aren't the names of the rooikat and the rhino switched?, because I have a book about armoured vehicles which has really a lot of different vehicles in it, but it says rooikat with a picture of, according to you, a rhino. ?
hmm.... this gets me thinking for some unknown reason, why should SA suffer the limitations of the resources they have? SA should've gone into Zim and taken control of the government and gained a massive peice of land which not only has greta potentional but they would claim to be to on the good side for realeving the land of a dictator, also conscription should've stayed imo.
I love that the Rhino uses the G6 from Denel, it's max range with base bleed shells is over 50,000m. I don't know why the US doesn't use that, we need it for light artillery support.
The south african equipment is superb equipment waaaaaaayyyy much better than the russian tanks operating in tropical conditions.We had some of those vehicles in Iraq.
How would you like to be a Pommie soldier in Afghanistan facing IED's in a Land Rover? Or would you like to take a blast in the latest SANDF armour, live , and then be able to get out alive to kick the fuckers ass! Fuck me we have been the masters at anti blast armour for years, cos we've had to!! When are they gonna learn a land rover is kak even against a fart!
Hummer? Bullshit. the US & UK will not buy SA armour cos it will prove their stuff is kak. Even the Brazilians make better shit than them. Shame and their soldiers keep dying in IUD & RPG attacks.
I'm busy looking for some proof, but I've seen the SA Mamba operating in Irak, The USA bought them and gave them a engine upgrade because of the Mambas resistance to landmines etc.
I've also seen US troops that claims the Hummer will never be able to sustain the type of abuse that the mamba does.
All these USA & Brit soldiers being blown up by road side bombs, IUD's, in Iraq & Afghinistan. Why don't they use the armour we used? Fuck me you go over an anti tank mine in Casspir and all you get is busted axle & a headache! At least you can walk away from that attack. WE are still making the best armour in the world. Whats an up rated Land Rover going to save you from? A mozzie bite!
Why does the US and Brit not use the armour and vehicles we use the answer is simple. Hummer and other automotive- military corporations have the monopoly over the creation of American and British war vehicles. They will design the vehicles they think is best and not follow the examples of others. It is just pure arrogance, licence and corporate control.
@Afrikaner007 Not really. We have bought many of your vehicels. Rights to manufacture etc are a big deal. We are also very large. if we placed an order tommorow denal would shit itself. You cant make them in the ammount we require! Dont want to sell lic. Facts are you make the best no doubt. We didnt build our army for coin ops. Yet our goverment loves to play in them??? Thats another story. There are lots of factors to what we use and why!
My thoughts exactly! The Dutch had to buy Australian made Bushmasters because they got blown to pieces by ied's. Is a Casspir capable of withstanding a 155 mm shell converted into an ied btw? We hadden die dingen gewoon in Zuid Afrika moeten kopen.
@Arnhem1972 No vehicle can withstand a 155mm shell converted as ied, but the occupants inside should be fine. The vehicle would need repairs after which means the South African ones are better suited as they are extremely simple to repair, which is their design. Lives first then the vehicle comes second.
Those things cost about 500.000 SA rands each which is about 54.000 euros. A single Bushmaster will set you back at around 1.3 million dollars. I'm shocked right now.
@Arnhem1972 What can I say :) We did pioneer this tech into our vehicles many years ago. The Bushmaster is an attempt to be a hotel with a water cooler for the soldiers. Last time I checked if you need a water cooler to fight a war then you just shouldn't be there in the first place. I rate the Bushmaster 6 out of 10. It looks thought that it would just roll over on impact, looks like the A-Team van.
All the South African vehicles I rate from 9 to 10 out of 10 they are simply the best!
@iltidsn do we south africans really make the best armour in the world, or are you just being over-prowd? i do hope its the first thing i mentionend :)
I smaak the Ratel but ive been checking out the Rooikat & think Ive got a new favourite !
Lekker to see the SADF vehicles again but what a pitty our enemy now runs the country. What the poes are us whites ganna do when Uhuru comes around later this year, hopefully we`ll have a few of these vehicles lol
Hey tjomma if Uhuru comes around I feel sorry for the ones gonna try and take us on.We dont need armour. Our enemy doesnt have dicepline and the same training we had. And that is wats gonna make the difference.
My fav bit is 2:53 where the tank went over a mine and is still capable of driving and fighting. I heard that USA and UK envy our armoured tanks as theirs cant withstand mines.
European armies are very wedded to the track because the logistics system in Europe is adequate to deliver tanks by transporter to the B echelon and Europe is generally pretty boggy when heavy vehicles are used. Tracks cut down on driveable time and heave up the maintainence cost of operations. They're also, as you said, very vulnerable to mines but have their uses in Europe. Wheels, especially in the light armoured recce/screening role and IFV role are the way forward. Love the Rooikat.
sorry dude- this is not the rooikat 105 featured - it is the operational 76mm SA Army version - 200machines were ordered into service and operationalo by the early nineties - the 105 is export but im not sure if it ever got any orders as SA always keeps very quiet about its exports
Ah, the *original* Rooikat. I should have been able to tell by the gun tube.
Even so, that gun is still a force to be reckoned with --- a company of South Vietnamese M41 Walkers (also armed with a 76mm gun) blew 22 enemy tanks off the map with this gun, including 6 T-54s.
Ja - and theyre not just firing HE rounds - we got all the specialist stuff like the APFSDS rounds for armour penetration too - in africa - we dont need the heavy guns - that will stay with the tanks - Rooikats an armoured reconnisance vehicle that can also serve a search and destroy mission if needed- the APFSDS ammo will make sure to still help in complete tank elimination if needed though
hate war
dacch100 2 months ago
song?
