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...
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...
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...
Fact file: Military rank
The origin of military rank makes for interesting reading, both in terms of the hierarchy (if a major is senior to a...
Fact file: Denel ZT3 Ingwe precision guided missile
The Ingwe (Leopard) missile and associated launch systems were developed in the 1980s under Project Raleigh as a "long-range indigenous antitank guided...
Fact file: MBDA Milan precision guided misile
The MBDA (formerly Euromissile) Milan (Missile d´infanterie léger antichar = light infantry antitank missile) started life in 1962 and the second-generation of...
Fact file: M40A1 recoilless rifle
The M40 was developed in the 1950s as a lightweight, portable, crew-served 105mm antitank weapon. It has served the South African infantry...
Fact file: Bazalt RPG-7 rocket propelled grenade and launcher
The Rocket Propelled Grenade (model) 7 (RPG-7) is a widely-produced, portable, shoulder-launched, anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade weapon first deployed from June 1961, when...
Fact file: Denel Z88 pistol
The Z88 is a copy of the Italian Beretta 92F and is the standard service pistol of the South African military. It...
Fact file: FN MAG GPMG
The FN MAG is a 7.62x51mm calibre general purpose machine gun designed by Ernest Vervier at Fabrique Nationale (FN) at Herstal in...
Fact file: Browning M4 MMG
The M4 is Browning M1919A4 0.30 inch calibre medium machine gun modified by Lyttleton Engineering Works, now Denel Land Systems, to fire...
Fact file: Denel SS-77 general purpose machine gun
Development of this domestic design began in 1977 and deliveries commenced a decade later, production having started in 1986. The weapon was...
Fact file: Denel Mini-SS light machine gun
The Mini-SS is a 5.56mm conversion of the SS-77 developed in 1994.
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Fact file: Law making
It is commonly assumed laws are made by Parliament, hence that organ's alternative names of "legislature" or "lawmaker". However, in South Africa,...
Fact file: Regiment Mooirivier
Regiment Mooirivier is the successor to 2 Anti-Tank Regiment, captured at Matruh in June 1942, shortly after 2 SA Division, its parent, surrendered at...
Fact file: Transvaal Scottish
Formed in Johannesburg in 1902, the Transvaal Scottish (TS) is affiliated to the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) and wears Murray of Atholl tartan.
In 1906...
Fact file: SA Irish Regiment
The first South African unit with a truly Irish background was the Cape Town Irish Rifles, raised by Maj O'Reilly in 18851....
Fact file: Regiment Paul Kruger
A West Rand infantry unit named for former ZAR President Paul Kruger, for whom nearby Krugersdorp is also named.
Current role: Motorised...
Fact file: Natal Carbineers
The Natal Carbineers said to be the oldest volunteer regiment in the former British Empire and the senior regiment of the SA Army1. The...
Fact file: Light Horse Regiment
Formerly the Imperial Light Horse1, the regiment was raised on the authority of the War Office (London) on September 21, 1899 from Uitlander refugees...
