The Kings of Counterinsurgency

#rhodesian #combat #tactics #fireforce #counterinsurgency

[@sten9556]

As a South African with family origns from Rhodesia...and having spoken to family members who fought in the war.I wish to compliment you on a very well reserched overview of the tactics used. And secondly to note that many European people now understand our plight due to the demographic changes in their respective countries, and the lodgical cross cultural clashes that will obviously result. And the realisiation that the global cabal /political class sold you out same as us

[@GhettoGunslinger]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video 👍

[@ca9968]

As a South African also with family connections to Rhodesia I couldn`t have put that better if i`d tried!

[@theylivewesleep4570]

​@@ca9968same changes in the states now border wide open & political party in charge giving illegals right to vote it's insanity

[@user-rz5sz5op1p]

Britain let the Rhodesia down.

[@THINKincessantly]

British Fk up everything---The British govt, bought and paid for by Zionists, are responsible for the shitty state of the UK and Europe today…WW2 could have been over in 1942 had they not intervened but because they were Communist Allies much of British French Canadian American men had to die and Britain had to hock its possessions…Germans were headed EAST ONLY to eradicate Communism…Today all 4 UK high office officials PM FM and London Mayor are Indian Pakistani and Muslim ….The British Govt I hayt more than my own in America…..This was a very well done piece, food pace, well written, great photos and maps…..NICE WORK

[@HuwiteNFI]

Not just the British govt. The USA was involvement was interesting, supposedly anti communist yet they considered Rhodesia the enemy. God bless the USA🤡

[@PeterNgola]

@@HuwiteNFI yeah well when Ian Smith farted out of his mouth "White rule today white rule for the next 1000 yrs..".. You tend not want to be associated with such Governments,,,, and give the commie pieces of shits a propaganda gift 🎁

[@amb446]

Margaret Thatcher tried but she was a lone voice, such a great loss Rhodesia, we'll never forget our land

[@rule3036]

As a Brit I am ashamed to say we did let them down. Many live in the UK now out of safety needs.

[@anameireles2118]

SELOUS SCOUT FOREVER....

[@avguy9949]

My father in law was RLI (Rhodesian light infantry) ended up being a RSM (regimental Sargeant major), he has some fantastic stories. I was justca troop in the SADF. I respect him alot, tough bugger.

[@madaboutmilitaria3630]

Them men enjoyed slotting them floppies

[@jasonleerjason5001]

South African contribution to Rhodesia in manpower and equipment was immense ❤

[@frogfinance4605]

Pretty much Gas and Aircrews. Once that ended, shit got real real.

[@jasonleerjason5001]

@@frogfinance4605 I'm pretty sure well over a thousand Saffas died for Rhodesia, I'm a SA Marine veteran and every day we get a list of all those who died on that particular day during SA operations and those who volunteered to serve in Rhodesia, the list is scary

[@kenbird9017]

So was their treachery and profits.

[@PhansiKhongoloza]

​@@kenbird9017treacherous? Damn they kept you alive! Plus of course you gloss over the part where they invited you to join them as a province. But you elected to go with the British. How did that work out for you?

[@PhansiKhongoloza]

​@@frogfinance4605You don't mention the full story. SA supplied Rhodesia with everything, besides the few home grown vegetables and beef. And I mean everything! Choppers, Elands, Rifles, ammunition, fuel and men. Not only volunteers into the Rhodesian forces, but also SA forces. The SAP from 1967 to 1976. Then the SADF after that. The whole of D Squadron SAS was South African.

[@gavinheath17]

I would definitely add the SADF Recces and 32 battalion that often set up ops for the likes of 61 mech in the border war where they were fighting against SWAPO, FAPLA, the Cuban army and even Russians who were often operating in a "consulting " role. These guys were brilliant at counter insurgencies and probably the main reason that the SADF had such a high operational efficiency. Sadly the politicians threw all these highly skilled and trained units down the drain and they deserved better.

