| 词条 | Umvoti Commando |
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|unit_name= Umvoti Commando |image=SADF era Umvoti Commando emblem.jpg |image_size=160px |caption=Umvoti Commando emblem |dates= 1952- |country= {{ZAF}} |allegiance={{plainlist|
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}} |type= Infantry |role= Light Infantry |size= One Battalion |command_structure=Natal Command Group 9 |garrison= Greytown |garrison_label= |nickname= |patron= |motto="Popula Nostro Servire" We serve our people |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= }} Umvoti Commando was a Commando unit of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South African Territorial Reserve. HistoryOriginRifle AssociationThe forerunner of Umvoti Commando was a unit raised in 1949 in the Greytown district as sub unit of the Zululand Skiet Kommando under command of Captain A.W. Rossouw. OperationsWith the UDFUmvoti Commando was named on the 5th August 1952 after a requirement to split from the Zululand Skiet Kommando was approved. With the SADFThe unit was stationed in Greytown since its beginning and moved to a purpose built HQ in 1978. Area of responsibilityThe unit was responsible for Umvoti, Kranskop, New Hannover and Msinga magisterial districts. National ColoursThe unit was awarded its National Colours on the 29th June 1991. 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.[1][2] 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.[3] Unit InsigniaLeadership
References1. ^{{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= }} {{portal|South Africa}}{{SA Commandos}}{{SA Army Units}}{{SouthAfrica-mil-stub}}2. ^{{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}} 3. ^{{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}} 2 : Military units and formations disestablished in the 1990s|South African Commando Units |
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