: The force consisted of roughly 1,000 personnel, including approximately 900 local Ovambo trackers and about 300 white officers and NCOs.
Initially modeled after elite units like the of Rhodesia and the Portuguese Flechas , Koevoet operated as a paramilitary security police force rather than a standard military unit. The Covert War Koevoet Operations In Namibia
: The unit established its headquarters in Oshakati , with primary operational bases in Kaokoland, Kavango, and Ovamboland. Tactical Innovation: The "Crowbar" Method : The force consisted of roughly 1,000 personnel,
: It was divided into mobile platoons of 40 to 50 men. These units typically spent one week in the "bush" on patrol followed by one week at camp. with primary operational bases in Kaokoland