Green Boots - SADF

[@dikfrik5236]

kino vid absolutely proud to be saffie

[@ScruffAesthetics]

Thank you friend

[@GerrieCool]

Green Boots ( aka Koevoet ) was a police group that fought in Angola. My father loved to tell me of all of the things Koevoet did namely: that they put big speakers on the Casspirs (The MRAPs used by South Africa) and blasted the song "Another one bites the dust" by Queen. He said that it made the terrorist groups minds going nuts because of the echoing sounds

[@dikfrik5236]

we know

[@roranger6208]

@@dikfrik5236 do we?

[@GerrieCool]

​@@dikfrik5236 Nhe

[@stavros34]

this is true

[@taboret3280]

Respect

[@RichardGalli-r6i]

some of the best vets I have ever met... drinking beer in the Transvaal, from MT USA

[@bukswillemsoosthuizen3745]

😂😂😂❤

[@madmike786]

These were guys you could trust to get the job done properly MEN of MEN well done guys.❤❤

[@daanishtranggana3787]

afrikaner hell yeah 🤠

[@ScruffAesthetics]

🤠

[@truenorthgames]

The best and brighest of south africa Boers are badass

[@KonradvonHotzendorf]

Most of us where Houtkoppe

[@piet8803]

@@KonradvonHotzendorfThanks to all the houtkoppe who where there to fight the commies.

[@gerhardtvanhuyssteen4492]

​@@piet8803😂😂😂😂

[@yolobathsalts]

​@gerhardtvanhuyssteen4492 yes, communism is funny. Funny how it's never worked and never will.

[@hannahp122]

My father was in the SADF and it taught him alot , because of him its taught me alot and now i want to be in duty (in policing). However its buggered up his knees , but seriously it teaches you so much and the memories are great

[@nightmareeternal8454]

My dad fought in the angolan war in the SADF, great man but you'd never guess he was a vet. Absolutely love him.

[@hannahp122]

​@nightmareeternal8454 very nice😊. Same thing with my father here, doesn't want anyone to know about being in the SADF hahs

[@KonradvonHotzendorf]

Can confirm their was a lot of fokking on radio traffic Our enemies where trash

[@henrykeyter53]

Jim Hooper stated to an officer that he could understand almost 30% of what was being said in the field. When the guy reacted surprised - like we all would - Jim laughed it of and said it's easy when every third word is "fok"

[@heccsclips3319]

​@@henrykeyter53😂

[@GilbertEmeric]

🤣🤣🤣

[@LouisPienaar-mz9ws]

​@@henrykeyter53and how kontak stuur oof Fok hulle

[@alexsmith-gn4tp]

As a kid in Rhodesia, can I just say thank you to all of our friends from the south who fought with our boys ❤

[@jjukza]

Lekker video and green boots is an amazing song!

[@ScruffAesthetics]

Thanks my dude

[@darthguilder1923]

Never heard this song before, but I have heard Black Boots by John Edmond

[@Nils-l7e]

Hallo, ich höre auch gern Musik von John Edmond. Schön noch einen weiteren Deutschen im Afrikanischen Bereich zu treffen. Grüße aus der Lüneburger Heide von Tappsy

[@dutchafrikaner1204]

Yes this is a cover of John Edmonds Black Boots

[@Ama-hi5kn]

Damn, this is touching. For what it's worth. Those who served. I hope they are ok...

[@shekelgrabberberg]

Won the war and lost the country.

[@christobosman5710]

All thanks to the yanks

[@CramBone-k1n]

@@christobosman5710 we are apparently pros at it. Except for the one war I wish they had lost.

[@JacobusSteyn-i9v]

Dankie vir almal se diens in koevoet👏

[@bukswillemsoosthuizen3745]

😂..Koevoet...hulle was te lui om te loop...😂..goeie ou tye....❤

[@joedavid129]

Another scruff banger

[@ScruffAesthetics]

Thank you dude, hope all is well.

[@philipbrown8191]

Scruffers Scarper at the first sight of Green Boots

[@thedirector9871]

He wears green boots, and he's coming to get you Casper on his sleeve, and I can bet you There ain't no place were a "TER" can run Or hide his face in Ovamboland Now, he's good with a knife, and he's fast on the draw And in Angola, he is the law We don't know a word of fear, everybodies safe when Koevoet's near They wears green boots, and he's coming to get you Casper on his sleeve, and I can bet you There ain't no place were a "TER" can run Or hide his face in Ovamboland With a tracker running out infront of the car Showing us where the terrorists are There's one thing you must understand Koevoet's the law in Ovamboland They wears green boots, and he's coming to get you Casper on his sleeve, and I can bet you There ain't no place were a "TER" can run Or hide his face in Ovamboland ... He wears green boots, and he's coming to get you Casper on his sleeve, and I can bet you There ain't no place were a "TER" can run Or hide his face in Ovamboland He was part of a unit, and he could do it Hard as a rock, was Eugene de Kock They say the things that he has done Made him enemy number One He wears green boots, and he's coming to get you Casper on his sleeve, and I can bet you There ain't no place were a "TER" can run Or hide his face in Ovamboland

[@K33ev2]

Its Casspir not casper.

