Open AccessBorderstrike! South Africa into Angola
Author(s) -
D. Conradie
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
scientia militaria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2309-9682
pISSN - 2224-0020
DOI - 10.5787/13-3-553
Subject(s) - wheeling , rifle , gunpowder , geography , mining engineering , geology , engineering , archaeology , electrical engineering
'Rifle and machinegun fire clattered in all directions; the deep-throated bark of the AA guns mingled with the thump of 90 mm guns and sullen explosions as Swapo dumps went up. Clouds of smoke and dust cloaked the groups of vehicles wheeling and circling around and through the patches of bush; the bodies of dead insurgents lay everywhere.