P01594.026 Accession Number: P01594.026

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Mine resistant vehicles used by 15 Field Troop, 17th Construction Squadron, part of the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) which operated between August 1989 and April 1990. 15 Field Troop's primary role was the destruction of land mines and unexploded ordnance. These vehicles operated out of Ondangwa and were leased by the United Nations from the South Africans.

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Accession Number
P01594.026
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Colour
Date Made
1989-1990
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor I. Bottrell
Copyright
Copyright unknown - orphaned work

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