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'Tracking, tracking and more tracking was their motto': bush tracking and warfare in late twentieth-century Southern Africa

机译：“跟踪，跟踪和更多跟踪是他们的座右铭”：二十世纪后期南部非洲的丛林跟踪和战争

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Tracking, the skill of following a subject by signs left behind in the environment, dominated the experience of state forces and insurgents during Southern Africa's late twentieth-century guerilla conflicts; particularly in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) from 1965 to 1980 and South African occupied South-West Africa (now Namibia) from 1966 to 1989. Rhodesian and South African forces emphasised tracking to locate and eliminate their elusive enemies, and learned that the only way to do this was by using horses, motor vehicles or helicopters to gain ground. Both security forces established tracking training institutions and specialist tracker units. However, only the South Africans were able to create large and highly effective tracking units in the context of a specific environment and the mobilisation of indigenous communities. In response, insurgents in both conflicts shifted their activities to areas less conducive to tracking and developed anti-tracking techniques. Despite the failure of these counter-insurgency campaigns to win the 'hearts and minds' of the civilian African majority, their attempts to use tracking to engage insurgents can provide useful lessons.
机译：在南部非洲二十世纪晚期的游击冲突中，跟踪是一种通过跟踪留在环境中的物体跟踪对象的技巧，它主导了国家部队和叛乱分子的经验；特别是在1965年至1980年的罗得西亚（现为津巴布韦）和南非在1966年至1989年占领了西南非洲（现为纳米比亚）。罗得西亚和南非部队强调要追踪以找到并消灭其难以捉摸的敌人，并了解到这是通过使用马匹，机动车辆或直升机来取得地面的。两个安全部队都建立了跟踪训练机构和专门的跟踪器部队。但是，只有南非人才能在特定环境和动员土著社区的背景下建立大型高效的跟踪单位。作为回应，在两个冲突中的叛乱分子将其活动转移到不利于跟踪的地区，并发展了反跟踪技术。尽管这些反叛乱运动未能赢得非洲平民百姓的“真心”，但他们利用追踪与叛乱分子交战的尝试仍可提供有益的教训。

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