Ja,its sad.Its been 16 yrs since my last day.I just happen to be on ebay and typed in my unit name 1SAI(South African Infantry Battalion)and there was our emblem,but listed as obsolete. I bought it.Here it is with my Sig and US Boonie hat. On the left the Infantry School Emblem,on the right the Bravo Company Emblem.Both are shoulder patches for "step outs" or formal uniforms...

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Ja,its sad.Its been 16 yrs since my last day.I just happen to be on ebay and typed in my unit name 1SAI(South African Infantry Battalion)and there was our emblem,but listed as obsolete. I bought it.Here it is with my Sig and US Boonie hat. On the left the Infantry School Emblem,on the right the Bravo Company Emblem.Both are shoulder patches for "step outs" or formal uniforms...

Awesome.

I worked with a guy that had Parabat wings on his jump smock from his days of service in SA.

These ones I think.


It was distinctive enough that I had to ask how he got them. (There was an add in some magazines in the late 80s for guys to go to SA and jump from DC-3s. I was seriously considering doing so on leave.)

His service there would have been late 70s early 80s. He had many great stories about his time there.


Great piece of history you have there Philip.

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Cheers Sprint

I'm just happy they finally built a wall for fallen men and boys who served during 1966-1994.All their honour and sacrifice would have been lost.Heres a moving reminder of the war between 1966-1989.

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Awe crap....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PxkJzcTHUU

Your chevrons are upside down

Only if youre thinking I was in the US Army.10 years ago,they didnt want me.No greencard means no service for the US Now I'm to settled and old.....

Old SA army chew out if a troop tries to get to friendly with the ranks and calls a Sergeant, Sarge
WAT IS N FOKKEN SARGE?(what is a f...ing Sarge)
Ek SAL JOU FOKKEN SE!!(i'll tell you)
n SARGE IS N YANK WAT SY FOKKEN STREPE ONDERSTEBO DRA!!
(a sarge is a yank that wears his stripes upside down)

in SA, US folks are refered to as yanks.I know better now.Southerners RULE!!!

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Old SA army chew out if a troop tries to get to friendly with the ranks and calls a Sergeant, Sarge
WAT IS N FOKKEN SARGE?(what is a f...ing Sarge)
Ek SAL JOU FOKKEN SE!!(i'll tell you)
n SARGE IS N YANK WAT SY FOKKEN STREPE ONDERSTEB

I'd presume the corporal stripes are the same as British rank of Corporal: ie - Section Commander, yes? With a Sergeant / Warrant Officer 2IC and Lt Pl IC?

We worked in platoons.Every platoon(30-50 lads)had a platoon commander(normally a 1pip/1star 2nd luitenant) and a platoon sergeant(normally a full,2 stripe corporal)

Even though we were called corporals in everyday life,for some or other reason we were called Platoon Sergeants on the parade grounds.We regulated training and the physical side of deployments.Luitenants had very nice handwriting and sat in offices doing crossword puzzles

As far as warrant officers go,we had Sergeant-Majors.One per company.(5 0r 6platoons)They were in charge of all the actual training and deployments.As far as I'm concerned,he was my boss

I got my 3rd stripe whilst serving with the Midlands Commando's in Albany.

That's really interesting. I worked with some south african soldiers while I was overseas. Nice guys. I've still got a bunch of my old stuff but I don't have very many patches.

Here's my favorite:

Hey V12,your stripes r upside down!!I would love to get my hands on some sand/desert camo!!

I also have Sadf chest webbing and a battlejacket.I'll post pics later.Problem with SA is the old stock gets destroyed not sold.Sometimes a troop does not have to hand his kit in and ends up selling it.One can actually buy SADF battlejackets new in all colours.They make copies in the UK called Viper SA Assault Vests...

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That's really interesting. I worked with some south african soldiers while I was overseas. Nice guys. I've still got a bunch of my old stuff but I don't have very many patches.

Here's my favorite:

Black Horse Regiment. Its good to see some Black Horse Troopers on the Forum.

H/2/11

V/R

Rocker

Not to take the low road here, but my wife might say the exact same thing as the title of the thread.

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Black Horse Regiment. Its good to see some Black Horse Troopers on the Forum.

H/2/11

V/R

Rocker

Cheers!

HHT 1/11 Scouts

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Not to take the low road here, but my wife might say the exact same thing as the title of the thread.

BWAAAHAAAHAHA!!!!! thats funny....

I worked for a guy 10 years ago that had served in the SA Army in the mid to late 80's. He seemed pretty tough and regarded us Americans as a bit "soft". I recall him telling me about their vehicles that had cages on for when they drove through the townships where the locals liked to chuck molotov cocktails at them!

Hey PASig,we used deployement vehicles called Buffels.They were supposedly landmine resistant.They were opentop,but very high.The petrolbomb problem made the designers put a perspecs cover over the top.Lads were getting burned by coctails tossed into the troopholding area.These were called "Muffels"(the M coming from the Afrikaner word Moffie which meant soft gay guy-therefore a Gay Buffel if you got one with perspecs)Here's a Buffel used for recreational purposes

When we were deployed in city riots we also worked with the cops who had pick ups(mostly Isuzus and Toyots)with bars and the arrested rioter holding area was a cage on the bed of pick up.Most of the pick ups had serrated undersides to keep rioters from turning them over....