FAPLA deploy a tank company, a ZU-23 mobile platoon and a BM-21 to Cassumbi to counter 32 Battalion activities
Cassumbi
1 Feb 1987 Cassumbi
Operation Kakebeen goes into high gear as 32 Battalion attacks the SWAPO base at Cassumbi, killing 5 of the estimated 120 enemy, but also losing 4 members of 32 Battalion KIA, wounding 11 more. Large quantities of materiel are destroyed and SWAPO bombshells to Mucolo,...
31 Jan 1987 Cassumbi
Delta Company of 32 Battalion under the command of Lt. J. Brand prepare to attack the SWAPO base at Cassumbi, but the reconnaissance wing reports that it has been abandoned. However, a second base is located in the area and it is a hive of activity. A decision is made...
24 Jan 1987 Cassumbi
A SWAPO POW captured in Kavango confirms the existence of a base west of Cassinga, and also at Cassumbi. 32 Battalion is ordered to locate the base near Cassinga. Bravo Company 32 Battalion located the base at Cassumbi and prepared for an attack as part of Operation...