Mercenary Army Aviation Special Operations FARP Team? Where to recruit?

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The PCs, upon arrival in Africa, will be employed by the Durban-registered Ukhozi Services, which seems less dominated by South Africans than the rival Executive Outcomes, but the ultimate beneficial owners of which are not easy to discover, as the company was founded by an attorney acting for Strategic Security Services Ltd., registered on the island of Jersey in 1989, taking advantage of lenient company legislation on the Channel Island, where disclosing company officials is not required.

The man in charge introduces himself as Commandant Bison. He's tall, athletic and imposing, with the build of a rugby flanker, but a grotesquely mishapen face and head, like a lot of facial and skull bones were broken and didn't heal right. His black skin is smooth and a practised observer can tell that despite his injuries masking his youthful facial features, he is not much older than the average National Serviceman when he finishes his two-year term at twenty or twenty one, but it does not seem likely that he is one of the Cape Coloured men who are called up for National Service in South Africa.

He has darker colouring than most Cape Coloured, the kind of build most Xhosa or Zulu warriors strive toward, and he speaks English with no trace of Afrikaans accent. If anything, his accent is British, his diction precise, and his orders given without hesitation and with total assurance they will be obeyed. He seems completely indifferent to the stares of the less courteous of the recruits and his mere presence soon quiets even the inveterate jokers, constant grumblers and stubborn troublemakers.

His first instructions are simple. The men have a choice about how much of themselves they reveal to each other, but before giving out full names and addresses, consider that in Angola, allegiances shift, and actions that were legal security assistance to the government might become revolutionary acts or terrorism in the eyes of the next government. Unless they have nothing and no one left at home they want to protect from hostile questioning, least said, soonest mended.

He then introduces the other officers and NCOs, an eclectic mix of Black, Coloured and White men, few of whom appear to come from the same tribes or even countries. His words are translated into Russian by a black translator, whose musical cadence and Portuguese accent on the occasional Russian term suggest that he is a native Angolan.

For the duration of their stay or until he gives orders otherwise, the new men rank as Recruits, no matter what their prior rank or service might have been. There are expressions of dismay from some of the new faces, but no chirping or audible grumbling.

Few things I could use suggestions on:

D) I want the new recruits to wear uniform clothing, which feel and look somewhat military, without being the uniform of any combatant country or faction in Angola, or, for that matter, any ongoing or recent warfare in nearby countries. I also want the clothing to be practical for the terrain and climate, easy to keep clean and made from durable materials. They'll need PT clothing, daily duty clothing and full tactical exercise outfits, with load-bearing battle belt, web gear and pouches and the whole nine yards.

At the end of 1990, where should the well-funded paramilitary equipment manager shop for this clothing, if the goal is both for the clothing to be practical and comfortable, and also for the soldiers to compare their current management favourably with their prior ones? Not necessarily the most expensive kit (soldiers might well display reverse snobbery), but the best value and utility, for clothing that will be used exclusively in the Global South, probably no further from the Equator than Iraq or Namibia (but probably significantly more humid)?

Edit: I figure that what I want is light, but strong khaki cargo pants and shirt, with multiple pockets which can be securely closed. What was a good brand of khaki 'safari' clothing in 1990?

E) The aim is to arm the men with USSR weaponry. The officers and NCOs had self-defence arms before the cheap Soviet arms started flooding the market; what might be good deals bought from Israeli arms dealers and others involved in evading sanctions to South Africa? Surplus FN FAL rifles should be available at decent prices, Uzis are not that expensive even if you buy them new, but what might be good deals on good pistols?

It's easy to say Browning Hi-Power, obviously every mercenary in the 1980s wanted one, but during sanctions, the SADF and security forces couldn't get enough of them and the Israelis themselves were buying from Belgium at scandalous prices. Pay a premium for genuine, newest-model, FN-made Browning Mark III pistols or buy much cheaper Spanish-made Star pistols (pretty much a 9mm 1911 design with 8-rd magazine) like the SADF did?

Something else?