[@limeboiler]

Hey, I'm a 2nd generation expatriate Jewish Rhodesian with a 72 year old Jewish father who served as a radio engineer in the RLI (hon. discharged in 1979) and then emigrated to Israel wherein I was born and now live. I watched this video with him, and he generally really liked it, but he had just a few additions: -He recalls that while the terrorists didn't have standard vehicles, they did occasionally manage to steal vehicles and for small periods of time they did have 'standard' vehicles going around but nothing permanent. -Secondly, their arsenal did actually possess FN-FALs which they stole and then produced but they seemingly used AKs more since they just had more of them. -Third, my dad really wanted to highlight that while the RLI is seen as the main fighting force in the war, the RAR (Rhodesian African Rifles) were an instrumental fighting force and he saw them seemingly everywhere. He really liked the video (as did I)

[@GhettoGunslinger]

Thank you for Father's personal insight from the war. I'm limited on my information at hand about the conflict and so I'm only as accurate as the sources I utilize. Regardless, I'm really glad you and your father enjoyed the video and thank you for your support

[@limeboiler]

@GhettoGunslinger Of course I'm not saying you were negligent or anything, just thought additional information would interest you. I think it really made his day seeing the conflict talked about! Personally I'll stick around because I enjoy your content a lot

[@GhettoGunslinger]

@@limeboiler I definitely enjoy the additional first hand information your father provided. It makes me happy to know that it made your father's day and I'm really glad you enjoy the channel. If there is a possibility for me to talk to him about the conflict, I'd love to get in contact with him and make a video on it. Just wanna throw that out there if he is interested

[@limeboiler]

@GhettoGunslinger It really depends, my father isn't a very social person but he can talk about things that interest him for hours on end. If an opportunity to arrange something like that comes I'll let you know, but as I only get to go home on some weekends due to my ongoing IDF service that might be a while (all of these youtube interactions are taking place on the Jewish weekend from Friday to Saturday and I am right now typing this on a bus to my base).

[@GhettoGunslinger]

I completely understand. Do you have an Instagram so we can just DM each other instead of talking through the YT comments? Lol. I'd also love to get the chance to sit down and talk with you too about the current conflict going on with Hamas (if your command will allow it). A video about your first hand experience would be great for people to learn and understand more about the conflict

[@kurtmulder3528]

if you want to know about our struggle here in Africa read the book the rain Goddess to understand what it was all about...they say when it rained down in Africa it was when the boers ran things in South Africa and Rhodesia it was a time God our Father blessed our land and now that they run things it is almost if God left Africa...because they say when it rains that is when God our Father blesses the land but now there is hardly any rain and almost no water...so it's almost as if God our Father forgot about Africa...one day it will rain down in Rhodesia once Again

[@PeterNgola]

Hurry boy she's waiting there for you

[@christobosman5710]

All those that sing and worship the new black racist south African flag and anthem is asking nkosi the oldest spirit of the blacks to bless Africa .

[@TimSerras]

Guinea Bissau 1963-1974. Angola 1961-1975. Mozambique 1964-1974. Rhodesia 1973-1979. Flechas, Comandos, Paras, Fuzas, GEPs, RLI, RAR, Selous Scouts, SAS. All special forces in those combat theaters. Swamps, tropical forests, savannah, desert. Who was better? Hard to say. To me both Portuguese and Rhodesians proved to be the best counterinsurgency forces in Africa. South Africans were superior firepower and better equiped for a conventional war. The Portuguese Fuzas were masters of the swamps. The Flechas unbeatable in Angola. GEPs spread chaos and confusion in Frelimo. Rhodesian Fireforce amazing and Selous Scouts crossborder raids outstanding. But all were limited to small units with limited air power.

[@LeeChandler-ti7uu]

Very informative and very well done. I know a lot of research must have been done for this presentation. I hope a lot of people see this.

[@GhettoGunslinger]

Thank you for the support and appreciation 👍

[@jonwrathall9006]

Just a correction regarding the Fireforce choppers. There was, as mentioned, one K-car but four G-cars and not three. I served with 3 Commando, 1 RLI on a few Fireforce operations.

