Still Under Construction

Operation Reindeer
Assault on Cassinga
4th May 1978

C-in-C	Colonel Jan Breytenbach(Code name Brandy)
2-i-C	Commandant Lewis Brand(Code name Jungle)
2 Forward air controllers

Alpha Rifle Company (Captain Gerrit Swart)
	Rifle Platoon
	Rifle Platoon
	Rifle Platoon
	2 60mm Mortars
Bravo Rifle Company (Captain Hugo McQueen)
	Rifle Platoon
	Rifle Platoon
	2 60mm Mortars
Charlie Rifle Company (Commandant Monty Forbes)
	Rifle Platoon
	Rifle Platoon
Delta Rifle Company (Captain Tommy Smit)
	Rifle Platoon
	Rifle Platoon
Echo Rifle Company(Major Wesley Fourie) (Airbourne Reserve)
Independent Rifle Platoon (Lieutenant Piet Botha)
Independent Rifle Platoon(32) (Lieutenant Johan Witt) (National Servicemen)
Mortar Platoon
	60mm Mortars (National Servicemen)
Anti Tank Platoon (Lieutenant Pierre Peters)
Specialist Element
	Intelligence Team
	1 Engineer Team(2 Officers)
	2 Medical Teams
44 Parachute Brigade HQ(Brigadier M.J. du Plessis)

Notes
Most of troops citizen force(reservists)  troops from 2nd and 3rd Parachute Battalion.
One Rifle Platoon and one 60mm Mortar platoon National Servicemen from 1 Parachute Battalion
 Number actually dropped 377
Echo Company to be held airbourne above cutline and dropped if required.
Headquarters staff of 44 Para Brigade also dropped, however not in a operational role, only as observers.
Cessna (commandant Archie Moore) would be airbourne as spotter during duration of operation
Anti-tank platoon, each anti-tank expert had 1 RPG-7 launcher and 5 missiles
SWAPO Notes
Swapo HQ. 1 14.5mm AA Gun and at least 2 12.7 HMG

Initial Plan
08H00 	Canberra’s and 5 Buccaneers to commence aerial attack, 2 Mirage follow with a strafing attack.
08H04	Paratroopers to be dropped as follows:
	Botha:		North of Cassinga, left of road to Techamutete
	Witt:		North of Cassinga, right of road to Techamutete
	A Company:	West of Cassinga, between town and river
	B Company:	West of Cassinga, between town and river		
	Mortar Platoon	West of Cassinga, between town and river
	C Company	East of Cassinga
	D Company	Southern outskirts of Cassinga
Anti-Tank Platoon.	Southern outskirts of Cassinga
	Cessna to be airbourne
08H19	A Company to advance West to East on left side of road
	B Company to advance West to East on right side of road
	Botha would attack veterans camp and then advance South
Witt to clear groups of houses East of Techamutete road
	C Company would hold Eastern flank
	D Company to capture engineer complex on Southern Flank and hold.
	Anti-Tank platoon to hold road to Techamutete
10H00	Operation over