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To: witnesstothefall; Squantos; Travis McGee; archy
Damn, du Toit is a legend in African Spec Ops. Hope he gets out of this okay
6 posted on 03/24/2004 7:17:22 AM PST by TEXASPROUD
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To: TEXASPROUD
Incidentally: Afrikaans names Du Toit / Joubert / De Klerk & Malan (like many other Afrikaans names) are French as their ancestors were French Huguenot refugees.


7 posted on 03/24/2004 7:26:56 AM PST by Republic_of_Secession.
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To: TEXASPROUD
Damn, du Toit is a legend in African Spec Ops. Hope he gets out of this okay

Agreed. But something doesn't add up here. Ten handguns and 61 AKs, okay. And 20 PK medium machineguns, one for every three AK-equipped grunt? Granted, the PK is more usually found at the platoon level, not the squad or fireteam, but they may have wanted some serious force multipliers, not unusual for a raiding or mercenary force, or may have wanted some extra guns for vehicle mounts- okay, I can maybe see that.

But a hundred RPGs? More than they were to have rifles and MGs combined? Unless they were expecting an additional force with small arms but no AT weapons waiting for them or planning to reinforce them later, that doesn't quite sound right.

And what in the foggy blue morning is a *PRM* machinegun? It may be a designation for something more generally known by another name, but I sure can't place it. Then there's the ownership of Boeing 727 N4610, and the little detail of that owner's best previous African customer....

-archy-/-

8 posted on 03/24/2004 7:52:04 AM PST by archy (Concrete shoes, cyanide, TNT! Done dirt cheap! Neckties, contracts, high voltage...Done dirt cheap!)
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To: TEXASPROUD
What the hell were they thinking, to land in Zim???
10 posted on 03/24/2004 8:16:01 AM PST by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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