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Original caption: "Rare photograph of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in training. Here seen being trained in the USSR by Russian Military advisors." And then imposters want to tell us they freed South Africa.

March 1917. WW1. Dannes, France. Real history.

It is what it is. South African Airforce Oryx from 22 Squadron on board the United States aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.

Learn2history. Real experience.

Original caption: "Civilians tending soldiers' graves; some of the many thousands which serve as a legacy of man's madness. The total cost in human lives amounted to 13 million. The total number of South Africans killed during the First World War was 12 452, of whom 8 551 were white, 709 coloured men and 3 192 black. Although small when compared with the total, to sparsely populated South Africa, the losses were enormous. Not only in terms of numbers, but in terms of quality and kind. Those who served were all volunteers, and it is in the nature of things that a volunteer army takes a proportion of the best men of a nation."

Reserve force members of the Cape Town Rifle (Dukes) at training at Beaufort West. People's army.

Complete proof that the SANDF are not directly involved in APU duties:

Retired Major General Johan Jooste told a border surveillance technology co-operation seminar that one of the biggest problems facing him in the ongoing campaign against rhino poachers was that of turning people trained as conservationists – rangers – into “operators”.

“I ask myself if it’s right to train people whose function is protection of species, from grass through to birds and animals to become almost like Special Forces operators.

“When rangers go on patrol in search of rhino poachers they are up against an enemy who comes into Kruger for one to four days at a time with the express intention of killing rhino. He has the bushcraft and skills to survive on very little for that period of time and I am putting people in harm’s way trying to stop and apprehend him.

“Sure their job is to protect species and anti-poaching operations are part of it but it is a worrying aspect of current operations in the Kruger National Park.”


“Anti- and counter-poaching operations will remain a collateral task for soldiers and other military personnel deployed on border protection (Operation Corona) until there is a focus shift,” he said adding good training and doctrine would, in time and if deployed, be an asset against poachers.

- DefenceWeb

Professional army. People's army.

Indoor electronic rifle range. Technological solutions for today's problems. Bad weather? No problem!

As per tradition. He proudly pushes up because he received a box from his civilian life.

Camouflage techniques being passed down to recruits. Old lessons preserved.

Buddy aid. All South African soldiers have to be skilled in it. Professional army. People's army.

Wot it do.

It is what it is. Fast Roping.

Sharing and getting involved since 1910. Bush survival skills passed on to US soldiers.

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Weapons viewing. Professional. Weapons officer looking after quality control so that soldiers don't flee because they don't have quality weapons.

Nuff sed.

Msauza:


I would rather call Burundi, the best African Army other than military of propaganda.

Sure, why won't you salute Burundi ? South African army just recently gave the job it cannot do to Botswana where your Rhinos are now safe
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MikeZA: The Hawk can do the job of your so called "ISTAR plane".

Hawk jet has NO suveillance radar for ISTAR....fool
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patches689:

American army before Iraq was untested. How did that work?

German army today is untested

Dude stop posting this bvllshit on nairaland.

America just came from a very big and very large scale Vietnam war about 15 years before Iraqi war.

Same American fought world war II to Korean war about 10 years later. America is always fighting big wars, they are now back in Iraq against ISIS just after the finished Afghanistan war.

Stop writing rubbish that America has no war experience.

Germany, until the day they face Russia again since the last time 1945, then we will know how good they are.

The German military can defeat a weaker nation based on advanced technology and large number of sophisticated weapons.

South Africa is 100 times weaker than Germany. Don't compare
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patches689:

This has literally nothing to do with development

Technological advancement has nothing to do with development? Okay your own idea of a developed country is the one that makes nice photos of all it's good roads and houses. Ode
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patches689:

Meanwhile - BH killed 3000 or so Nigerians this year

In South Africa.... Just over 700 rhino dead

We better protect rhino than you do your people

Are you protecting 177 million Rhinos? We have 177 million people to protect
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patches689:

And as the only sub Saharan country to have fought a conventional war with and advanced fighters flown by both sides. South Africa has maintained those capabilities.

