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The South African Special Forces Brigade, colloquially known as the Recces, [ 5] is South Africa 's principal Tier 1 special operations forces, specialising in various types of operations, including counter-insurgency, long-range-reconnaissance, unconventional-warfare, special operations, hostage-rescue, and direct-action operations. [ 6]
United States South Africa: Heavy machine gun.50 BMG: Belt fed machine gun mainly mounted on Tripods, armoured and infantry vehicles. The weapon fires .50 calibre rounds at a rate of 485-635 rounds-per-minute out to an effective range of 2,000 metres. Grenade launchers Milkor MGL [13] [14] South Africa: Grenade launcher: 40×46 mm
The NTW-20 is a South African anti-materiel rifle, developed by Denel Mechem in the 1990s.It is intended for deployment against targets including parked aircraft, telecommunication masts, power lines, missile sites, radar installations, refineries, satellite dishes, gun emplacements, bunkers, and personnel, using a range of specialised projectiles.
South Africa: Rooikat Mk 1 76 mm main gun thermal sleeve encase barrel, 2 7.62mm machine guns, 2 banks of 81 mm smoke grenade launchers, run-flat tyres, digital fire control with automatic datafor target range, speed, and direction, crosswind speed, weapon tilt. 1000 km range, suspension of internally driven trailing arms, coil springs and ...
600–900 rounds/min. Feed system. Disintegrating R1M1 link belt. alternatively disintegrating M13 belt or non-disintegrating DM1 belt ( SS-77) Disintegrating M27 belt ( Mini-SS) The Vektor SS-77 is a general-purpose machine gun designed and manufactured by Denel Land Systems —formerly Lyttleton Engineering Works (LIW)—of South Africa.
The Sanna-77 was of all metal construction, unlike the plastic framed Kommando LDP, and has the magazine in the grip and a folding metal stock. The front sight was hooded and the cocking handle located high on the left side of the receiver. The Sanna-77 is not really a submachine gun, being made for civilian use only and therefore, due to legal ...
In 1915, the defence forces established the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force for war service outside Southern Africa. It included the South African Infantry, comprising twelve battalions, and the Cape Corps, comprising two battalions of Coloured volunteers. These units were disbanded in 1919.
The South African National Defence Force ( SANDF) comprises the armed forces of South Africa. The commander of the SANDF is appointed by the President of South Africa from one of the armed services. They are in turn accountable to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans of the Defence Department .