[@GhettoGunslinger]

Interesting. What would the 4th G-Car do? All the tactics I've read only mentioned 3 G-Cars

[@michaelbond2005]

@@GhettoGunslinger The more the merrier, towards the end of the war, fire force wasn't available for small skirmishes', it's success was in being flexible.

[@LizelBekker]

The British committed genocide against the Boer nation. When they saw they were losing they burnt down all the farms and placed all woman and children in concentration camps where thousands perished. Thus forcing the Boer fighters to surrender. Very noble.

[@PeterNgola]

God bless the British soldiers, lions and true warriors. Boers.....meh not so much. Don't forget Ian Smith was of British stock

[@user-sy3tg1ql5h]

Let us rather not tread that route.......😬

[@Buildinc1]

@@PeterNgolabit sour in the nut sack there soutpiel?

[@matthysjuys6884]

Oh just a reminder. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_van_Zyl

[@christobosman5710]

​@@PeterNgolayou couldn't with a British force of 450 000 highly trained soldiers over power a mere 46000 Boers ordinary farmers you had to target their woman and children to do it , what a disgrace to have that coward blood run in your veins , rather shut your mouth .

[@mikerilling6515]

Peking and Moscow were financing and supplying the terrs and the world basically tried to crush our heroes with embargoes so I’m impressed Rhodesia held out for so long

[@user-nv8cu2ed6y]

Interesting video. As a side note, the utility depicted at 5:14 was not used by fireforce. It was not mine protected, and the turret was lightly armoured only. These vehicles were typically armed with a browning 303 caliber machine gun. The vehicles were utilized on tarred roads for civilian convoy escort duties and were generally manned by BSAP Field Reservists.

[@dougearnest7590]

"The Men in the Tactical Short Shorts" -- That's what I'll title my book - if I ever write one - on the subject.

[@jonwrathall9006]

By the way. Those "tactical shorts" were, in fact, our issue PT shorts. A lot of us had our combat trousers cut and made them into shorts.

[@user-mi4wd8rg9t]

The exact same thing went down for South Africa, declare independence and the proxy wars begin and end when revenge is complete

[@AlphaOmegaMMA1]

Very enjoyable thank you 🙏

[@GhettoGunslinger]

I appreciate the support and I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed the video 👍

[@McC.444]

Nice vid, earned a subscriber

[@CaptBongo]

Well done video. Thanks

[@GhettoGunslinger]

Happy to hear you enjoyed the video 👍 thank you

[@enriquelago121]

El ejercito Rhodesiano fue el mejor ejercito de África. By far ... !!!

[@rossouwmalherbe757]

Nwo killed Rhodesia

[@PlateletRichGel]

From a country exporting wheat to a country that wipes it's ass with its currency.

[@christobosman5710]

Yes and don't forget their delicacy today , rats on sticks

[@dougearnest7590]

From Africa's bread basket to Africa's basket case.

[@anon2034]

Recently read Fireforce by Chris Cocks. Great book!

[@fprodrigues66]

never forget Portugal....... fighting in several fronts..... Mozambique.... Angola..... Guinea..... winning all..... and Portugal was alone..... against USSR. China. Cuba. USA. GB. And a lot of others...... Portuguese never die.....

[@GhettoGunslinger]

I'll have to check out Portugal and maybe make a video on it. Got any good conflicts to start with?

[@willemvanstaden3292]

In Mozambique the Rhodesians (English Boers) were with you; in Angola the SADF (Boers) were with you. But we were all betrayed by politicians. I hate politicians.

[@PhansiKhongoloza]

The Portuguese fought locals only. No Russians or Cubans. In fact it was the Portuguese who invited the Cuban's to Angola before they granted Angola it's independence. After the Carnation Revolution the new commie Porra government in Lisbon supported the mpla.

[@TimSerras]

@@PhansiKhongoloza Wrong mate. Portuguese fought Cubans in Guinea Bissau, even captured a few, the most famous captain Peralta . In November 1970, Portuguese marines invaded Conakry, capital of Guinea Conakry, killing several Cuban military advisers and other East Europeans from the Communist bloc. The objective was to free 26 Portuguese prisioners of war, which they successfully did. In that operation, named Green Sea, a fleet of recent soviet patrol boats that were supplied by the USSR to the Guinea navy was also completly destroyed.

