000			02912cam a2200397Ii 4500
001			ocn911032597
003			OCoLC
005			20240726104728.0
008			150615s2015 enkabc ob 000 0 eng d
040			_aNT _beng _erda _epn _cNT _dNT _dIDEBK _dCDX _dEBLCP _dYDXCP _dOCLCF _dOCLCQ _dMERUC _dOCLCQ
020			_a9781910777534 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aDT2981 _b.R463 2015
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aCocks, Kerrin, _d1976- _e1
245	1	0	_aRhodesian fire force : _b1966-80 / _cKerrin Cocks.
260			_aWest Midlands, England : _bHelion and Company Ltd ; _c(c)2015.
260			_aPinetown, South Africa : _b30° South Publishers (Pty) Limited, _c(c)2015.
300			_a1 online resource : _billustrations, maps, portraits.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	1		_aAfrica@War ; _v20
504			_a1
505	0	0	_aTurning Point -- _tThe Alouette -- _tSparrows -- _tSelous Scouts -- _tSiren -- _tTake-off to Target -- _tFirefight -- _tSweeplines and Stop Groups -- _tCasualties and Captures -- _tLast Light, First Light.
520	0		_aFire Force as a military concept dates from 1974 when the Rhodesian Air Force (RhAF) acquired the French MG151 20mm cannon from the Portuguese. Visionary RhAF and Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI) officers expanded on the idea of a 'vertical envelopment' of the enemy, with the 20mm cannon being the principal weapon of attack, mounted in an Alouette III K-Car ('Killer car'), supported by ground troops deployed from G-Cars (Alouette III troop-carrying gunships and latterly Bell 'Hueys') and parachuted from DC-3 Dakotas. In support would be a propeller-driven ground-attack aircraft armed with front guns, pods of napalm, white phosphorus rockets and a variety of Rhodesian-designed bombs; on call would be Canberra bombers, Hawker Hunter and Vampire jets. In spite of the overwhelming number of enemy pitted against them, Rhodesian Fire Forces accounted for thousands of enemy guerrillas, with a kill ratio exceeding 80:1. At the end of the war, ZANLA generals admitted their army could not have survived another year in the field-in no small part due to the ruthless efficiency of the Fire Forces, described by Charles D. Melson, the Chief Historian of the U.S. Marine Corps, as the ultimate "killing machine."
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610	1	0	_aSouthern Rhodesia. _bRhodesian Air Force.
650		0	_aGuerrillas _zZimbabwe _xHistory.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password. _uhttpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1004274&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
942			_cOB _D _eEB _hDT _m2015 _QOL _R _x _8NFIC _2LOC
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell