Koevoet ([ˈkufut], Afrikaans for crowbar, also known as Operation K or SWAPOL-COIN) was the counterinsurgency branch of the South West African Police...

carry out a specific task or to deal with a particular area of crime. Koevoet, translated into English as 'crowbar', but officially known as the Police...

Koevoet. Koevoet was initially an autonomous unit under the nominal authority of the SAP Security Branch, but became part of SWAPOL in 1985. Koevoet worked...

until 1980). Some historical military units, such as South West Africa's Koevoet, were only defined as police for political reasons. In Russia, the modern...

Angola to the north. Botha was responsible for introducing the notorious Koevoet police counter-insurgency unit. He was also instrumental in building the...

African and South West African Special Forces units such as 32 Battalion and Koevoet. One of these was the Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB), a unit that carried...

African Border War. It was at first extensively used by the infamous "Koevoet" police counterinsurgency unit in northern Namibia during the apartheid...

original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021. Hooper, Jim (2013) [1988]. Koevoet! Experiencing South Africa's Deadly Bush War. Solihull: Helion and Company...

Pretoria was forced to demobilize some 1,600 members of Koevoet (Afrikaans for crowbar). The Koevoet issue had been one of the most difficult UNTAG faced...

Pretoria was forced to demobilise some 1,600 members of Koevoet (Afrikaans for crowbar). The Koevoet issue had been one of the most difficult UNTAG faced...

operating bases. It also deployed specialist counter-insurgency units such as Koevoet and 32 Battalion, trained to carry out external reconnaissance and track...

Africa and joined the security branch in Oshakati. In 1979, he co-founded Koevoet, an SAP counterinsurgency unit tasked with combating the People's Liberation...

Publishers. p. 380. ISBN 978-0-9584890-3-4. Hooper, Jim (2013) [1988]. Koevoet! Experiencing South Africa's Deadly Bush War. Solihull: Helion and Company...

Dreyer (1930/31–2015), South African Police major general and head of Koevoet Hans Hagnell (1919–2006), Swedish politician Hans Helwig (1881–1952), German...

then by Koevoet in South West Africa, which the Security Branch had helped establish (). Many of the white officers at C1 were drawn from Koevoet or the...

which included the formation of several elite special forces units such as Koevoet, 32 Battalion, and the Reconnaissance Commando Regiment. South African...

production of six nuclear bombs. Creation of police counter-insurgency unit, Koevoet. Resignation of Vorster as State President in the wake of the Muldergate...

Retrieved 2008-11-27. Terblanche, Christelle; Fabricus, Peter (2004-03-14). "Koevoet, 32 battalion and the coup plot..." Independent Online. Archived from the...

Pienaar announced he was suspending the activities of the Koevoet paramilitary force. The Koevoet issue was one of the most difficult UNTAG had faced. This...

from the triple mounts and re-mounted on the Casspir APCs employed by the Koevoet on their counter-insurgency operations in Angola and South West Africa...

recruited men who had been retrenched from the SADF elite units as well as Koevoet. Due to this contract, Executive Outcomes became a target for a campaign...

model for the latter created Rhodesian Selous Scouts and the South African Koevoet. The Flechas were organized in combat groups (platoons) of about 30 men...

border war. Gibraltar: Ashanti Pub. Stiff, P. (2000). The Covert War: Koevoet Operations in Namibia. Galago Publishing Pty Ltd. Kahn, Owen Ellison (1991)...

Selous Scouts comprised most of the initial personnel of the South African Koevoet unit, and it used similar tactics. This unit was responsible for many human...

counterinsurgency tactics based on those the SADF and paramilitary forces (such as the Koevoet) employed in Namibia and elsewhere. Of particular interest to the G-2 was...

of Opuwo living in slums on international humanitarian aid, or joined Koevoet paramilitary units to cope with the livestock losses and widespread famine...

to demand the disbandment of paramilitary organisations including the Koevoet and their command structures. Resolution 640 requested the Secretary-General...

Commander Lt Gen Martin Wijnen Deputy commander Maj Gen Rob Jeulink Army Adjutant WO Ad Koevoets Insignia Flag Flag used on government buildings Logo...

machines and properties of metals. Commenting on his alleged service for Koevoet, the counter-insurgency branch of the South West African Police (SWAPOL)...

Publishing. pp. 14–19. ISBN 978-1-85532-122-9. Hooper, Jim (2013) [1988]. Koevoet! Experiencing South Africa's Deadly Bush War. Solihull: Helion and Company...