Operation #Savannah: 22-vehicle #Eland-90 armoured car squadron began a 2,400 km 6 day trek from Bloemfontein to #Ondangwa in SW Africa where they would airlifted into the fight in #Angola 9 October 1975

Portuguese fighters with #FNLA guerrillas in northern #Angola. October 23, 1975. Photo: Patrick

Little-known photograph of fighting in northern Angola in 1975. #FNLA forces entering #Caxito on August 8 of that year. Even Fidel Castro’s war machine had not been fully deployed to the rescue of the MPLA with the complicity of the Portuguese authorities.

Typical image of #Cuban convoy in #Angola. Note the #BRDM-52 armored vehicle in the foreground and the surveillance soldiers deployed on both sides of the road, evidently doing their job poorly. In the 80s, Cuban troops only controlled the large cities and had to move during the day in heavily protected caravans to resolve supplies, tactical…Read More

#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

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.

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.