The SA Recce sniper steadied his breathing while his spotter calculated the odds of making a long-range kill from their observation post to M23 rebel rocket batteries.

The batteries were located in the crater of an extinct volcano nicknamed Triple Towers for the communications masts that topped it. ..

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