[@PhansiKhongoloza]

@@TimSerras You miss the point. There were no large conventional battles between the forces of the Eastern Blok and the Portuguese. South Africa fought the largest conventional battles on the African continent since WW2. The Cubans had 70 000 troops in Angola. Add a further 10 000 Eastern Blok (mostly Russian and East German) troops to that. And I'm sure you'll get the picture.

[@karendunning5594]

Thank you for putting this together. It would be very interesting to see an analysis of updated with thermal imaging and drone technologies and put into a hypothetical communist-style insurgency setting.

[@GhettoGunslinger]

Love the idea. I'll see what I can do

[@karendunning5594]

@@GhettoGunslinger I see what's coming. How to prevail is a different question.

[@nicgur_6981]

They also had some people like the Americans from the Vietnam war join in too which is interesting.

[@jpmtlhead39]

The Rhodesia Armed Forces, specialy the Special Forces were trained by the Portuguese Special Forces ( specialy by the Commandos officers) who since 1961 until 1974 were deployed in the Portuguese African Colonies of Angola, Mozambique and Guine Bissau. The Portuguese Special Forces from mid's 1960 until 1974 were some of the Best Special Forces units in the world. Inclusive they also Help the South African Army training their special forces who were fighting comunist guerrila in Nambibia and later in the South of Angola with UNITA against the Angolan Army( FAPLA) and the 20.000 Cubans sent by Fidel Castro to protect the comunist regime that was in power in Angola after the independence.

[@TimSerras]

They colaborated but not training. Portuguese special forces had a different type of training. Rhodesians were basically a copy of British Army procedure. Same with South Africans. It was a combination of guerrilla warfare with strong logistical support. Fire force is a clear example. An improved version of Portuguese helicanhão backed by 4 or more choppers but Rhodesians improved by adding DC3 paratroopers and a killing zone. Portuguese prefered surprised attacks even by night with minimum fire power. In Senegal Portuguese marines (fuzileiros) raided and destroyed a major PAIGC base using that procedure. South Africans were more conventional, using incredible fire power, even developing huge howitzers like the G5 and G6. The exception were the Three Two Batallion, which was Portuguese speaking and had ex-Portuguese army Angolans in it , that operated in Angola.

[@jpmtlhead39]

@@TimSerras colarated and training, because at the time very few Armies in the world had the Expertise and Experience how to counter Guerrilla Warfare in big scale like the Portuguese Army, specialy the Special Forces Regiment ( Comandos). After the war and the independence of the African Colonies many Portuguese soldiers/ officers ( special forces) did help Rhodesia but specialy South Africa. They were behind the Infamous 32 Battalion Buffalo who was very successfull fighting the MPLA and the Cubans in Angola. Many died in 1987 during the great Battle of Cuito Cuanavale. The Portuguese knew the "Terrain" better than any other formal Army.

[@carlosespecial269]

oh yeah Selous Scouts

[@jamesellis2784]

Kenya … rrrhodiasa

[@THINKincessantly]

🤍WORLDWIDE EUROPEAN BROTHERHOOD 🤍 Everyone hayts us and blames us for everything so we might as well stick together 🇺🇸👋🏻

[@sichere]

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[@HerrAndreasSkog]

Of course you should. In Europe.

[@willemvanstaden3292]

@@HerrAndreasSkog whatever the European built - this should be taken away as well then. Let the world become again like before Europeans...

[@HerrAndreasSkog]

@@willemvanstaden3292 Before Europeans there was ice. We are neanderthals, there were no humans up here before us. We need to learn to be solidaric with each other without empires. Mother Europe is enough for her children.

[@willemvanstaden3292]

@@HerrAndreasSkog evolution bs does not sway my mind. We Europeans come from the Levant - we ARE the Hebrews, the many specific nations promised to Avraham. Rightfully we can lay claim to all the lands around the Mediterranean as far as Siberia and from S Africa all the way up to Lake Victoria - for our people had a Colony there thousands of years before even the start of the Bantu migrations. Look around Europe - you will find the names of the Patriarchs of our Hebrew people everywhere.

