"congo crisis paratroopers" Topic
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| mark72 | 16 Jun 2018 11:18 a.m. PST |
Hi, can't find pictures of 1960's congolese army (ANC) paratroopers. What uniform did they use? please help me!!! |
| Clifford | 16 Jun 2018 11:49 a.m. PST |
Get the osprey book "modern African wars 4" "the Congo 1960-2002. Great series. You can get it from osprey as a pdf, no waiting for your reference material. |
jurgenation  | 16 Jun 2018 4:14 p.m. PST |
don;t remember them having Paratroopers…belgian paras were used in the Stanleyville rescue.Maybe they had troops called Para,,but your right never saw pictures of them…well i just looked it up ..yes they had independnt Para-commandoe units ..they wore US helmet liners and Belgian Para smocks…huh..found it in the Osprey book. |
| zoneofcontrol | 16 Jun 2018 7:48 p.m. PST |
Female Congo Paratroopers – 1966:
link Congolese Paratroopers – 1960:
link |
| mark72 | 20 Jun 2018 8:26 a.m. PST |
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examines another pre-painted building for WWII.
