Bush of Ghosts - Life and War in Namibia 1986-1990

Bush of Ghosts - Life and War in Namibia 1986-1990 - General Sterk Hans Dreyer, officer commanding the police counter-insurgency unit, Koevoet. April 1989. Hans Dreyer developed counter-insurgency methods in the police unit Koevoet, such as building informer networks, recruiting local men and using their tracking skills. With Casspirs, trackers and helicopter gunships, Koevoet became very effective as the main counter-insurgency unit in the war, also providing support to the SADF in southern Angola. 202 It is claimed that they captured or killed over 3 200 PLAN fighters, though their losses were also high

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1908s Angola Claimed Commanding Developed Dreyer Effective Ghosts Gunships Informer Insurgency Koevoet Losses Methods Namibia Namibian Networks Providing Recruiting Sadf Skills Though Trackers Tracking

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