 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mauto ehondo echikepe akaonekwazve sesimba rinogara riripo muna 1961, nekutanga kweHondo yeColonial. Kunze kweChikoro cheMarine Escola de Fuzileiros, mhando mbiri dzezvikamu zvemauto zvemauto zvakasikwa panguva iyoyo, aya ari mapoka evanhu vakasarudzika DFE, destacamentos de fuzileiros especiais uye makambani evanhu CF, companhias de fuzileiros. Kunyange zvazvo DFE yakagadzirirwa kushanda semapurisa ekurwisa amphibious, CF yakanga yakanangidzirwa mukutarisa kwezvikepe uye mukudzivirirwa kwezvikepe zvengarava uye zvivako. Mukati mehondo iyi, uye kutozosvikira muna 1975, varwi vanopfuura 14 000 vakarwa muPortuguese Guinea, Angola neMozambique. 