[@K33ev2]

Not "ter" its terr it stands terrorist

[@HISTORYGUY300]

​@@K33ev2He just copied and pasted lyrics from online.

[@globallatitude-dmacorporat5886]

Green boots because SA Police units and also Koevoet (SWA Police Unit = Crowbar in English) wore green boots and not the typical brown boots that were issued to the SA Army. The green boots were also canvas and not leather like the army boots. Also, note the cammos in the footage. Only SA Police and very rarely some SA Army (only SF?) ever wore cammo uniforms. The "trackers" they are referring to are the legendary "bushmen" trackers that ran in front of the Casspir mine-protected vehicles. The video also shows how Keovet has converted some Casspirs with heavier weapons. Koevoet typically sought SWAPO and possibly other terrorists/freedom fighters that were infiltrating behind SA Army / Unita lines and laying mines and committing acts of terror in the then SWA. Mines would destroy civilian vehicles. Murder, rape and worse would terrorise farming communities - which is the goal of terrorism/freedom fighting. So Koevoet units would drive across this area with bushmen trackers looking for tracks of "insurgents" to stop them from committing acts of terror in SWA and beyond. Those tracks would often be in the shape and form of issued East German or Soviet boot tracks as I understand it. Koevoet is "the law" in Ovamboland - again because Koevoet is actually a police unit - not an army unit. Still, as legend has it, this police unit has the highest kill rate of any unit in the border war. I think what you are hearing at the start of the song is full "contact" with insurgents over a radio. Again, as I understand it, Koevoet units would need to take down insurgents in a contact as fast as possible with as much firepower as possible. That's because while the Casspirs were mine protected and protected from AK rounds, RPG7 rockets would go through them like butter. Most of the insurgent groups were armed with RPGs and they were a major threat to Koevoet units and anyone who received training at SA Police special training bases like the now derelict Maleoskop would be instructed about this. I was not there nor was I a member of Koevoet so everything in here stands to be corrected - but I did my time like everyone else. SAP Maleoskop - 1991. [Edit] Also, this video provides more context for this song below. Most of the footage in this video thread is of SA Army in SA Army browns - not Koevoet or police units at all: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6jdlHRnjtGrrdE

[@K33ev2]

This song is sung by Pieter Kruger and composed by John Edmond. Theres also apparently an acoustic version of this song but Ive only sadly found an fragment.

[@taboret3280]

By Pieter Kruger's band - "SADF"

[@K33ev2]

@@taboret3280 Its not a real band its made up. It might explain why the songs got taken off of youtube for not crediting the original artists, it could also be that youtube went "old south african army songs bad!!"

[@taboret3280]

@@K33ev2 yeah it could be like that

[@K33ev2]

@@taboret3280 Stuff like this happens often

[@sese4945]

I think only the fragment exists on the internet. It was taken from a live recording, probably still on a cd or VHS.

[@woff1959]

Cool! It's clearly an adaptation of Rhodesian singer John Edmond's song 'Black Boots'. Interesting, they were a special ops group in the old British South Africa Police (BSAP) and the Zimbabweans kept them. Cool!

[@jackdaugaard-hansen4512]

The green boots more formally known as koevoet meaning crowbar where the south west African police forces counter insurgency branch, very much like the black boots, both where extremely effective in their role, they where men among men

[@woff1959]

@@jackdaugaard-hansen4512 I know, I was in the Army, and we bumped into them a few times. The two didn't get along together. But looking back, they were very good at their job.

[@mikerilling6515]

With the FAL They won the battle but the politicians lost the country

[@soda5730]

1. Koevoet was not SADF. 2. This song is based on the original, Black Boots (BSAP Support Unit) by John Edmond.

[@mariannedekock7996]

Fire and movement manne! Boslaan excursion!

[@roranger6208]

Absolutely based as always

[@ScruffAesthetics]

🥴

[@andypaterson3462]

We've them here. Scotland. Aye the enemy..

[@DingleRingle7]

South africas John Edmond

[@heccsclips3319]

whats his name? i like john edmond and was looking for more like it

[@jackdaugaard-hansen4512]

@@heccsclips3319the guy singing the song is Pieter Kruger

[@KlaudiuszGoralewski]

Wow. Withe South Africa ❤

[@Craqthump]

"Casper on the sleeve.....", can someone explain this too me?, was it a unit insignia?, or a slang term for a qualification?, love the tune

[@curly5330]

The Indian army, currently, is the primary user of the Casspir APC.@@Mike-jy6lo

[@jackdaugaard-hansen4512]

Casspir is a mine resistance armoured vehicle that has been in service since 1980 and was an improvement over the bufflo and hippo armoured vehicles both being mine resistant with v shaped hull

[@chapno4255]

lekker

[@andypaterson3462]

Love to do that here but ...

[@andypaterson3462]

Yip.

