Police Anti-Terrorist Unit

Police Anti-Terrorist Unit
Police Anti-Terrorist Unit
	The patch of the Police Anti-Terrorist Unit.
Active	1966 - 1980
Country	Rhodesia
Agency	British South Africa Police
Type	Paramilitary
Role	Counterterrorism; Counterinsurgency;
Part of	British South Africa Police (BSAP)
Abbreviation	PATU
Structure
Subunits	Sticks; Support Units; Tracking and Observation Units; Canine Units; Intelligence Units;
Notables
Significant operation(s)	Rhodesian Bush War; Battle of Sinoia;

The Police Anti-Terrorist Unit (PATU) was a paramilitary auxiliary arm of the British South Africa Police (BSAP) in Rhodesia. The unit was founded in 1966.^[1] The concept was created for guerrilla bush warfare and the personnel were both black and white policemen.^[2] The unit was abolished in 1980 following the dissolution of the BSAP.^[3]

^ Regiments Regiments and Corps of the British Empire and Commonwealth, 1758–1993 : a Critical Bibliography of Their Published Histories. R. Perkins. 1994. p. 293. ISBN 9780950642932.
^ Stapleton, Timothy (2015). Warfare and Tracking in Africa, 1952–1990. Taylor & Francis. p. 80. ISBN 9781317316909.
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[r-1] Regiments Regiments and Corps of the British Empire and Commonwealth, 1758–1993 : a Critical Bibliography of Their Published Histories. R. Perkins. 1994. p. 293. ISBN 9780950642932.

[track-2] Stapleton, Timothy (2015). Warfare and Tracking in Africa, 1952–1990. Taylor & Francis. p. 80. ISBN 9781317316909.

[:0-3] Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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