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The K-Car would carry a spare FN FAL to replace any malfunctioning rifle and two A63/A76 VHF radios, a spare for the ground troops and one for the commander in case he had to disembark the K-Car. The numbers of enemy personnel killed by the K-Car in a scene varied from zero to all. 303 (7.7 mm) machine guns (instead of the 20mm cannon) but were not popular with the troops, as they were less effective. Some K-Cars (known as Dalmatian K-Cars) were armed with four Browning. The Fire Force Commander directed ground operations from an orbit of 800 ft (240 m), high enough over the contact area to see everything that was happening. This helicopter was called the 'K-Car' ( K denoting Kill / Command) and had a crew of three (pilot, gunner/technician (gunner-tech), and Fire Force commander).
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The cannons were equipped with trays, which took 200 or 400 high explosive incendiary (HEI) rounds. The helicopters were Alouette IIIs (in 1979 a few Agusta-Bell 205As 'Cheetahs' were used) of which one was equipped with a MG 151/20 20mm cannon and flown by the senior pilot. The Fire Force would be based at an airfield with usually four helicopters, one Dakota and a light attack aircraft (known as the " Lynx"). The RLI used these helicopters for its Fire Force operations. One of the Alouette III helicopters acquired by the Royal Rhodesian Air Force in 1962. In all formations, the MAG gunner was next in position to the Stick Leader. Ī single Stick made up the stop groups (stops), patrols, ambushes and often sweep lines, although larger sweep lines could be made up from para-sticks or by combining the sticks positioned by the G-Cars, or from those sticks transported by the "Landtail". Each soldier also carried a lightweight sleeping bag in a mat pack on his back. Pistols were optional and all paratroopers were entitled to carry a Belgian FN Hi-Power or Spanish Star Model B 9×19mm pistol. During 1979 one of these two men was issued a radio. Every third or fourth round loaded into the rifle magazine was a tracer. Rifles were zeroed for 100m, and sights were set to the same range. One of the riflemen was a fully trained combat medic and carried a medical pack.
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Grenades carried were usually one M962 HE grenade, one M970 white phosphorus grenade, a smoke grenade, one or two rifle grenades and an Icarus rocket flare each. The other two were riflemen with a FN FAL and 100 rounds, grenades and rifle grenades.
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One was the machine gunner, with a FN MAG machine-gun and carrying 400 rounds. Of the 4 men, one was the Stick Leader, with an A63 or A76 VHF radio, a FN FAL, 100 rounds ( 7.62×51mm NATO) and several types of grenades. The reason for the 4-man stick was because the Rhodesian Air Force Alouette III helicopters could only carry 4 men. Unlike conventional military units, Fire Force troops were broken down into 'sticks' of 4 men instead of the usual 8 or 9-man sections. One of the advantages of the Fire Force was its flexibility, as all that was needed was a reasonable airstrip. įire Force was an operational assault or response usually composed of a first wave of 32 soldiers carried to the scene by three helicopters (G-Cars) and one Dakota (Paradak), with a command/gunship helicopter (K-Car) and a light attack aircraft in support (Lynx). Fire Force was first deployed in January 1974, and saw its first action a month later on 24 February 1974. įire Force reacted to enemy ambushes, farm attacks, or observation post (OP) sightings, and could also be called in by trackers or patrols who had made contact with the enemy and then called for reinforcements. The Fire Force counterinsurgency missions were designed to trap and eliminate Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army and Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army insurgents before they could flee. Regiments involved included the Rhodesian Light Infantry or RLI, the Rhodesian African Rifles and the Rhodesian Special Air Service or SAS assisted by the Rhodesian Air Force. Fire Force or Fireforce is a variant of the military tactic of vertical envelopment of a target by helicopter-borne and parachute infantry developed by the Rhodesian Security Forces during the Rhodesian Bush War.