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The Ratel is a South African infantry fighting vehicle.It was the first wheeled infantry fighting vehicle to enter service worldwide [10] and was built on a modified MAN truck chassis. [1]
Ratel IFV (973): Ratel ZT3 (52): South Africa: IFV. Infantry fighting vehicle. 570 (Active) 455 (Reserve) Primary armoured fighting vehicle in service with the South African Mechanized infantry units. [33] Armament: Ratel 20 (20 mm GI-2 autocannon, 7.62 mm Browning M1919 coaxial) Ratel 25 (25 mm TRT-25 RCWS autocannon, 7.62 mm Browning M1919 ...
Infantry fighting vehicle - 26 (254) 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 ...
The Badger IFV is an 8-wheeled Infantry fighting vehicle under development by Denel Land Systems of South Africa.The Badger IFV will be a modified and better protected version of the Finnish Patria AMV, tailored for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and modified for South African conditions.
This led to its supplementation in the late 1970s with the much heavier, six-wheeled Ratel-90 infantry fighting vehicle. The Ratel proved to be a successful interim measure because it could both carry troops and provide fire support. [6] In 1984, South Africa launched Operation Askari, which saw its mechanised and motorised infantry contingents ...
The SIBMAS is a Belgian amphibious infantry fighting vehicle.It was engineered from the same prototype as the South African Ratel. [1] The SIBMAS was developed between 1975 and 1976 at a department of the BN Constructions Ferroviaires et Metalliques in Nivelles. [3]
Type 03 aka ZBD-03 or WZ-506 wheeled IFV (modern), Chinese airborne infantry fighting vehicle. Early prototypes received the designation ZLC-2000. Early prototypes received the designation ZLC-2000. Type 04 aka WZ-502 tracked IFV (modern)
an armoured car squadron initially equipped with Eland Armoured Cars. 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 ...