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The Selous Scouts /səˈluː/ was a special forces unit of the Rhodesian Army that operated during the Rhodesian Bush War from 1973 until the reconstitution...

2010) was a Rhodesian military officer who founded and commanded the Selous Scouts special forces unit that fought during the Rhodesian Bush War. Reid-Daly...

operated at times with the Selous Scouts and Rhodesian Armoured Corps. The Selous Scouts attacked insurgents located by the Grey's Scouts, and the unit supported...

pseudo-operations include the Selous Scouts in the former country Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), governed by white minority rule until 1980. The Selous Scouts were formed at...

Frederick Courteney Selous, DSO (/səˈluː/; 31 December 1851 – 4 January 1917) was a British explorer, officer, professional hunter, and conservationist...

some commentators claimed it bore a resemblance to the badge of the Selous Scouts, a special forces unit of the Rhodesian Army which operated during the...

Armoured Car Regiment Selous Scouts (not the Selous Scout special forces regiment of the same name). During this time period the Selous Scouts, operated as special...

as/when required to be dropped onto spoor for follow-up work. The new Selous Scouts Regiment had requested some specialist trackers for a combative tracking...

unlicensed variant; two were built and deployed for the Selous Scouts in 1979. Ferret Mk 2 Scout Car (nicknamed "George"): 20 in service, used on road convoy...

Nyadzonya Raid, was a military operation carried out by the Rhodesian Selous Scouts at Nyadzonya in Mozambique on 9 August 1976. The raid had adverse political...

forces, the Special Air Service and the Selous Scouts. Combined Operations also considered the Grey's Scouts mounted infantry unit to be an elite unit...

Selous Scouts Top Secret War (1983), p. 425. Baxter, Selous Scouts: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists (2011), pp. 64–65; 70. Baxter, Selous Scouts:...

Tanzania Selous Scouts, the special forces of the Rhodesian Army Selous, Zimbabwe Selous' mongoose, (Paracynictis selousi) Selous' zebra (Equus quagga...

Rhodesian memoir to be released was Reid-Daly's account of the Selous Scouts, Selous Scouts Top Secret War, published by Galago—a publishing house run by...

moved to Ndola Barracks, Ndola in Northern Rhodesia along with the Selous Scouts Armoured Car Regiment. By July the following year, No 9 basic course...

Rhodesian soldiers were earmarked for the operation, with 100 men of the Selous Scouts spearheading the raid. Each of the ten-men was transported in a Unimog...

the majority of successful contacts were due to the skills of the Selous Scouts (many of which were the former enemies). They had the capacity to insert...

transferred to the Selous Scouts as a lieutenant and was key in establishing a dedicated reconnaissance troop in that unit. The Selous Scouts often conducted...

major ZANLA position near the fork of the Nuanetsi and Limpopo. The Selous Scouts would move as a flying column along the Vila Salazar–Maputo railway...

dissolution of the federation and was instrumental in creating the Selous Scouts during the Rhodesian Bush War. Following formal recognition of Zimbabwean...