32 Battalion (South Africa)

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32 Battalion was an elite light infantry battalion of the South African Army founded in 1975, composed of black and white commissioned and enlisted personnel. It was disbanded on 26 March 1993.

32 Battalion uniforms. Members of the unit often impersonated Angolan security forces.

SADF 32 Battalion commemorative medallion

32 Battalion Tree of Honour

SADF era 32 Battalion insignia

South African Army

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The South African Army is the principal land warfare force of South Africa, a part of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), along with the South African Air Force, South African Navy and South African Military Health Service. The Army is commanded by the Chief of the Army, who is subordinate to the Chief of the SANDF.

BL 5.4 inch Howitzer and crew, East Africa, 1916 or 1917. Photo courtesy of SANDF Archives, from Nöthling, C J (ed), "Ultima Ratio Regum: Artillery History of South Africa" 1987

Cap badge of 1st SA Infantry Brigade

South Africans and Rhodesians fight the Germans hand-to-hand in Delville Wood

A South African Marmon-Herrington Armoured Car conducting reconnaissance in North Africa.