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SA Army Support Formation HQ [1] [2] Military Bases Depots Units Reserve Force Units ASB Bloemfontein DOD Mobilisation Centre Bloemfontein SA Army Technical Service Training 4 Maintenance Unit Joint Support Base Garrison DOD Main Ordnance Depot DOD Technical Service Unit 11 Maintenance Unit ASB Eastern Cape: DOD Main Ordnance Sub Depot
The Joint Support Base in Wonderboom, Pretoria houses the School of Signals, 1 Signal Regiment, 2 Signal Regiment, 3 Electronic Workshop, 4 Signal Regiment and 5 Signal Regiment. Technical Base Complex Centurion is home to the Technical Service Training Centre, the Army Engineer Formation and a general support base.
1 SSB in Bloemfontein as B Company; 4 Field Regiment in Potchefstroom as C Company; and a supply & transport company, an attempt at all arms training. UDF era 1 SAI companies c. 1950s. The unit was reconstituted as 1 SA Infantry Battalion in November 1967 and moved to its current base at Tempe near Bloemfontein, in November 1973. [1]
4 Browning 12.7mm HMG and four Denel Y3 AGL (not in the mechanised infantry), 27 7.62mm GPMG and; 9 RPG7 rocket-propelled grenade launchers (one per rifle platoon). The number of vehicles is dependent on the type of unit and role.
1 SSB had a sister unit for a number of years in the post-World War II era, designated 2 Special Service Battalion, which was based in the town of Zeerust. This unit has now been disbanded. 1 SSB also detached squadrons to various battlegroups in the South West African campaign . 63 Mech Battlegroup to which 1 SSB detached elements
In 2001 regiment personnel formed the spearhead of the South African Protection Support Detachment deploying to Burundi. [ 2 ] In 2012, the regiments' 1st Battalion participated in the South African military assistance to the Central African Republic operation, where the unit suffered 13 killed, with 27 injured and one missing in action in an ...
1 January 1994 to present: Country South Africa: Branch South African Army: Type: Motorised infantry: Part of: South African Army Infantry Formation: Garrison/HQ: Mafikeng, North-West Province: Motto(s) Respice Finem! Equipment: Mamba APC: Insignia; Company level insignia: Bophuthatswana Defence Force Beret Bar pre 1992: SANDF type 2 Infantry ...
The Infantry School, now at Oudtshoorn, was established in November 1953, after a history dating back to the South African Military School in Bloemfontein, established in 1912. It is the Infantry’s “centre of excellence” and offers a number of infantry-specific courses to regulars and Reservists.