[@Bluefalconspiracies]

The British won the Boer War using concentration camps and blockhouse quadrilles and large numbers. The Malay Emergency I would argue was the most successful counter insurgency. Rhodesia had excellent counterterrorism/ search and destroy ops but they failed to win over the population or separate them from the enemy.

[@alanbstard4]

it wasn't a race war

[@markwalker4485]

The RLI were not the best. Just the most written about.

[@McC.444]

I am ashamed our Country let Rhodesia down.

[@rnp497]

To compare the bush warfare of the video with the urban conflict of modern conflicts is more than a little disingenuous. I wonder how they would've done if the fighting were to be happening in Salisbury with IED's

[@rootin222]

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[@stewart8127]

Rhodesian war was not about race. It was about Communism vs Freedom.

[@ToastSoon4808]

The British actually lost battles against the Zulu. Their first invasion they lost. Second invasion the British lost many battles -the only reason they "won" due to the concentration camps where they kept children and women were 1000's died. They also had a scourged land approach going. Personally I have no respect for the British Empire or its war machine.

[@GhettoGunslinger]

I said Boer War, not the Zulu war. But it's all good. Honest mistake

[@ToastSoon4808]

@@GhettoGunslinger sure. Just one last drop 🙃 The Brits decided to attack the Boer provinces coming from Natal side which was zulu kingdom. Hence their initial battles were with the Zulu and it did not go well for them. After tbey said their peae the Brits armed, trai ed and uniformed zulu's to help them. One of these groups actual.y eliminated a small Boere commando. Be that as it may lets leave it there 👍. I am however curious - with how many countries did the British wage war and number of people killed. ....if ever you get some indication please let me know. God bless,

[@ToastSoon4808]

@@GhettoGunslingerside no problem .....i'm with you. The british came from the eastern side and had to go through the area which was then the Republic of Natalia.....now known as Kwazulu Natal. Zulu territory to get to the two boer republics hence their battles with the zulu's. Why I mentioned this - the zulus fought with spears and shields only. So if the british war machine was so fenominal how come they lost battles considering they had rifles, canons, etc. The boers were armed with Mausers only. Very few canons and the british could not overwhelm them & thats why the despicable cowards started to burn crops and houses. With the excuse that was a humanitarian crises they " kindly"offered to house the woman and children in concentration camps +- a 140 if memory serves me right. The people starved, died disease, went through the winter with no warm clothing.

[@beerstein7137]

​​@@ToastSoon4808Add to that that the British forces peaked at over 400000 well equipped men, where as the boers peaked at approximately 40000, who had to provide their own equipment and clothing, except for the Mauser and a few canons (of which some were home made). A 10 to 1 ratio. Hardly a proud achievement when 10 school yard bullies try to beat a single boy on a play ground and when they can not really succeed in getting him to submit, they target his baby sister. Today it is considered one of the biggest atrocities of the British Empire.

[@BigMakBattleBlog]

The same percentage of British soldiers died of desise and malnutrition as Boer civvies in the camps

[@markaxworthy2508]

The Terrs were not "Communists". They were African Nationalists who could only get weaponry in quantity from mostly Communist states. At the time it was useful for Rhodesia to play on Cold War rhetoric about "Communists" because it garnered some sympathy in the West, but the reality is that it was all about land and opportunity..

[@user-sy3tg1ql5h]

If they were not communist orientated why are they today still exhibit communist ideologies? That they started out as so called nationalists is somewhat true, but very soon, under communist influences changed their nationalist ideologies on freedom and land reformation, to communist ideologies.

[@kenbird9017]

Mugabe led Zanla, he was a communist!!

[@PhansiKhongoloza]

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[@PhansiKhongoloza]

Yeah right! That's why even up to today they still call each other "comrade"! I wonder why they adopted a communist styled government after "independence"? Why have commie styled flags? Could you even point to Rhodesia on a world map?

[@sibusisiwemhlanga262]

You are lying if you were so good how come you failed to defend Rhodesia?