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  2. South African Special Forces - Wikipedia

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    South African special forces carried out a number of combat operations during the Rhodesian Bush War, the South African Border War, and the Mozambican Civil War. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The Special Forces Brigade's current structure [ 11 ] is the result of extensive restructuring related to the integration of the South African National Defence Force ...

  3. South African Defence Force - Wikipedia

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    The South African Defence Force (SADF) (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag) comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1957 until 1994. Shortly before the state reconstituted itself as a republic in 1961, the former Union Defence Force was officially succeeded by the SADF, which was established by the Defence Act (No. 44) of 1957.

  4. List of commando units - Wikipedia

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    As of 2016, the number of commando brigades have been expanded to 16 to deal with the new threats, including two in the gendarmerie force brigade. [21] These include: 1st Airborne Commando Brigade; 2nd Commando Brigade; 3rd Commando Brigade; 4th Commando Brigade; 5th Mountain and Commando Brigade; 7th Commando Brigade; 9th Commando Brigade ...

  5. South African Army corps and branches - Wikipedia

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    Field Artillery Branch (Citizen Force) (1913–34) – incorporated into SAA SA Field Artillery (1915–19) SA Heavy Artillery (1915–19) SA Field Artillery (1923–34) - incorporated into SA Artillery

  6. 8 South African Armoured Division - Wikipedia

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    8 South African Division was established as an Armoured Formation on August 1, 1974, consisting of 81 Armoured Brigade, 82 Mechanised Brigade and 84 Motorised Brigade. It was, in many respects, a mirror of 7th South African Infantry Division .

  7. 7 South African Infantry Division - Wikipedia

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    SADF 7th Division original structure c. 1974 SADF original 7 Division patch badge 1970's It appears from Colonel Lionel Crook's book on 71 Brigade [ 5 ] that two of 7 Division's three brigades were redesignations of 17th and 18th Brigades. 71 Motorised Brigade was the former 17 Brigade, 72 Brigade was the former 18 Brigade, and 73 Brigade was a ...

  8. 62 Mechanised Battalion Group - Wikipedia

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    62 Mechanised Infantry Battalion Group was a unit of the South African Army (SADF); although it was classed as mechanized infantry, it was a combined arms force consisting of a Mechanised Infantry Battalion forming the core of the group, Main Battle Tank Squadron, Armoured Car Squadron, Air-defence Battery, Engineer Squadron, Artillery Battery, specialists i.e. EW, MAOT, etc. and all the ...

  9. Natal Command - Wikipedia

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    SADF era Natal Command Commando structure. For Territorial forces a structure of "groups" was established during the 1980s. Each of these regional groups fell under the authority of a Command and exercised operational control over a number of units, mostly Commandos. Natal Command had three Groups (originally four) under command.