[@KennethTew]

Homesick for a land that no longer exists……

[@Sebs200]

I remember the first days of the South African War when Germany was in a civil war and the pakt collapsed atleast for a while and I remember when Nixon declared a state of emergency and the OFN sended volunteers from Canada to US and Australia one hell of a time I remember when the former German colonies united to fight against South Africa these folks didn't have it easy there I can tell you that one hell of a time.

[@NeiyMaritz]

What are you talking about? The last time Germany was close to a civil war was in the 1920. Germany basically never had a civil war, the only big uprisings of the german people was in the 1920s, 1848 and 1525

[@Sebs200]

@ralfrudiger7276 Please search up the New Order, the last days of Europe, and come back to this comment after you do.

[@NeiyMaritz]

@@Sebs200 ''The New Order: Last Days of Europe is an ambitious mod for Hearts of Iron IV presenting a unique alternate history Cold War between Germany, Japan and the USA, starting in 1962. Will you save the world or help destroy it?'' You are talking about fiction. But this song is set in reality. What is the point of your comment?

[@Sebs200]

@ralfrudiger7276 In the game, there is a war called the South African War where the colonies ruled by the Germans in Africa decide to invade South Africa. Depending on which side you play as you can either make South Africa win or the colonies. I wrote this comment because I wanted to see how many people will get the reference that I made.

[@jacobolopezgil1740]

​@@NeiyMaritz, "I remember" like the guy was there, running away from the Stasi... in a videogame.

[@Sadfguy13]

As a south african i can say we wear green boots😂

[@K33ev2]

Do you happen to own the CD "Soldiers Friend"? The CD includes this song and many others.

[@danielfourie5500]

Yah koevet was good but dont forget how tough it is when the guy you chasing runs no more and stands and fights back nor thinking of giving up outnumbered 10 2 1 thats bravery!

[@Brecconable]

By jove look at all them FNs!

[@gerterasmus2810]

Yes fine weopen perfect as long it is kept clean used to lubricate with vasiline

[@Krunchbar11084]

L1A1 SLR and FN FAL where almost interchangeable sometimes they used FN sometimes they had the SLR!

[@philipbrown8191]

Related to The BOSS ?

[@philipbrown8191]

Green Boots Make Sukffers Scarper. Another Bites The Dust

[@Sir.Archduke]

Green Boots is a original Rhodesian Song, John Edmund. I suppose this is a version used/copied by the Afrikaners.

[@francoisduplessis2413]

operation Huricane with the scouts

[@joepipito7431]

GET EM BOYS 🙏🙏👍👍💪💪

[@gerhardsteenkamp8759]

Amin 😊

[@leomarsubala115]

Coralie&Koleda🇳🇱🇿🇦 ancestors during Southern border war.

[@ewanbradley8513]

Which came first this or john edmonds black boots

[@hadymohamed1538]

John Edmond first

[@jonathanboerema2872]

My best advice to the advancing army watch out for traps because you know they're there😢

[@yangshitaijiquanbanhou1267]

Я русский и мне по душе такое видео, хотя они были нашими врагами...) Своих врагов тоже надо уважать, если ты хочешь их победить....)

[@gerterasmus2810]

My dear Russian friend you never defeated us on the battlefield I was one of them Boers it's the politics but nevertheless I don't have any hattred it a long time ago would like to drink some vodga with you

[@piet8803]

Thanks for the time that your men supported us against the biggest enemy of all in the Boer war.

[@deadbread8446]

Африканеры были нашими врагами?

[@ivigor00762]

Fortunately, we never had an opportunity to directly fight each other on the battlefield!

[@weetbix4497]

Apart from guerilla and Cubans, the Europeans we fought the most were East Germans. I think you guys would've been a very good match for us had you directly gotten involved. Anyway, water under the bridge, and thanks for helping us against the British Empire in the Anglo-Boer war.

[@philipbrown8191]

Another Bites The Dust.

[@Natedogggg]

Where did you find the footage brother?

[@sircoloniser5454]

I’m view 50 Noice

[@ScruffAesthetics]

Awesome

[@flechettedeetya]

Afrikaan banger

[@philipbrown8191]

Were The Green Boots. Also Known As B.O.S.S. ? Afrikaners Would Know

[@henrykeyter53]

No. The Bureau Of State Security is something between an intelligence agency and secret police, whereas Koevoet's official designation was SWAPOL-COIN, (South-West African POLice COunter INsurgency) a unit of the South African and South-West African Police, specializing in counter terrorism and counter insurgency.

[@jatohyuga4123]

this is originally a rhodie song right?

[@K33ev2]

Yes

[@truenorthgames]

Yeah black boots by John Edmond of the Rhodesia Regiment

[@uarhodesian]

We chall overcome rushism together. Glory to Ukraine!

[@ArkadiuszKłosowicz]

[@kaminskiiii]

Fapla

[@ScruffAesthetics]

Fapla

[@gerritdevilliers5445]

Frikkie,bester,gert vos,tones,maljan korporaal desmore,huge waar julle.kroonstad sapper.tekkies hier

[@hoseA-sy4ld]

check the battle tanks,,,ahead ha