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Platoon 3 - A mechanised ratel soldiers story (Paperback) Loot Price: R305
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Platoon 3 - A mechanised ratel soldiers story (Paperback): Tim Ramsden

Platoon 3 - A mechanised ratel soldiers story (Paperback)

Tim Ramsden

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In 1984, as an eighteen-year-old school leaver, the author was conscripted into a chaotic world of strict order, intense discipline and subtle brain washing, moulding him into a proud well trained 1SAI Ratel soldier. On the SWA/Namibian/Angolan border patrolling through the bush under heavy rainfall and extreme heat, the platoon formed unbreakable bonds of camaraderie. The sheer fear of lying in nightly ambush positions and burying massacred dead in Angola, added to the insanities of the border war. While stemming the flow of refugees from war torn Mozambique, three soldiers from Platoon 3 were captured and held as POW’s in Maputo in the notorious former Portuguese prison, Machava. Called up as a Citizen Force mechanised soldier in 1988, the author along with some of Platoon 3 joined an armoured battle group hurriedly formed to repel two Cuban armoured brigades threatening to invade SWA/Namibia east of Ruacana.

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Imprint: 30 Degrees South Publishers
Country of origin: South Africa
Release date: November 2017
Authors: Tim Ramsden
Dimensions: 234 x 153 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 502
ISBN-13: 978-1-928359-09-8
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
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Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Military life & institutions > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
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LSN: 1-928359-09-4
Barcode: 9781928359098

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