Regiment Mooirivier is an armour

Armour

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ed regiment

Regiment

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 of the South African Army

South African Army

The South African Army is the army of South Africa, first formed after the Union of South Africa was created in 1910.The South African military evolved within the tradition of frontier warfare fought by commando forces, reinforced by the Afrikaners' historical distrust of large standing armies...

. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Territorial Army or United States

United States

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 Army National Guard

Army National Guard

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 unit. It is part of the South African Army Armour Formation and is headquartered in the South African university

University

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 town of Potchefstroom.

History

The Regiment was founded in 1954 by the first vice-rector

Rector

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 of the Potchefstroom University, Professor

Professor

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 Fanus du Plessis.

This unit served in South Africa's various internal conflicts as well as during its "Border War", including duty in South-West Africa and transborder operations into Angola

Angola

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during the periods 1975 to 1976 and 1983 to 1984.