Fire Force was an operational assault or response usually composed of a first wave of 32 soldiers carried to the scene by three helicopters (G-Cars) and one Dakota (Paradak), with a …

2021年2月19日 · With Rhodesia turning over to majority African control and becoming Zimbabwe, the Rhodesian Light Infantry and fireforces were disbanded. Though it would go down in …

The records of Support Commando, 1RLI (commanded by Major Nigel Henson) in the crucial months of February to May 1979 give a taste of Fire Force action at the height of the war, at …

2022年7月21日 · Fire Force, a tactic of total airborne/airmobile envelopment, was developed by the RLI, and became the principal strike weapon of the beleaguered Rhodesian forces in their …

The Fire Force quickly yielded an 80 to 1 kill rate by trapping the enemy gangs and eliminating them by air and ground fire. This is not to say that the enemy did not fight back and with some …

Fire Force The RLI's characteristic deployment was the Fireforce reaction operation, first created at Mount Darwin and Centenary in June 1974. This was an operational assault or response …

FIRE FORCE -2-Helicopter Warfare in Rhodesia: 1962-1980 by Prof. J.R.T. Wood An infantry company of the RAR or a commando of the RLI would be designated as a Fire Force at a …

The creation of Fire Force as an operational method was largely dependent on the unique nature of the Rhodesian Air Force (RhAF). During the Second World War 977 Rhodesian officers and …

2013年10月14日 · Communist Terrorists were harboring in Mozambique, Zambia and Botswana and making incursions into Rhodesia, killing farmers, destroying livestock, crops and creating …