page_title: Operation Protea
section_title: Order of Battle.
hierarchical_section_title: Operation Protea / Order of Battle.
caption_attribution_description: English: BRDM-2 at 1 Tank Regiment, Tempe Base - Bloemfontein. Late of the Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FAPLA).
context_page_description: Operation Protea was a military operation during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War in which South African Defence Forces destroyed a number of South West Africa People's Organisation bases in Angola. During the operation, which took place from 23 August to 4 September 1981, up to 5,000 SADF soldiers occupied Cunene province, Angola.
caption: FAPLA BRDM-2 captured during Protea. This example now resides at the SANDF School of Armour, Bloemfontein.
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