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Truvelo's new 20×42mm anti-material rifle.

DCD's Husky mine detection vehicle.

nemesis2u:
my question would be were they monkey models and at what portions of the tank

Different versions.

Type of kill will be influenced by size. As smaller tanks can't be upgraded with heavy armour found in heavy MBTs eg Abrams, Leopard, Challenger, Arjun etc

Shock effect, fire power, mobility and protection.

nemesis2u:
@MikeCZA

heard of smart reactive armour ? pic 1


what i was talking above is a combination of ideas pic 2 and 3 into one reactive tile ( just to give a idea only)

What you were talking about is the inability of the Pktn tank to withstand RPGs on it's frontal arch.

Fancy expensive armour isn't found on the majority of tanks on active combat today and the near future. Meaning majority of tanks can be penetrated by advanced RPGs.

nemesis2u:
i know that................lol

do u know there r ERA tiles (kindof) which blocks even the secondary larger warhead (second detonation) in addition to the precursor smaller primary charge (first detonation) .

these tiles r effective mostly against RPG family including tandem warhead RPG.
again with tandem warhead ATGMs they struggle but also provide decent chance of defeating it

and i am not talking about Non-explosive reactive armour (NERA) /non-energetic reactive armour (NxRA), it is a hybrid of ERA and NERA/NxRA concept .much is classified

these info u will not find in open forums

@MikeCZA

heard of smart reactive armour ? pic 1


what i was talking above is a combination of ideas pic 2 and 3 into one reactive tile ( just to give a idea only)

Challenger, Abrams the best combat tested tanks have been penetrated/damaged by advanced RPGs.

The development of active protection systems is cause of the realisation that adding more isn't a really solution but nor active protection systems too.

They are there to negate the threat. Adding blocks adds weight.

No tank is impenetrable. Armour is a concept.

Classified?

nemesis2u:
i know that................lol

do u know there r ERA tiles which blocks even the secondary larger warhead (second detonation) in addition to the precursor smaller primary charge (first detonation) .

these tiles r effective mostly against RPG family including tandem warhead RPG.
again with tandem warhead ATGMs they struggle but also provide decent chance of defeating it

and i am not talking about Non-explosive reactive armour (NERA) /non-energetic reactive armour (NxRA), it is a hybrid of ERA and NERA/NxRA concept .much is classified

these info u will not find in open forums

Challenger, Abrams the best combat tested tanks have been penetrated/damaged by advanced RPGs.

The development of active protection systems is cause of the realisation that adding more isn't a really solution but nor active protection systems too.

They are there to negate the threat. Adding blocks adds weight.

No tank is impenetrable. Armour is a concept.

Classified?

nemesis2u:
yes good old rpg 7 penetrated the frontal amour , when i saw the pic , i was surprised to see what was reveled if that is armour i will be damned

if even modern tandem warhead RPG penetrate frontal amour then i will say that the armour is not worthy of being called a amour .

in the pic below the frontal Armour failed and the base amour also took damage , u can see a hole in the base armour the kind made by shape charged RPGs

Tandem warhead RPGs and ATGMs are effect because the first warhead destroys/pills the first layer of armour(Reactive armour most of the time) the second bigger warhead drills into the main armour.

Tandem warhead RPGs like the RPG-29 have penetrated heavy MBTs.

nemesis2u:
al zarrar mbt modernized chinese type 56

i know for certain that RGP fired at it penetrated its frontal armour more than once , what will happen if ATGM r fired at it

RPG-7 ?

Latest RPGs can penetrate many tanks

No crew commander would want his tank to be at the sights of a ATGM crew or an ATGM equipped vehicle/aircraft.

frumentius:
Kenya's five (5) MI-28 demonstrating their stealth capability!

gottfried21:
Two Namibian soldiers trying to copy the two Tanzanian police officers pictured in the second picture
We'll get there

ssaengine:
WARNING - semi graphic pic
South African Police Special Task Force - 1 Cash in Transit Robbers - 0/grave

Dude please remove the last picture.

ssaengine:
WARNING - semi graphic pic
South African Police Special Task Force - 1 Cash in Transit Robbers - 0/grave

Dude please remove the last picture.

bidexiii:
Easy man....

As a military man we don't just take off ur hat/cap just like that. During the burials of fallen soldier do you see them take off there cap/hat...

You can take off ur hat or cap at the point or place of burial.

Yeah!

I understand and know these things we people outside and inside the military don't get these things.

bidexiii:
LAYING TO REST OF A FALLEN HERO..

