Video: The French Man That Went To Africa – S.Africa’s Eland Armoured Car – My Comments

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The Eland armored car, takes its Afrikaans name from the African Eland, the largest antelope in the world. Similar to its namesake, the Eland evolved to adapt to the tough Southern African environment. Its design, adaption, and production happened just before South Africa became the subject of international embargoes in the 70’s, spurred on by its racial segregation policies. Against the backdrop of the Cold War in Southern Africa which saw a steep rise in liberation movements backed by the Socialist sphere of countries such as Cuba and eastern europe.

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