The "South African magic cannon" Angola "showed its might", and the Cubans united with the local armed forces and sent it to the sky
At the end of the 80s of the 20th century, although the Cold War was over, it did not mean that the world was really at peace. On the contrary, because the United States and the Soviet Union were exhausted by decades of the Cold War. As a result, to a certain extent, the repressive force on global contradictions has begun to weaken. This led to larger and bloody armed conflicts in a number of areas during this period. Especially between 1987 and 1988, the racist regime of white South Africans did not resign itself to decline. In order to continue his already "thinning western mountain" rule, he sent an army of almost 10,000 people to invade Angola.
In fact, before that, they had launched several invasions, but they always failed. This time they learned their lesson and directly brought the latest secret weapon. That is, it is known as the "South African God Cannon", G5 towed howitzer and G6 self-propelled howitzer. It is understood that the former is the world's first, 45-caliber, 155-mm howitzer put into real combat. The latter is a "self-intensive" product of the former. In addition, if used for both guns, NATO's standard shells can have a range of up to 30 kilometers. If a rocket extended-range projectile is used, the range can be up to 39 kilometers, and the rapid fire can even have 4 rounds per minute.
Even if the weapons are powerful, the South African army that invaded Angola is also united with "UNITA". At the end of 1987, Angolan government forces were successfully lured deep into UNITA bases. After that, he began to concentrate his forces and defeated the main force of the Angolan government army with the "South African magic cannon". The victory in the first battle was a great encouragement to the white South African regime. South Africa's then-President Peter . William. Botha ordered the South African army to take advantage of the victory to pursue and launch a counteroffensive. Conduct the so-called "Operation Huper" to completely encircle and annihilate. After the defeat, the main field troops of the Anren Movement, which are retreating. And in order to save the ally Protest de l'Ánctuill, Cuba's leader at the time, Fidel Castro, made a move. He not only dispatched the elite troops in the country to Angola to assist. And I also flew to Moscow specifically to seek Soviet support.
Although headed by Gorbachev, the then leadership of the USSR. Already then there were appearing, clear signs of pro-Westernism. But Castro personally came to request, and this face had to be given. So although reluctantly, the Soviet Union promised to give Cuba. The operation in Angola provided assistance and facilities. So the Anslancer, which received reinforcements from Cuba, began to stabilize its position. And in early 1988, a large number of defenses began to be built along the Cuito River. After that, they united with Cuba and used various schemes together. Because of the great victory in the first battle, it is already happy to find the north, and the joint forces of South Africa and "UNITA" will completely "unable to raise their heads." Even before, the "South African God Cannon" was blown up by the Cubans.
The Battle of Cuito can therefore also be said to be a turning point in the Angolan civil war. After that, the racist regime of white South Africans, although still trying to be dying. However, the tide was over, and finally in December 1988, peace agreements were signed with Angola and Cuba. South Africa and Cuba agreed not long after. Complete withdrawal from Angola, respective armed forces. It is also worth mentioning that South Africa was also forced to agree to the conditions for Namibia's independence. It can be seen from this that the end of ill-intentioned aggression will really not be very good.