"Take off your hats and show respect to your heroes"

kikuyu1:
And I told you earlier they're here! But not with the Nairobi based 50 aircav but upnorth. Sorry no pics! Trust me

Kenya doesn't operate Mi-28 attack helicopters.

He..ll We have seen pictures of strategic assets used by the KDF.

tdayof:
Can't find it online too. But report says you guys operate some mi-28

They don't.

doziex:
Colonel Eeben and Angela's general de Matos circa early 1990's. angola had figured out that Cuban Soviet tactics and all the tanks in Africa wouldn't defeat savimbi's sometime conventional, sometimes guerilla army.
So awash in oil money, and badly in need of peace, he recruited his former SADF enemies of the last decade ( the 80s ).

It was the SADF that jumped and helped the Kwachas every time Angola launched ops to move South and capture the entire country.

Eeben was a Lieutenant Colonel not Colonel.

patches689:
I wonder how many the army is planning on getting for the 6 GV6's we sold.

A battery is 8 guns, so I would assume that the minimum order is in the region of 9-10 (training/maintenance).

Our artillery batteries consists of 6 guns per battery. A cost saving measure.

During the 80s we had 8 guns as you know artillery damands a lot of logistics.

jakeporeshenko:
FFFF*ck Aw-101 recently transferred to Naf involved in an accident.

Doesn't look like a hull loss.

tdayof:
A technology demonstrator? Then it won't see service.

Yes, demonstrating the "technological capability" to the defence force after they made a request.

After tests they give feedback to the company which then will be put into the vehicle meaning another prototype might be built incorporating(to test) new features.

No one can yet answer if it will get into service or not.

Pictures: Surfers! Chasing a suspect vehicle(demonstration).

Odunayaw:
@Any southie in the house Any news about Denel African Truck(hope I got the name right)?
Can it mount any of denel's howitzers?

Too early.
Still a demonstrator. A lot can change.
PIC: SAPS STF.

Hrmnn:
What is this vehicle you posted? A Centauro? The Stryker MGS?

Striker with Denel's G7 howitzer turret.

frumentius:
I think there is a need especially with the Parabats. Thales South Africa's Scorpion system that's in use with the Special Forces in 60mm and 81mm could be a candidate for 120mm. Can see it mounted on a Gecko.

Misusing the Gecko.

They need a vehicle similar to the Hornet. Maybe the Pathfinders first.

patches689:
\

... still kinda butthurt we didnt get AMOS

Just a couple for battalion level F.S

Logistics.

Our 120mm mortars are classified as light artillery meaning they are not an Infantry system. The Badger IFV will be replacing the Ratel offering better protection, Fire power, higher mobility, better night fighting capability, higher payload etc.

That requirement will come from the artillery chaps if they need a wheeled platform for their 120mm mortars. But as they are used to support the paratroopers as airborne light artillery I don't see that changing.

60mm and 81mm mean more space and more space means more bombs.

The only version I wish was developed would be a light self-propelled artillery one. Mounting the G7 turret on the vehicle or the Rooikat. It is unlikely the G6 will ever be deployed again.

One of the nine versions of the Badger IFV.

The version with the Denel 60mm long range mortar(The M6). Able to reach out to targets up to 6km.

Besides offering the normal high trajectory of mortars this mortar can be lowered down and fired like gun. Similar to the French mortar on the Eland-60.

ActivateKruger:
Here's some EC725 Cougars with dakka..

Before the Rooivalk.

SAAF used a "k-car" Oryx.

1. RG-35
2. Ugl..iest UAV ever.
don't forsake us nemesis2u we are migrats from a certain thread.

iblawi:
You better stop giving misleading statements. South Africans don't use Reva right?

We do.

White Nigerian soldiers again.

tdayof:
Inferiority complex.

Even with how much you guys claimed to be developed, you still feel inferior.

Uncalled for.
Moving along!

jln115:
It served SAAF well over the years, should've kept it and maybe turned it into an Oryx project like we did with the Pumas!

Prophet ZA: In the year 2035 a South African will post on a future African military thread that the A109 served SAAF well.

1. One of the best warriors our continent has produced.


2. A white Nigerian soldier.

jln115:
Then what was it?? Medium lift??

Medium lift helicopter disguised as a heavy lift helicopter.

jln115:
We could actually do with a heavy lift helicopter like the Super Frelon these days!

It wasn't a heavy lift helicopter.

Yes a Chinook.