Cuban Pilot

#MiG-23ML of the #Angolan Air Force #FAPA-DAA

#Eland-90

#UNITA Parade

#UNITA Troops clamber over an Angolan Air Force, Russian built #Mi-8 assault helicopter shot down during the battles. This helicopter is codenamed Hip by NATO. @jonas-savimbi

South African missile crew with French-designed #Crotale missile battery. It is known as the #Cactus missile in South Africa. One of the missiles had been fired at an attacking #Mig-23 without success.

Bushmen of the SADF’s #201Bn played an important role in the war. Although they operated as machinegunners, drivers, signallers, medics and mortarmen, their most remarkable skill was tracking, following nigh-on invisible spoor at great speed. #Buffel

Captain John Mortimer in a #Casspir attached to an SADF/ #UNITA liaison team; he stood in for Les Rudman’s team during their home leave.

South African 155-mm #G5 artillery on the outskirts of Cuito Cuanavale pounding Cuban and Angolan positions. The guns were carefully camouflaged against enemy air attacks