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  2. List of Helmet and Shoulder Flashes and Hackles of South ...

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    This page serves as an informative overview of the various flashes and hackles utilized by different military units in the South African Military. The insignia were predominantly worn from the post-World War I period until approximately 1943, when the use of cloth helmets ceased and were replaced by berets in the Union Defence Force (UDF).

  3. Category:Emblems of the South African Army - Wikipedia

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    List of Helmet and Shoulder Flashes and Hackles of South African Military Units Media in category "Emblems of the South African Army" The following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total.

  4. List of badges of the South African Army - Wikipedia

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    This page provides an extensive list of various badges used by the South African Army to distinguish and identify different military units, branches, and ranks. It includes descriptions and images of badges such as shoulder titles, formation patches, trade badges, qualification badges, and others.

  5. General Jan Smuts Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The regiment was presented with a Regimental Colour by his Majesty King George VI during the visit of the royal family to South Africa on 31 March 1947. The wartime Prime Minister Gen Jan Smuts accepted the appointment as Colonel-In-Chief of the regiment from 17 September 1948.

  6. M83 kevlar helmet - Wikipedia

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    The M83 kevlar helmet is a combat helmet of South African manufactured by South African Pith Helmet Industries (S.A.P.H.I) of Rosslyn, adopted in 1983 from the Israeli headset OR-201. The kevlar composite M83 saw extensive use by the Paratroopers and Recce Commandos during the South African Border War , which took place from 1966 to 1989 in ...

  7. List of combat helmets - Wikipedia

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    M83 helmet: South Africa: 1983: Paratroopers of the South African Army: Variant of the OR-201 helmet M87: South Africa: 1987: South African Army: Similar to US PASGT Kevlar helmet, replacing earlier Israeli-style helmet in use since the 1980s M90 Helmet: Iraq: Another Iraqi copy of the M1 helmet, unlike the M80 helmet the M90 helmet is composed ...

  8. M87 kevlar helmet - Wikipedia

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    The M87 is a combat helmet of South African origin manufactured by South African Pith Helmet Industries (S.A.P.H.I) of Rosslyn. [1] [2] The kevlar composite M87 replaced the steel M63 helmet during the late 1980s, and saw extensive use during the South African Border War, which took place from 1966 to 1989 in South-West Africa and Angola.

  9. Memorable Order of Tin Hats - Wikipedia

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    The Memorable Order of Tin Hats (M.O.T.H.) was founded in 1927 by Charles Evenden as a brotherhood of South African former front-line soldiers. The ideal is to help comrades in need, either financially or physically; and to remember all servicemen who have answered the Sunset Call, both in war and peacetime.