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The Ratel was designed in response to a South African Army specification for a light armoured vehicle suited to the demands of rapid offensives, providing maximum firepower and strategic mobility to mechanised infantry units intended to operate across the vast distances of Southern Africa. [1]
Ratel 81 (81 mm long range mortar gun, 7.62 mm Browning M1919 coaxial) Ratel 90 (90 mm GT-2 low-velocity anti-tank cannon, 7.62 mm Browning M1919 coaxial) Ratel ZT-3 (Laser guided ZT3 Ingwe ATGM missile turret, 7.62 mm Browning M1919 coaxial) [34] A total of 1,380 units were delivered to the army in all variants.
The Badgers are a new generation of fighting vehicles planned to partially replace the Army's Ratel IFV fleet over the next decade under the Project Hoefyster awarded contract, this will significantly improve the mobility, firepower, and protection of the South African Army's Mechanized infantry units. There will be four versions, a standard ...
8 SAI is equipped with Ratel 20 Infantry Fighting Vehicles, [18] Ratel 60 mm (2.4 in) Mortar Platform Vehicles, Ratel Command Vehicles [a] with mounted 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns, Ratel 90s [a] and Ratel 81s [a], Kwevoel 100 Armoured Trucks for IFV Recovery, field maintenance, fuel bunkers and water provision, [19] Samil 50 and 100 ...
1 SAI is equipped with Ratel 20 Infantry Fighting Vehicles, [5] Ratel 60 mm (2.4 in) Mortar Platform Vehicles, Ratel Command Vehicles with mounted 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns, Kwevoel 100 Armoured Trucks for IFV Recovery, field maintenance, fuel bunkers and water provision, [6] Samil 50 and 100 logistics trucks, Samil 20 trucks for its ...
6 infantry antitank guns (M40A1 or Ratel 90), 6 antitank guided missile launchers (MBDA Milan ADT3 or Ratel ZT3), 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.
During 1980 the Elands were replaced by the Ratel-90 and later the Rooikat Armoured Fighting Vehicle, a support company consisting of an anti-tank platoon in Ratel-90s, an 81mm mortar platoon in Ratel-81s, an anti-aircraft troop and; an artillery battery equipped with the G5 howitzer.
Malaysian Army – 216 missiles ordered and 54 missile turrets for use on the AV8 Gempita armoured combat vehicles. [5] South Africa. South African Army – used on the Ratel IFV and will be integrated onto the Badger Infantry Fighting Vehicle. [6]