Legacy Conversations - Peter Baxter - RAR, 121Bn SADF, 101Bn SWATF - 101 BN Weapons and Tactics...

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Peter Baxter was the youngest (18 years & 3 months old) Regular Officer Commissioned off a Regular Officer Cadets Course in the Rhodesian Army. This cadet course was extremely lucky to have the training in classical warfare done when Rhodesia had 2 troops of T55 tanks and the Classical War Exercise done south of Gwelo on the Somabula Flats near Fort Rixon was some of the best training that he could have received. It stood him in good stead during his later military career at 121 Battalion and at the Romeo Mikes at 101 Battalion where he ended up fighting tanks out of Casspirs with Ratel 90’s in support. He was posted to A Company 3 RAR under the command of Major Tom Simpson in October 1980 as a platoon commander and then Company 2i/c.
Peter was then posted to Support Company 3RAR at Grand Reef under Major Jim Flanagan in mid 1981 where he was the Company 2ic and also the 81mm Mortar Platoon Commander. From 1982 April to 1985 July, Peter served with 121 Battalion in South Africa. He served with B Company under Captain Chris Garland and then started and trained C Company at 121 Battalion, the Zulus, at St. Lucia in Zululand. I did Recce Selection in September to November 1982.
He then worked in Cape Town in Restaurants, as a driver and in Security from ’85 until ’87. From 1987 to 1988 he rejoined the SADF and served at 101 Battalion in South West Africa with the Romeo Mikes (RM) (Reaction Force) 902 Special Service Company (SSC) with RM7 as a Team Commander under the Command of Bernie de Waal from May “87 to Dec ’87. He was the Company Commander for 902 SSC from July to September 1987 when De Waal was injured in a PomZ explosion whilst we were running on a spoor. He was also the Company Commander for 903 SSC Romeo Mikes for the first 5 months of 1988 where he operated in Casspirs inside Angola. Peter fought at Cuito Cuanavale and the Lomba River and in South Western and Central Southern Angola around Ongiva, Xangongo, Mupa and Evale. If you have any questions for Peter, please leave them here. Subscribe and click the bell to be informed of new episodes.
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@pwggroupinsurance-lifeands421 4 месяца назад

Thanks for keeping the stories alive Peter. Very interesting facts you had. I was a Kpl in 101BN and certain things you spoke about I have not even thought about was stuff like the range of a casspir?? We had diesel and we fed them from the Kwe's. haha. In Operation Firewood we obviously had big Diesel Bunkers going with as we were 350km up in Angola and the normal Diesel drums were too little to sustain us. The whole story about Hannes NORTMAN and the contacts in Operation Modular was another major thing for 101. Our troops didn't like the tank idea and being bombed by planes also didn't make the average Owambo a very happy chap. I saw the supply chain of the SADF into action after our first major contact we had on the Lomba on 9 September 1987. We shot out like in everything we had. Our kwe's were empty and they actually flew in everything we needed that day to us. It was the day the ZT4 shot out the tanks on the Lomba. 101 between 901 and 904 killed about 500 people that day on the Lomba river. Total carnage. 101 greeting Snakes

@os4956 5 месяцев назад

A long and distinguished service record in the wars of southern africa. Thanks Peter for talking about those times.

@JeffreyThomas-th2ps 5 месяцев назад

I used both R1 and R4 also R5 awsome weapons just keep them clean 🎉

@kempvdwesthuizen9245 5 месяцев назад

Another very interesting episode with someone with a wealth of knowledge. Really enjoyed it. Thank you Peter and Koos.

@dianheyns2531 5 месяцев назад

Respect!!!!! Was nou lekker om te luister

@andrescheuer4400 5 месяцев назад

Sir it is so nice to hear someone who knows his stuff when speaking about firearms side notei did not like the G3 only because it did not come up right for me but i would trust my life on it

@brucemcdonald8529 5 месяцев назад

Please have Peter back with more, very entertaining and informative. Thanks.

