Ratel One-TwoArmoured Warfare in Angola, 1987

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Weight 0.800 kg
Dimensions 22.8 × 15.2 × 2 cm
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ISBN9781928359913 Barcode9781928359913
Overview
A teenager in the mid-80s, fresh out of high school, is conscripted into the South African Defence Force where he goes through the hardships and humour of infantry training. Innocent youngsters from all over the country are moulded into efficient killing machines and turned into platoons of mechanized infantry.

A teenager in the mid-80s, fresh out of high school, is conscripted into the South African Defence Force where he goes through the hardships and humour of infantry training. Innocent youngsters from all over the country are moulded into efficient killing machines and turned into platoons of mechanized infantry.

The author takes you blow by blow through some of the biggest and bloodiest battles fought on the African continent since World War II, during Operation Moduler. He takes you inside his “Metal Mother”, a Ratel infantry fighting vehicle, deep into Angola and describes the feeling of utter helplessness as he faces off against Soviet main battle tanks in his lightly armed and armoured Ratel.

Loved ones back in the “States” have no idea of the scope and violence of the war in Angola and are kept in the dark as to the extent of South Africa’s involvement, often told that their son, brother or father has been killed “on the Border”, little knowing that he died hundreds of kilometres inside Angola.

In the space of a week, the intense high of battle contrasts starkly with suddenly being back in Civvy Street where nobody knows or cares about what he’s just been through.

Stephen J. Henry

Stephen John Henry is a first-time writer. He was born in 1967 in the sleepy little city of East London on the East Coast of South Africa, the youngest in a family of five children and brought up in a home filled with love and laughter.

He writes from experience as a teenager in the late 1980s called up to do his national service in the South African Defence Force and whose experiences left a deep impression on his life. Father to a 20-year-old daughter, he works in Logistics, and lives in Durbanville, Cape Town. He enjoys being outdoors as much as possible, whether hiking the mountain with family and friends or being on a beach … any beach.

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Weight 0.800 kg
Dimensions 22.8 × 15.2 × 2 cm
Pages

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Weight

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Publisher30 Degrees South Publishers Publication Date05/07/2024

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