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Koevoet video (SWA Police)

Length: 3:1
Rating Average: 4.66 from 89 people
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Author: fishclint

Tags: african angola border bushwar koevoet police saps south swa war

SADF photos website http://groups.msn.com/SADFphotos/ SADF group on facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2695668014 Short video made from various Koevoet (South West African Police Counter Insurgency Unit) photos. Koevoet (Afrikaans for crowbar) was a police counter insurgency unit in South-West Africa (now Namibia) during the 1970s and 1980s. They were the most effective unit (in terms of personnel lost versus enemies killed) deployed against SWAPO fighters (seeking Namibian independence from Apartheid South Africa). South-West Africa (now Namibia) was a South African protectorate since the end of World War II, but since the 1960s there was a growing struggle for independence from former colonial powers across the entire African continent. In the Southern African region this usually took the form of armed guerrillas (or insurgents as they are called today) support with weapons and training from communist states such as the Soviet Union and China, both seeking to expand their influence in strategically important and mineral rich region. The apartheid government had watched with great concern as these low intensity wars ousted former colonial powers in neighbouring states replacing them with communist backed regimes, first it was Mozambique and Angola in 1975 followed by Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1980. Fearing a similar fate for South-West Africa (Namibia) and eventually South Africa, the South African government did not relinquish control over South-West Africa (Namibia) in contravention of a UN Security Council resolution 435 of 1978. Koevoet was a 3000-man force consisting of Ovambo tribesmen and about 300 white officers and white SADF non-commissioned officers (NCOs). It was organized into 40-man platoons equipped with mine resistant Casspir wheeled armored personnel carriers (including one informally armed with a 20mm cannon) and a supply truck. They rotated one week in the bush for one week at camp. It was the 1978 brainchild of then Colonel Hans Dreyer (later a Major-General in the SADF) to develop and exploit intelligence and was based on the Portuguese Flechas and the Rhodesian Selous Scouts. Koevoet was based in Oshakati and suffered 153 killed in action and several hundred more wounded. They killed more than 3,681 alleged SWAPO insurgents which resulted in a 1:25 or one to 25 kill ratio.

South African Armed Forces (SADF,KOEVOET,RECCE,SAP)

Length: 4:27
Rating Average: 4.67 from 125 people
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Author: fishclint

Tags: african bushwar defence force recce sadf sap south

This video is from 'The Soldier's Friend' collection! SADF photos website http://groups.msn.com/SADFphotos/ SADF group on facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2695668014 Short video clip made from video clips of the various South African Armed Forces. The Border War lasted 23 years and involved South Africans, Namibians, Angolans, Cubans, Russians and Americans amongst others. During that period the SADF called up more than 25,000 white male conscripts each year (for a two year tour), totalling just over half a million men. The war differed from the American experience in South East Asia, in that the technical and military superiority of the South African forces was capitalised upon throughout the campaign by the South African General Staff. In consequence, the war can also be seen as one-sided for the South African Army and Air Force - during engagements they had superiority of machinery and weaponry, utlised mine proof fighting vehicles such as the Casspir and the Ratel and even employed one of the world's finest pieces of mobile artillery, the G6 155mm Howitzer. Engagements were almost always won, or else were low-loss retreats (often as small as a rugby pitch) injured servicemen were treated in M.A.S.H.-type units supported by SAAF Aerospatiale Puma helicopters, which were faster and carried more than the UH-1 in Vietnam. Soldiers would do a tour and generally were not required to return to unless voluntarily, although in some cases the Army offered incentives and in some cases for exceptional talents, enforced recruitment to Koevoet (a para-military Policing unit restricted to Namibian operations) and the Recces for more tours. For some men this lead to adverse effects causing much critical public reaction. South African Air Force air-to-air engagements were also protracted, as tactics tended to resemble those of Israel - destruction of aircraft on the airfield, in the manner of the prosecution of the Six Day War in 1967, although the SAAF campaign only became full time in 1971-1972. Ground and air attack was executed by the Mirage F1 and Atlas Impala which had air superiority throughout. Tactical reconnaissance was performed by the Mirage III R2Z variant in 3 Squadron. Also during this campaign, the English Electric Canberra and Blackburn Buccaneer were first employed as jet strategic bombers. During the later stages, SAAF involvement became circumscribed because of growth in the Angolan/Cuban SAM umbrella. Despite the revolutionary and liberation causes, the rigid Soviet style regimes of many of South African foes had disillusioned many within their own ranks, resulting in defections such as the one in 1989, when an Angolan pilot defected with his MiG-21MF to Namibia, where the plane was captured by South African forces (and is now displayed at SAAF Museum, in Waterkloof). Where some Black, Coloured and Indian South Africans were fighting a struggle against apartheid inside South Africa's borders (many trained in Soviet Bloc countries), the Whites were conscripted to fight the rooi gevaar (Afrikaans for "red danger") of communism on its borders. Only white South Africans were conscripted, though Coloured (1 and 2 South African Cape Corps) and Black (21 Batallion) units served with distinction. The South West African Territory Force was recruited from Namibians of all races. Some white South Africans felt afterwards that they were kept in the dark about what really happened in their own country and on its borders during these years.

