[Austin Willard Wright]

Weren't these the same "legendary" counterinsurgency methods that converted much of the Portuguese military to Marxism (reading all that Mao) and set-the stage for a coup in the 1970s which put Portugal on the verge of becoming a Communist state?

[PatrioticCowboy]

Yes, that is all true, but the Portuguese Comandos (Spec Ops) were legendary troopers who were immensely feared and respected in Mozambique and Angola.

They used old World War Two small arms a lot and rode horses to negate the effects of land mines and bad roads.

[PatrioticCowboy]

The Rhodesian military was also legendary in counter-insurgency.

South Africa's Recce and Parabat soldiers also fought extremely well in Namibia and Angola