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Military Despatches Vol 20 February 2019 Black Hawk down The Battle of Mogadishu A thousand words The stories behind the most iconic war photos E-yih-sih yil-tas World War II Navajo code talkers Adolf Galland German ace respected by friend and foe Top Secret Military machines that were once top secret For the military enthusiast CONTENTS February 2019 Page 14 Click on any video below to view How much do you know about movie theme songs? Take our quiz and find out. Hipe’s Wouter de The old South African Goede interviews former Defence Force used 28’s gang boss David a mixture of English, Williams. Afrikaans, slang and A thousand words techno-speak that few The stories behind the photographs outside the military could hope to under- 34 stand. Some of the terms Features were humorous, some A matter of survival 6 This month we look at birds, were clever, while others reptiles and insects as a source were downright crude. Once they were Top Secret of food. While some of these are now obsolete, they were once top Quiz Part of Hipe’s “On the secret. 37 couch” series, this is an 10 26 Modern Assault Rifles interview with one of Reserve Force seniority Valentine’s - the real story These are the new kids on the author Herman Charles Citizen Force Units are now Forget what you’ve heard about block - modern assault rifles Bosman’s most famous Reserve Force Units in the St. Valentine’s Day. Here is that are now used by armed characters, Oom Schalk SANDF. Yet who is the oldest the real story, straight from the forces. We show you 15, you Lourens. Hipe spent time in of these units? A taxi driver was shot horses mouth. By St. Valentine. tell us what they are. dead in an ongoing Hanover Park, an area 20 28 war between rival taxi plagued with gang The thing we do for love organisations. violence, to view first- Even those serving in the mili- Thank you ACME hand how Project tary are not immune to the pow- Sea Cadets appreciate Bosun’s Ceasefire is dealing with er of love. Call. the situation. 24 30 Hipe TV brings you videos ranging from actuality to humour and every- GBOBA awards bursary Rank Structure thing in between. Interviews, mini-documentaries and much more. SATS General Botha Old Boy’s This month we look at the Indi- Association awards a bursary. an Army. Check out Hipe TV and remember to like, comment, share and subscribe. 00 3 CONTENTS Page 38 Editor’s PUBLISHER Sitrep Hipe Media EDITOR Matt Tennyson DEPUTY EDITOR o, here we are in Feb- Everything is done and dust- John Verster ruary, the last month of ed, I sit back and pour myself summer and the shortest a bucket of Bushmills, and then PHOTOGRAPHER Head-to-head - Infantry Fighting Vehicles S Regine Lord month of the year. realise I’ve still got to write my It’s also that time of the year Editor’s Sitrep. Hell, bugger CONTRIBUTORS Famous Figures Battlefield again - Valentine’s. I must con- and tarnation. Raymond Fletcher, Ryan Mur- This month in history fess, I’m not the biggest fan. This month, on 3 February to phy, Matt O’Brien, Matt Ten- 56 Look, don’t get me wrong. be precise, the Border Boy’s Pa- 44 64 nyson, Rev. Ralph Thornley, Lt Battle of Mogadishu I’m not against romance, I’m rade is held in Bergvliet, Cape Cdr Glenn von Zeil. Adolf Galland February against the concept of Val- Town. Is it my imagination or World War II German Luft- The ‘Black Hawk down’ story. Some of the events of military entine’s Day. Truth be told, I’m are there fewer of us marching Military Despatches is pub- waffe general and flying ace, importance that happened in a hopeless romantic. every year. lished on-line every month. respected by friend and foe. Gaming January. It’s just that I feel that Val- Then I realise that the Border The articles used in Military entine’s Day has become a War took place between 1966 60 Despatches are copyrighted Forged in Battle Front Cover commercial rip-off. The price and 1989. So that means it has and may not be used without Ghost Recon Wildlands of chocolates, flowers, cards been over for thirty years. It prior permission from the edi- 50 Matt O’ Brien is off to Bolivia An American Sikorsky UH-60 and so on skyrockets come 14 also means that those 18 year tor. The code talkers to sort out a drug cartel. They’re Black Hawk on patrol. Two of February. old boys that fought in 1989 are not