by Wolfgang Witschas | Apr 15, 2026 | Archives Posts, Armoured & Ambulance Trains, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Wolfgang Witschas The South African Casspir Mk II B Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle (MRAP) “The Swiss Army Knife of Combat Vehicles” https://en.m.wikepedia.org/wiki/Casspir Abstract The Casspir is a legendary South African 4×4 Mine-Resistant Ambush...
by Wolfgang Witschas | Jan 10, 2026 | Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis
SAA Flight SA 228: 20 April 1968: Windhoek Wolfgang Witschas Abstract SA 228 was a scheduled South African Airways (SAA) flight from Johannesburg via Windhoek, Luanda, Las Palmas, London and Frankfurt, that crashed on Saturday 20 April 1968, shortly after take off...
by Wolfgang Witschas | Dec 30, 2025 | SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, SAP History / Geskiedenis
South African Police (SAP): Alouette lll Helicopter Accident at Terrace Bay South West Africa (SWA) (Namibia): 21 April 1966 Wolfgang Witschas Abstract The 1966 Terrace Bay incident involved South African Air Force (SAAF) Alouette III helicopter (65), SAP call sign...
by Wolfgang Witschas | Dec 18, 2025 | Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902), British Concentration Camps, ESPIONAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA, Historical photos, History, History of the Natal (Mounted) Police, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902): Field Intelligence Unit: Nesbitt’s Horse Wolfgang Witschas Abstract Nesbitt’s Horse was an irregular unit raised in the Eastern Cape during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). The corps, about 300 strong, was formed in...
by Wolfgang Witschas | Dec 3, 2025 | Canadian colonial Forces in South Africa, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902): Canadian Unit: Strathcona’s Horse Wolfgang Witschas Abstract At the request of Queen Victoria, Lord Strathcona created, recruited, and equipped the “regiment” (later to be named: “Strathcona’s...