Dude South Africa VS Cuba was old school Mirage 111 and F1 VS MiG-23 ancient aircraft that are no longer relevant today, they are NOT advanced jets, they are out-dated 3rd generation relics.

The only Sub-Saharan countries that have ever used modern 4th generation jets in combat are Ethiopia VS Eritrea using their Su-27 Flanker VS MiG-29 with BVR missiles.

South Africa has NEVER used 4th generation jets in combat.

South Africa has NEVER used BRV missiles in combat and you don't even have any BVR today.

South Africa has NEVER used her Gripen and Hawk jets in battle.

South Africa's old 1980s and 1990s air combat experience is ZERO relevance today where Africa is flying latest Su-30 Flankers and F-16 jets
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patches689:

We have a satellite that performs military tasks

South Africa's satellite died natural death many years ago , so today you have NOTHING
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patches689:

If a man was 17 in 1989

Show us proof of 17 year old men in 1989 that are still in SANDF as combatants today !
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patches689:

5th longest sniper kill in the world

A man who was 17 in 1989... How old is he now? Simple question, answer it

Fake sniper kill only found in the mouths of South African propagandists and South African edited Wikipedia.

Show us proof of SANDF 17 year old men of 1989 still in combatant service today !
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Centrifude:
This guy is dumb Thiza specifically said that those Operatives are retired but they are still active in training new recruits, coordinating missions and so on. The same way a soccer player may be retired from playing soccer but he/she still helps train new players and all that ish.

He can't accept the fact that our guys are better.

You cannot be better with ZERO war experience in 20 years for SANDF.

You are however, the best photography craaaaazy army in Africa
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DieVluit: H

You say the US don't list much. You say Nigeria have no list. and then you ask for a list from south africa.

I think youre dizzy right now.your fight against Boko haram has been a total disaster. Don't even mention it. Other nations would've done way better. Everyone knows that your military has made a mess of the fight.

No, Nigerian Army made a mess of Boko Haram regularly, enjoy this....and show me video of how South African army performed against Seleka


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdwOfvLek3Q

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patches689:

Lol

This propaganda makes you feel good?

Simple propaganda for simple minds

No, 150 ammo per man in Nigerian army for rifles only, is a training doctrine of every bullet counts.....sharpshooting.

See, we target Boko men's heads, one bullet, s.kull is drilled with a hole....see heads with holes in these photos, that is what Nigerian army will do to SANDF, your photos and training has not allowed you to know what it means when a sharp-shooting enemy fires back at you in retaliation...
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patches689:

So when the rooivalk flies against the same guns they are only rebel worthy and not "real combat"

And when the Nigerian Airforce flies against them they are suddenly "world class"

Yet another contradiction

#worldClassContradictions

M23 was using weak 14.5mm single barrel AAA on Rooivalk and the Hinds were there to protect SAAF.

Boko is using superior 23mm four barrel AAA on NAF Helicopters and Alpha jets

NAF has 100 times more air to ground pilot combat experience than SAAF today 2014.
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agaugust:

You cannot be better with ZERO war experience in 20 years for SANDF.

You are however, the best photography craaaaazy army in Africa
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Simple let's compare your great soldiers to our SAPS STF how many hostage rescues have they done in the past 5 years, do your soldiers specialise in High Altitude Low Opening or High Altitude High Opening parachutes jumps?

Have they ever operated deep behind enemy lines in a foreign country taking out high value enemy target like our Recces did in Congo?

patches689:

Why the last 20 years only?

Ok, how about the last 2 years:
1. 6th longest sniper kill in history
2. Extracting the Lesotho president in the midst of a coup
3. Operations deep behind M23 lines - destroying their logistics and C&C

What can Nigerian special forces claim in the last 20 years? Killing a man who is not dead?

Sniper kill record that was denied by SANDF Brigadier General becomes propaganda fake news, you own army denies it

Extracting Lesotho president in a ZERO threat zone where the enemy was not interested in fighting you, can you compare Seleka ?

Behind M23 lines was a United Nations operation NOT a South African war. Tanzanian army led the operations NOT SANDF

Conclusion : In the last 20 years, South African special forces have ZERO combat experience....Hollywood army
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