The pioneers of landmine proof vehicles, landmine explosions and terrorist attacks in Rhodesia and South Africa

Image courtesy of Peter Stiff

I have just finished reading Peter Stiff's book, Taming the Landmine and found this really riveting stuff, to be honest I have not really looked back in time in this theatre and time of war. However on finding out that Rhodesia and South Africa were the pioneers of landmine proof vehicles and counter insurgency bush warfare which involved terrorism, I was now hooked and I may continue in this avenue for a while, while I give in to my quest for knowledge on our fantastic past.

I look back and I bet some of the early days must have been harrowingly scary for those on the front line of terrorism. Seeing the technology grow from some daring or desperate ideas into what we had to protect us in the form of the vehicles was purely amazing - I cannot recommend this book more highly.

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