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남아공육군 보유 장비, 2

by 충실한 해병 2023. 1. 4.

Weapons
Star 9 mm automatic pistol (being replaced with the Vector Z88 (licence-built Beretta) and/or the Vector SP1)
Vektor R4 5.56 mm assault rifle (similar to the Israeali Galil) replaced the R1 (license-built FN FAL) 7.62 mm assault rifle.
Vektor R5 and R6 assault rifles (shortened barrel R4)
Vektor SS-77 7.62 mm general purpose lightweight machine gun replaced the 7.62 mm FN MAG
Milkor MGL Mk-1 six round 40 mm grenade launcher
A new lightweight Anti-tank guided missile launcher replacing the RPG-7
MILAN 3 - Anti-tank guided missile with the ADT launcher
Starstreak man portable surface to air missiles
Denel BXP 9 mm parabellum sub machine gun

Combat vehicles
Olifant 1A/1B series main battle tank (250 total) (38 active)
Rooikat 76 wheeled armoured fighting vehicle (160 total) (80 active)
Ratel 20/60/90 family of infantry fighting vehicles (1200). Will be replaced by Badger IFVs (264)
Mamba MKIII and RG-32 Nyala Mine protected patrol vehicles - used on large scale for internal operations and on a small scale on peacekeeping duties in Sudan's Darfur region
Casspir Mark III mine protected patrol vehicles - used on peacekeeping duties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi
Various air deployable paratroop and South African Special Forces Brigade vehicles

Artillery
GV6 155 mm self-propelled howitzer (20)
GV5 155 mm howitzer (75) replaced the G4 155 mm gun and the G2 140 mm gun
G7 105 mm gun(still under development - a contract was awarded to Denel for this during April 2007) to replace the G1 88 mm gun
Bateleur 127 mm 40 tube multiple rocket launcher
Valkiri-22 24 tube self-propelled multiple rocket launcher
Bofors 40 mm gun 40 mm anti-aircraft autocannon

Non-combat vehicles
SAMIL 20 upgraded Magirus Deutz 130M7FAL 4x4 truck
SAMIL 50 upgraded Magirus Deutz 192D12AL 4x4 truck
SAMIL 100 upgraded Magirus Deutz 320D22AL 6x6 truck
MAN heavy duty trucks
Various engineer vehicles (combat bridgelayers etc.)

Bases
13 General Support Bases (to be reduced to 10 by 2009)