Koevoet

Koevoet (pronounced ) (Afrikaans and Dutch for crowbar), also known as Operation K and officially denoted as the South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Unit (SWAPOL-COIN), was a paramilitary-trained police counter insurgency unit in South-West Africa during the Namibian Independence War. ("Crowbar" was an allusion to Koevoet's mission of prying insurgents from the local population).

The unit is presently considered one of the most effective fighting forces deployed against communist-backed SWAPO liberation fighters during apartheid, although it remained notorious for committing acts of brutality against civilians.