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Hardcover with dustjacket. The book has wear to the jacket and a small tear on the spine of book. This is wear and tear due to the sheer volume and heaviness of the book! The book has slanted.
Title: Mobility Conquers: The Story of 61 Mechanised Battalion Group 1978-2005
Author: Helmoed-Römer Heitman
Publisher: Helion & Company (2016)
Format: Hardback
Pages: 1152
ISBN-13: 9781911096528
This monumental work is the definitive "warts-and-all" history of the South African Defence Forces (SADF) 61 Mechanised Battalion Group, widely regarded as the finest fighting unit in Africa during its era. The book details the unit's birth, career, and eventual disbandment, offering an in-depth look at mobile warfare in the African battlespace.
Key Features:
Extensive Content: Over 1,100 pages of detailed research and accounts.
Visual Documentation: Includes approximately 400+ photos, 61 maps, and 2 pages of colour badges and insignia.
Tactical Insight: Explores the unique combined-arms structure and mobile warfare doctrine developed specifically for the bush war.
Narrative Style: Unlike dry military texts, it uses a "history from below" technique, weaving together high-level command strategy with harrowing first-hand accounts from ordinary soldiers.
Operational History: Covers every major incursion into Angola between 1978 and 1988, including Operation Reindeer and the controversial debates surrounding the Battle for Cuito Cuanavale.
Technological Evolution: Provides a deep look into the development of the Ratel ICV, which was central to the units blitzkrieg-style mobile warfare doctrine designed specifically for the African bush.
Internal Perspective: It corrects many historical myths by documenting the unit's birth as "Combat Group Juliet" and its eventual transition into the SANDF before its 2005 disbandment.
Visual Assets: The book is heavy (approx. 1,152 pages) and includes over 400 photographs and 61 specially drawn maps, many of which are unique to this publication.
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