Defence industry of South Africa
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The South African defence industry is the most advanced in Africa and one of the most advanced and largest in the world with over 20 defence companies.[1] The defence industry provides weapons and equipment to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and for export customers. The South African defence industry develops weapons and combat systems such as rifles, armored fighting vehicles, tanks, artillery, military aircraft, navy ships and missiles.[2]
Companies
[edit]- Armscor
- Atlas Aircraft Corporation
- Atlantis Diesel Engines
- BAE Systems Land Systems South Africa
- Denel
- Denel Land Systems
- Denel Dynamics
- Denel Aeronautics
- Delta G Scientific Company
- DCD Group
- Paramount Group
- Land Systems OMC
- Reutech
- Rippel Effect
- Milkor
- Protechnik
- Sandock-Austral
- Truvelo Armoury
- OTT Technologies
- Roodeplaat Research Laboratories
- Anduril Industries
Small arms and light weapons
[edit]Rifles
[edit]Assault rifles
[edit]Battle rifles
[edit]Sniper rifles
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Anti-material rifles
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Machine guns
[edit]General purpose machine guns
[edit]Submachine guns
[edit]Grenade launchers and anti-tank launchers
[edit]Grenade launchers
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Anti-tank launchers
[edit]Handguns
[edit]Land systems
[edit]Armored vehicles
[edit]Armored fighting vehicles
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Armored personnel carriers
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Mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles
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Light tactical vehicles
[edit]Internal security vehicles
[edit]Tanks
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Artillery
[edit]Towed artillery
[edit]Self-propelled artillery
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Rocket artillery
[edit]Other vehicles
[edit]Armoured ambulance
[edit]Utility vehicles
[edit]Military trucks
[edit]Air systems
[edit]Military aircraft
[edit]Fighter aircraft
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Attack aircraft
[edit]Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
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- Denel Dynamics Bateleur
- Denel Dynamics Seeker
- Milkor 380 Archived 2023-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ASTUS
- ATE Vulture
- Meteorite
- N-Raven
Helicopters
[edit]Attack helicopters
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Transport helicopters
[edit]Naval systems
[edit]Patrol vessels
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Other ships
[edit]Weapon systems
[edit]Close-in weapon systems (CIWS)
[edit]Missiles, bombs and turrets
[edit]Missiles
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Anti-tank missiles
[edit]Cruise missiles
[edit]Surface-to-air missiles
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Air-to-air missiles
[edit]Ballistic missiles
[edit]Bombs
[edit]Turrets
[edit]Remote weapon systems
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Autocannons
[edit]Combat turrets
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See also
[edit]- Armscor
- List of equipment of the South African National Defence Force
- South African National Defence Force
References
[edit]- ^ "South Africa: An Overview of the Defence Industry". ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
- ^ Lionel, Ekene (2017-11-28). "Here are some of South African Made weapons". Military Africa. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
Further reading
[edit]- Bitzinger, Richard A. (2003). Towards a Brave New Arms Industry?. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-19-852835-3.