Not to be confused with Fire Force, a manga or FireForce (jet car).
Fire Force
Era
Modern
Battlespace
Land
Type
Counterinsurgency
Notable uses
Rhodesian Bush War
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[1] during the Rhodesian Bush War. Regiments involved included the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI), the Rhodesian African Rifles (RAR) and the Rhodesian Special Air Service (SAS) assisted by the Rhodesian Air Force (RhAF). The Fire Force counterinsurgency missions were designed to trap and eliminate Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) and Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) insurgents before they could flee.[2]
Fire 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.[2] Fire Force was first deployed in January 1974, and saw its first action a month later on 24 February 1974.[3]
Fire 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). One of the advantages of the Fire Force was its flexibility, as all that was needed was a reasonable airstrip.[2]
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Fireforce webbing was a webbing used by Fireforce of the Rhodesian Army during the Rhodesian Bush War. A battle jerkin and chest rig were known items...
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Infantry (RLI) on "externals" and Fireforce missions. RPK: Captured; used by the Rhodesian SAS on "externals" and Fireforce missions. FN MAG: standard squad-...
Points (FUP) with the help of the SAS and Commando elements. At Chimoio a Fireforce was being given final briefing, and five AFZ planes were given orders...
Retrieved 8 November 2017. Anti-Apartheid Movement, (various) (1979). Fireforce Exposed: Rhodesian Security Forces and Their Role in Defending White Supremacy...
operations with internal peace agreements, Fireforce was a well-developed counterinsurgency tactic. Fireforce was an operational assault or response usually...
Liberation Army (ZANLA) guerrilla camps were razed by 'Fireforce' cross-border raids. Fireforce comprised units of Selous Scouts, an undercover tracker...
preparations for major offensive operations were started. Rehearsals for a Fireforce operation were carried out at Inkomo Barracks near Harare. Three infantry...
(in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-01-16. Cocks, Chris (2009). Fireforce: One Man's War in the Rhodesian Light Infantry. 30° South Publishers....
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Revised editions of previous memoirs were also common. Chris Cocks' Fireforce was re-released by Galago and edited by Stiff. Stiff removed all references...
the air mobile warfare tactics used in Africa included the Rhodesian Fireforce and the Portuguese heliborne-horseborne forces cooperation. Meghna Heli...
Rhodesian African Rifles Rhodesian Armoured Corps Rhodesian Air Force Fireforce Security Force Auxiliaries References Rogers 1998, p. 41 Wilson, Graham...
to the soldiers of the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI), commando-style fireforce units of Rhodesian Security Forces who wore berets of green color, with...
at Umtali. 1 Indep Coy formed the core of Rhodesia's fourth Fireforce unit called Fireforce Delta. For a brief time a unit of French volunteers formed...
attacked and killed Selous Scouts. The Rhodesian military established fireforce teams to exploit the intelligence collected by the Selous Scouts. These...
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