sure who should be more these were shot down during The views stated in this mag- Using a language that few could I feel that if you want to be now 48. Those of us that fought afraid - the drug cartel or his the Battle of Mogadishu. azine do not necessary reflect speak, Native Americans devel- romantic then you should be a in the 1970s are now in our late own Special Forces squad. the views of Hipe!, the editor, oped their own code words as a romantic all year around. Not 50s and early 60s. No wonder the staff, or Hipe Media. means of secret communication just on one day of the year. we’re all looking a little rough Movie Review during wartime. Why wait until 14 February around the edges. Hipe! to tell that lady or man how you For many of us that fought in P.O. Box 31216, Tokai, 7966 62 feel about them (no matter how the Border War, it was a great South Africa. Black Hawk Down old you are)? Why wait until adventure. These days just get- Based on the real-life Battle of then to buy the special person in ting up out of a chair can be an email Mogadishu in Somalia. your life flowers or chocolates, adventure all on its own. [email protected] or give them a gift, make them Until next month. Book Review a special meal, or take them Back Issues 63 somewhere special. Valentine’s To view any back issues of Day should be every day of the Military Despatches, go to Eagle Strike year. www.militarydespatches.co.za Written by Col Jan Breytenbach, I normally leave this part or click here. it tells the true story of the air- of the magazine until last. Matt borne raid on Cassinga. 4 5 Top Ten Top Ten the Szhatie was abandoned, as trucks. It was called the Zil-151 “stealth tank” which is practi- the development and manufac- but not long after the Zil-157 cally invisible to infrared and Military machines that turing of the laser projection took its place. radar detection. system had become too expen- The Zil-157 was a 2 1⁄2-ton The layout of the PL-01 is were once top secret sive and unnecessary. 6x6 cargo truck. It had a crew similar to those of modern While some of these ten military machines are now obsolete, at one stage they were top secret. Two of these “tanks” were of two and could carry between standard main battle tanks. The tested, with one being scrapped 12 and 16 soldiers in the rear. driver is located at the front and the other being displayed in The ZIL-157 was the stand- of the vehicle’s hull, with the here is an old cliché that a helicopter. It was something Then in 1988 the Russians the Army Technology Museum ard Soviet truck until it was commander and gunner also says “Never bring a knife straight out of science fiction. unveiled the Zubr-class hover- near Moscow, but without its replaced by the ZIL-131 and located in the hull and the un- Tto a gun fight.” And the Yet in the early 1960s British craft. With a length of 57 metres laser projector. Ural-375 series that became manned turret mounted in the saying does make sense. Espe- manufacturer Hawker Siddeley and a displacement of 555 tons, the standard Soviet army trucks rear. In addition, there is a rear cially if you’re the side armed was already hard at work devel- it took things to a whole new 7. Zil-157 alongside the GAZ-66. compartment in the hull which with the guns. oping just such a machine. level. It could reach a speed of During World War II the Rus- can accommodate four soldiers. The biggest military organi- On 28 December 1967 the 63 knots and had an operating sians designed and produced 6. PL-01 Stealth Tank The PL-01 will be equipped sations in the world are always Harrier Jump Jet made its first range of 560 kilometres. some of the best tanks and This tank wouldn’t look out with a 940 horsepower diesel trying to stay on top of cut- flight. Nicknamed Pomornik by self-propelled guns of the war. of place in a futuristic video engine that will give the tank a ting-edge technology - and for The Harrier emerged as the NATO, it could carry three tanks Yet when it came to trucks game. maximum speed of 70 km per good reason. only truly successful V/STOL in its huge cargo hold while the and transportation in general It’s called the PL-01 Stealth hour on paved roads and 50km The country that has the design of the many attempted US Navy’s largest hovercraft the Russians were left woefully Tank.
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