Means and Method

MEANS AND METHOD

BATTLE PRACTICE (1972-1979)

ZANU AND ZAPU FORCE (INSURGENTS)MOST OF THE HEAVY FIGHTING WAS IN THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF RHODESIA NEAR THE MOZAMBIQUE BORDER IN 1972-1979AT THE POLITICAL LEVEL :_EXPLOITING LOCAL VILLAGE LEADERS AND OTHER PREVIOUSLY A POLITICAL GROUPS TO TURN AGAINST THE RHODESIAN GOVERNMENT.IN FEBRUARY 1979, SHOT DOWN A RHODESIAN CIVILIAN AIRLINER.

AT THE ECONOMIC LEVEL :_GREAT CONTROL IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN RURAL AREAS. THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE HEAD OF THE VILLAGE AND THE TERRITORY HELD BY REBELS.DECEMBER 1978, WAS ATTACKED RHODESIAN CAPITAL, SALISBURY, DESTROYING A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF RHODESIA'S RESERVE FUEL. CONTINUOUS ATTACK TACTICS TO WEAKEN THE GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC SECTOR.

RHODESIANS ARMY (COIN)THE FIRST OPERATION HURRICANE NO-GO AREA WAS ALONG THE MOZAMBIQUE BORDER IN MAY 1973. OTHER NO-GO AREAS WERE EXTENDED ALONG VAST STRETCHES OF RHODESIAN BORDER IN AN ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH DEPOPULATED FREE-FIRE ZONES FOR SECURITY FORCE OPERATIONS. THIS CONCEPT THAT ANYONE SEEN MOVING IN AN AREA IS CONSIDERED A TERRORIST AND CAN BE KILLED. RHODESIAN FORCES LAUNCHED LARGE RAIDS. THESE RAIDS HAD GOOD "KILL RATIOS" (APPROXIMATELY 20:1) AND DEMONSTRATED FUNDAMENTAL WEAKNESSES IN ZANU AND ZAPU SECURITY OPERATIONS.OPERATION FAVOUR. CONSIDERED BUILDING A LOCAL BLACK MILITIA THAT WOULD ENABLE THE RURAL POPULATION TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST INSURGENT ATTACKS.

PSYOPS AGAINST INSURGENTSIN TACTICAL BY USING THE REWARDS OF $300 TO $5,000 FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE DEATH OR CAPTURE OF A SENIOR INSURGENT LEADER.RECRUITING POSTER FOR THE RHODESIAN ARMY.

GOVERNMENT PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS OF CIVILIANS MURDERED OR DISFIGURED BY RHODESIAN TERRORISTS.