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Fact Files

Fact file: SANDF regular force levels by race & gender: April 30, 2011

The uniformed services of the South African National Defence Force mustered 64 431 personnel in April this year, of whom 77.3% (49 831) were male, 72.3% (46 590) were black, 11.6% were Coloured, 744 (1.2%) were Indian and 14.9% (9591) were white.

 

Fact file: SA defence exports, 2010

The National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) in 2010 approved the following export permits:

 

 

Fact file: G6 L45 self-propelled towed gun-howitzer

The 2010 edition of the International Institute for Strategic Studies' Military Balance publication lists the South African Artillery as currently employing two G6 L45 and having an additional 41 in store.
   

Fact file: Denel FV2 Bateleur Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS)

The FV2 Bateleur is the standard multiple launch rocket system (MLRS)of the South African Artillery. Development and production started after the end of the 1966-1989 Namibian “Border War” and the system has not yet been used in anger, unlike its smaller predecessor, the FV1 Visarend.

 

Fact file: G5 L45 towed gun-howitzer

The 2010 edition of the International Institute for Strategic Studies' Military Balance publication lists the South African Artillery as currently employing six (one battery) G5 L45 and having an additional 66 in store.
   

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