| 词条 | Long Tom Commando |
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|unit_name= Long Tom Commando |image=SADF era Longtom Commando emblem.jpg |image_size=160px |caption=Long Tom Commando emblem |dates= |country= {{ZAF}} |allegiance={{plainlist|
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}} |type= Infantry |role= Light Infantry |size= One Battalion |command_structure=South African Infantry Corps Army Territorial Reserve, Group 33 |garrison= Graskop |garrison_label= |nickname= |patron= |motto= |colors= |colors_label= |march= |mascot= |equipment= |equipment_label= |battles= |anniversaries= |decorations= |battle_honours= |battle_honours_label= |disbanded= |website= |commander1= |commander1_label= |commander2= |commander2_label= |commander3= |commander3_label= |commander4= |commander4_label= |notable_commanders= |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_label= |identification_symbol_2= |identification_symbol_2_label= |identification_symbol_3= |identification_symbol_3_label= |identification_symbol_4= |identification_symbol_4_label= }} Long Tom Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South African Territorial Reserve. HistoryOriginThis commando was founded in the mid eighties in Graskop covering areas on the escarpment and Buschbuckridge. The units mascot was a Long Tom gun from the Anglo Boer War[1][2] OperationsWith the SADFDuring this era, the unit was mainly used for area force protection, search and cordones as well as stock theft control assistance to the rural police. The unit resorted under the command of the SADF's Group 33. With the SANDFDisbandmentThis unit, along with all other Commando units was disbanded after a decision by South African President Thabo Mbeki to disband all Commando Units.[3][4] The Commando system was phased out between 2003 and 2008 “because of the role it played in the apartheid era”, according to the Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula.[5] Unit InsigniaLeadership{{Empty Section|date=March 2015}}References1. ^http://www.sa-cannon.com/long_tom.html#.XDh2XFwzaUk 2. ^http://sabie.co.za/blog/?p=1715 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.issafrica.org/Pubs/ASR/6No2/VanStade.html |title=Rationalisation in the SANDF: The Next Challenge |accessdate=5 March 2015 |year=1997 |author=Col L B van Stade, Senior Staff Officer Rationalisation, SANDF |publisher=Institute for Security Studies |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316204323/https://issafrica.org/pubs/asr/6no2/vanstade.html |archivedate=16 March 2016 |df= }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.saps.gov.za/statistics/reports/rural_safety/eng/pages/no2e.htm |title=About the Commando system |accessdate=2008-01-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206150052/http://www.saps.gov.za/statistics/reports/rural_safety/eng/pages/no2e.htm |archivedate=2007-12-06 |df= }} 5. ^{{cite web|last1=de Lange|first1=Deon|title=South Africa: Commandos Were 'Hostile to New SA'|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200805290408.html|work=Cape Argus|accessdate=5 March 2015|subscription=yes}} See also
2 : Infantry regiments of South Africa|South African Commando Units |
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