Selous Scouts

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11:29a, 4/3/24
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Been getting into reading a lot about the Rhodesian Selous Scouts lately, does anyone have any interest in them and/or know anything about them?
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11:31a, 4/3/24
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A little. I need to read "3 Sips of Gin" by Tim Bax and his time in the Selous Scouts. Been sitting in my bookshelf for over a year.

And I wish I could fight a war in short shorts, tshirts and black Chucks.
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Varmint23
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In reply to JABQ04 • 11:47a, 4/3/24
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Have you happened to read "Selous Scouts: Top Secret War" ?

I've heard it's a banned book because of how in detail it goes into the cruelness of their actions. Found a good deal on it but still pretty expensive for a book, looking to see if it's worth it.
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In reply to Varmint23 • 12:48p, 4/3/24
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Definitely not cheap. https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?isbn=9780620066747&n=100121503&cm_sp=mbc-_-ISBN-_-used
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In reply to Varmint23 • 1:02p, 4/3/24
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I have not but I am intrigued.
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6:26p, 4/4/24
They get referenced quite a bit in The Terminal List series.
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In reply to 13B • 8:09p, 4/4/24
AG
Small derail and I feel like I've asked you before but are/were you a 13B?

ETA - it is military related
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In reply to JABQ04 • 9:51a, 4/5/24
Air Force 13B ABM.
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In reply to 13B • 7:49p, 4/5/24
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13B said:
Air Force 13B ABM.
Same. Or "was".....

12thFan/Websider Since 2003
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8:52p, 4/6/24
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I did some reading years ago on them. I was trained by one of their trackers back in 06. Awesome guy and scary good at his job. I remember think how such a body of men could never really be fielded in todays age and political climate for a first world nation.
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7:17a, 4/8/24
Try this link. Should be available to check out.

Selous Scouts Top Secret War : Ron Reid Daly : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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In reply to Gringo Viejo • 12:06p, 4/8/24
AG
Thank you for this!
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In reply to USAFAg • 6:02p, 4/8/24
USA*** said:
13B said:
Air Force 13B ABM.
Same. Or "was".....
Was. Retired in 2011.
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In reply to 13B • 9:15p, 4/8/24
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13B said:
USA*** said:
13B said:
Air Force 13B ABM.
Same. Or "was".....
Was. Retired in 2011.


Meant for myself. Retired 2013

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7:57p, 4/17/24
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https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5iYv-pMeaC/?igsh=MWV1NG02Mm11NXJhdQ==

Ran across this today.
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9:05a, 4/22/24
AG
Not Selous Scouts but about the Rhodesian SAS, A Handful of Hard Men by Hannes Wessels. This is an excellent book. One of my all time favorite reads. Highly recommend.
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Trinity Ag
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In reply to Varmint23 • 6:40p, 5/6/24
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Varmint23 said:
Been getting into reading a lot about the Rhodesian Selous Scouts lately, does anyone have any interest in them and/or know anything about them?


I had a multi-hour conversation with a former scout at a deer camp a few years ago.

Fascinating story. As with most wars, lots of brutality in both sides - worse by the communist backed tribes, but the winners write the history - and in the Apartheid era there was no sympathy for the euro Rhodesians.

The sad coda was after they won, Mugabe mass murdered his erstwhile allies to consolidate power:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gukurahundi#:~:text=The%20Gukurahundi%20was%20a%20series,chaff%20before%20the%20spring%20rains%22.

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