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'''Operation Modular''' (AKA Moduler) was a [[military operation]] by the [[South African Defence Force]] (SADF) during the [[South African Border War]]. It formed part of what has come to be called the [[Battle of Cuito Cuanavale]].

In August 1987, four brigades of the Soviet-backed<ref>Helmut-Romer Heitmann; S.A.Armed Forces,1990</ref> [[FAPLA]] forces (the 47th, 59th, 16th and 21st [[brigade]]s), departed from the [[Angola]]n city of [[Cuito Cuanavale]] with the aim of capturing the [[UNITA]] stronghold at [[Mavinga, Cuando Cubango|Mavinga]], which was the gateway to [[Jonas Savimbi]]'s capital of [[Jamba]].