SADF members

[Dave]

Anyone who served in the old SADF care to comment on what's happening in this photo?

 

[Tribs]

Anyone who served in the old SADF care to comment on what's happening in this photo?

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Learning how to shoot all their weapons ? Playing soggy marie ?

Pielparade - South African military sexual practices for group cohesion

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'''Pielparade''' is an Afrikaans colloquial term commonly used by South African military personnel, especially servicemen and veterans of the old South African Defense Force (S.A.D.F.), which has also entered mainstream South African English as slang. The term means '***** parades' and refers to a range of sexual games or practices in which groups of soldiers participate, supposedly to foster group cohesion. Since pielparade are taboo, and because of the controversial and sensitive nature of the activities of the S.A.D.F. during the final period of the apartheid era, pielparade are rarely written about or openly discussed in public. Pielparade have never been officially sanctioned, and their occurrence largely depended on the predilections of individual section or platoon leaders. Apart from promoting group cohesiveness, the games were also meant to be humorous and to entertain the troops.

 

[greg0205]

Laundry day?

We had to do some weird and disgusting things during basic and second phase. That wasn't one of 'em.

I'll say this 'tho... If that was part of an opfok, the likelihood of leopard crawling was reduced to zero, and that was always a good thing.

 

[HelterSkelter]

We had an Lt who inspected our dicks.
One! - You take your dick out.
Two, three...
One! - You pull the foreskin back.

 

[satanboy]

I never witnessed this during my time.

 

[Spliffcat]

Never saw that happen. Photoshop???

 

[LD50]

Never saw that happen. Photoshop???

don't think so. Either anti-aircraft troops or stores admin getting a opvok

 

[Spliffcat]

Cooks having fun???

 

[Dave]

don't think so. Either anti-aircraft troops or stores admin getting a opvok

I have no personal experience of the SADF, but one thing I noticed is no mags on the R4's and no link on the GPMG so likely not operational.

I also think it would be a lot more common knowledge if the stories in @Tribs links actually happened with any frequency.

 

[Tribs]

I have no personal experience of the SADF, but one thing I noticed is no mags on the R4's and no link on the GPMG so likely not operational.

I also think it would be a lot more common knowledge if the stories in @Tribs links actually happened with any frequency.

I think it is isolated. I know a few guys who have played soggy marie - but they are not familiar with the rest of the games.

 

[Textile Guy]

Lots of gun butts in that picture ...... maybe they are crack shooters?

 

[Textile Guy]

All have R4s and the newer webbing - so this pic was likely taken after 84 or 85?

 

[X3rP3Nt]

Kamp kaaldraad?

 

[Papa Smurf]

bliksem
i never had that

i was a gunner in Potch 142 Battery 1991

 

[Textile Guy]

bliksem
i never had that

i was a gunner in Potch 142 Battery 1991

Eish - did you do 2 years still?

 

[Papa Smurf]

Eish - did you do 2 years still?

1

 

[Textile Guy]

Kamp kaaldraad?

Except the chap, 3rd row, second from the back, sussing hits mate outlet port ...... he thinks its kamp trekdraad.

 

[Papa Smurf]

something not right with that photo
no one in SADF had a tanned ass
there was never time to do that
we were all black from sun exposure on face and hands and nothing else
rest of body was as white as the fucking Sun

 

[greg0205]

All have R4s and the newer webbing - so this pic was likely taken after 84 or 85?

Did basics in Potchefstroom in '88. Issued an R1, but maybe that was just a SAMS thing...

 

[greg0205]

I have no personal experience of the SADF, but one thing I noticed is no mags on the R4's and no link on the GPMG so likely not operational.

I also think it would be a lot more common knowledge if the stories in @Tribs links actually happened with any frequency.

They're wearing black-is-beautiful camouflage on their faces. The only time I did that was in basic training.

No point blacking out your face when you're driving down the cutline in a Casspir.