@LegacyConversations 5 месяцев назад

He will be back in at least three episodes, one with Lt Col Chris Garland to discuss the differences in training and operations between the Rh Army and SADF. Another with Lt Colonels Bertie Taute and George Butler on SADF platoon weapons and applications. And lastly a general one already made with our Vossie Vorster. Koos

@davidmcfarlane5873 3 месяца назад

Thanks Peter,100% on the opf..s to the shooting range,never made sense to me.

@vossierebel 5 месяцев назад

Hahaha... the Man from Angola... Indiana! Thanks Peter and Koos, I enjoyed that!

@robert-trading-as-Bob69 5 месяцев назад

Wow! Thanks for the confirmation about the G3A3 butt and stocks breaking off. I heard the story before I did my National Service in 1989, and asked some 'experts' about the G3's... they said the butt NEVER broke off. (Makes me wonder if they actually used the damn thing at all.) Unfortunately I served in the South African Armoured Corps that did not place great emphasis on shooting the R5 rifle to the best of it's ability. Safety was more important than proficiency. I earned my 'Skiet Balkie', but Pantserskool told me I wouldn't get it because we're not infantry. I thought that attitude lowered morale amongst the few like me that shot the R5 well despite the poor training we received, and the shorter barrel. I had the pleasure of shooting the R1 when I volunteered with the Transvaal Scottish. Despite never shooting that wonderful rifle before, I still came 3rd in the Second Battalion. If you miss wirh an R1, there is something seriously wrong with you. My experience of the Star 9mm was completely different! We had, I think, 10 of them to range shoot once, and at least 5 of them jammed after every shot. It may be that they were too damn old and worn out by then, in 1997 or '98. The R4 was nice to shoot as well, but I had to get used to the extra weight compared to the R5.

@angusmacdonald3220 5 месяцев назад

Great talk, Pete. Cheers

@christodebeer3645 4 месяца назад

Making Bush Fires to attract the Enemy was a excellent Tactic...😅

@NickSchoonwinkel 5 месяцев назад

Baie dankie dit was nou baie interessant. Ons het baie geweer PT gedoen en ons het gedink dit was om ons te straf maar vandag weet ek dit het ons gewoond gemaak aan die geweer wat jy moes behandel soos jou vrou en ons arms versterk sodat jy met die geweer kon vryhand skiet.

@robert-trading-as-Bob69 5 месяцев назад

"Vall soos jou geweer Troep!" I only made that mistake once.

@AW-rj6qf 5 месяцев назад

Salute / Saluut.

@pwggroupinsurance-lifeands421 4 месяца назад

On the story about creating fires to attract Swapo to do attacks on 101 we had a major attack in 1987 before Peter Joined the Unit. Swapo attacked 901 SDK like in 6:00 in the morning mid year. They shot out the Water Bunker the company had with them and then ran. They were not a large group of Swapo but had the tenacity to attack a full Romeo Mike Company sure has tons of braveness and stupidity mixed into the same. My friends told me one of his troops was out in the bush crapping when the RPG's started flying and he arrived in the Casspir with his pants kind of around his legs and still with the (marked) toilet paper in the other hand. haha There was a follow-up during that day and most of the ters was shot on the day. In one of the contacts while the team was on the foot Lt Pierre Blignaut was shot. Luckily not directly more shrapnel next to his spine. So sometimes the big fires at night did bring them to us. Thanks Snakes

@quinngreen450 5 месяцев назад

Many thanks to u gents another great story. Are there any books on the romeo Mike's?

@LegacyConversations 5 месяцев назад

Keep watching here, Waal de Waal, OC of 101 Bn will be on in a few weeks and speak of just such a book that is being written now, Koos

@andrescheuer4400 5 месяцев назад

I took my forend and bipod off my R4 also the butstock and cut down by half inch a gifted butstock also made a adaptor plate for the R5 forend because i did not want to be charged this made the R4 much better