Koevoet (Green Boots)

Length: 2:33
Rating Average: 4.81 from 47 people
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Author: fishclint

Tags: african angola border bushwar koevoet namibia police sadf south west

This video is from 'The Soldier's Friend' collection! SADF photos website http://groups.msn.com/SADFphotos/ SADF group on facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2695668014 Short video made from various Koevoet (South West African Police Counter Insurgency Unit) photos and video clips. Koevoet (Afrikaans for crowbar) was a police counter insurgency unit in South-West Africa (now Namibia) during the 1970s and 1980s. They were the most effective unit (in terms of personnel lost versus enemies killed) deployed against SWAPO fighters (seeking Namibian independence from Apartheid South Africa). South-West Africa (now Namibia) was a South African protectorate since the end of World War II, but since the 1960s there was a growing struggle for independence from former colonial powers across the entire African continent. In the Southern African region this usually took the form of armed guerrillas (or insurgents as they are called today) support with weapons and training from communist states such as the Soviet Union and China, both seeking to expand their influence in strategically important and mineral rich region. The apartheid government had watched with great concern as these low intensity wars ousted former colonial powers in neighbouring states replacing them with communist backed regimes, first it was Mozambique and Angola in 1975 followed by Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1980. Fearing a similar fate for South-West Africa (Namibia) and eventually South Africa, the South African government did not relinquish control over South-West Africa (Namibia) in contravention of a UN Security Council resolution 435 of 1978. Koevoet was a 3000-man force consisting of Ovambo tribesmen and about 300 white officers and white SADF non-commissioned officers (NCOs). It was organized into 40-man platoons equipped with mine resistant Casspir wheeled armored personnel carriers (including one informally armed with a 20mm cannon) and a supply truck. They rotated one week in the bush for one week at camp. It was the 1978 brainchild of then Colonel Hans Dreyer (later a Major-General in the SADF) to develop and exploit intelligence and was based on the Portuguese Flechas and the Rhodesian Selous Scouts. Koevoet was based in Oshakati and suffered 153 killed in action and several hundred more wounded. They killed more than 3,681 alleged SWAPO insurgents which resulted in a 1:25 or one to 25 kill ratio.

Green Boots - Koevoet

Length: 2:42
Rating Average: 5.00 from 3 people
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Author: mosulangel

Tags: Boots Green Koevoet

Tribute to the SA Police SF bush warfare unit Koevoet. Fighting insurgents on the Angola border of Namibia(SWA). Great men in the 70's and 80's.

DVD december 2007 Jan Koevoet

Length: 5:4
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Author: famkoevoet

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Korte indruk van de DVD Te mooi om waar te zijn van Jan Koevoet. Natuurlijk te bestellen via de site: www.jankoevoet.nl. Hierop vindt u ook alle informatie van deze zanger.