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South Africa: 81 mm medium mortar: 1,890: 5km Based on the French LLR 81mm mortar. Locally produced in South Africa as the M3 and M8 mortars (improved versions with heavier barrels compared to the French LLR 81mm). The mortar is usually operated by a three-man team. It is also often mounted and fired from a armoured vehicle.
The South African Defence Force (SADF) (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag) comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1957 until 1994. Shortly before the state reconstituted itself as a republic in 1961, the former Union Defence Force was officially succeeded by the SADF, which was established by the Defence Act (No. 44) of 1957.
After the battery's previous brief attachment earlier in December, that HQ had moved north to join I Corps with I First Army. 44th (SA) HAG (redesignated a brigade from 25 January 1918) regained its largely South African character, commanding three South African 6-inch howitzer batteries (71st, 73rd and 125th) and one RGA 8-inch howitzer battery.
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It begins by going north-north-west for 54 kilometres as the Blaauwkrantz Pass to reach an interchange with the N2 national route south of the Grahamstown town centre (renamed Makhanda in 2018). The R67 joins the N2 and they are one road eastwards for 9 kilometres before the R67 becomes its own road northwards. [1]
The battery was one of the coastal fortifications of the Cape Peninsula linked to the Castle of Good Hope. [1] It was built in 1714–1725 by the Dutch East India Company, [2] and named after its originator, Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes, who was the governor of the Cape Colony. Sketch of the Chavonnes battery
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South African paratroops from 44 Parachute Regiment board a C-130 Hercules aircraft. The first South African airborne unit was formed in August 1943, when a Parachute Platoon of the South African Air Force was established. However, this unit was disbanded before training could be completed.