Bulldog2702 3 months ago
@Bulldog2702 it from one of the command and conquer games, Red Alert I think
zaktwak 1 month ago
Dis my katte die
81147308 7 months ago
Aww, I think their little tanks are cute!, with their little wheels and their little guns!
dziban303 10 months ago
@dziban303 If you would know
81147308 7 months ago
@dziban303 Just like a mini. Asshole.
iltidsn 6 months ago
Mog... wtf is this
sexybutterflygirl62 1 year ago
aren't the names of the rooikat and the rhino switched?, because I have a book about armoured vehicles which has really a lot of different vehicles in it, but it says rooikat with a picture of, according to you, a rhino. ?
Arbiter091 1 year ago
Nazi march? Not surprising.
Savta1234 1 year ago
@Savta1234 Hell march actually.
lesleyhenriquez 7 months ago
Now that think about it, the G6 Rhino and the Oliphant should've switched names.
kertaspaper94 1 year ago
hmm.... this gets me thinking for some unknown reason, why should SA suffer the limitations of the resources they have? SA should've gone into Zim and taken control of the government and gained a massive peice of land which not only has greta potentional but they would claim to be to on the good side for realeving the land of a dictator, also conscription should've stayed imo.
TheDeadlyNote 1 year ago
.. DENEL should be converted into a car-maker.. they'd probably be successful in that market
87yandi 1 year ago
@87yandi If Denel made cars they would probably be the best car maker in the world......
iltidsn 1 year ago 3
impresionante las torretas que hacen los sudafrc.
hernan267 1 year ago
hey yappi a datsan 120 Y .LOL regards to the hummer-its to create work for the yanks
holdenhq75 1 year ago
From the smallest to the biggest they move with quite alot of speed too, impressive!
TheBendixSA 1 year ago
nice vehicles.
whats that music from?
C & C ? not?
muchlickabolacka 2 years ago
@muchlickabolacka is hell march
mig28ovl 1 year ago
nissan 1400 bakkie is still the best!
yappi0032 2 years ago 3
I love that the Rhino uses the G6 from Denel, it's max range with base bleed shells is over 50,000m. I don't know why the US doesn't use that, we need it for light artillery support.
dvdprui 2 years ago
@dvdprui Effective range is up to 67km :)
Max range is around 72km, they are pushing it further now and will expect to hit the 80's as effective range!! Not shoot and miss :) like others do.
Venom0ZA 2 years ago
The south african equipment is superb equipment waaaaaaayyyy much better than the russian tanks operating in tropical conditions.We had some of those vehicles in Iraq.
marck0938 2 years ago
Having been a gunner on the Leopard 2A4, I can only add this comment:
ROOIKAT = Poetry in destructive motion
paganspiritwolf 2 years ago
I like the Rhino and the Buffalo ... two master pieces of ART, indeed!!
clustergarde 2 years ago
best artillery in the world....thats for sure
railfanman 2 years ago
How would you like to be a Pommie soldier in Afghanistan facing IED's in a Land Rover? Or would you like to take a blast in the latest SANDF armour, live , and then be able to get out alive to kick the fuckers ass! Fuck me we have been the masters at anti blast armour for years, cos we've had to!! When are they gonna learn a land rover is kak even against a fart!
iltidsn 2 years ago 18
@iltidsn
so true so true
You guys are veterans when it comes to IED's, the dutch should ahve bought your armor in stead of crappy aussie Bushmasters
Timmyboy505 7 months ago
Good soundtrack - C&C Red Alert... how appropriate ;o)
h1017412 2 years ago
Hummer? Bullshit. the US & UK will not buy SA armour cos it will prove their stuff is kak. Even the Brazilians make better shit than them. Shame and their soldiers keep dying in IUD & RPG attacks.
iltidsn 2 years ago 3
I'm busy looking for some proof, but I've seen the SA Mamba operating in Irak, The USA bought them and gave them a engine upgrade because of the Mambas resistance to landmines etc.
I've also seen US troops that claims the Hummer will never be able to sustain the type of abuse that the mamba does.
PrdTB 2 years ago 5
All these USA & Brit soldiers being blown up by road side bombs, IUD's, in Iraq & Afghinistan. Why don't they use the armour we used? Fuck me you go over an anti tank mine in Casspir and all you get is busted axle & a headache! At least you can walk away from that attack. WE are still making the best armour in the world. Whats an up rated Land Rover going to save you from? A mozzie bite!
iltidsn 2 years ago 15
Why does the US and Brit not use the armour and vehicles we use the answer is simple. Hummer and other automotive- military corporations have the monopoly over the creation of American and British war vehicles. They will design the vehicles they think is best and not follow the examples of others. It is just pure arrogance, licence and corporate control.
Afrikaner007 1 year ago
@Afrikaner007 Not really. We have bought many of your vehicels. Rights to manufacture etc are a big deal. We are also very large. if we placed an order tommorow denal would shit itself. You cant make them in the ammount we require! Dont want to sell lic. Facts are you make the best no doubt. We didnt build our army for coin ops. Yet our goverment loves to play in them??? Thats another story. There are lots of factors to what we use and why!
Beeba1 1 year ago
@iltidsn
My thoughts exactly! The Dutch had to buy Australian made Bushmasters because they got blown to pieces by ied's. Is a Casspir capable of withstanding a 155 mm shell converted into an ied btw? We hadden die dingen gewoon in Zuid Afrika moeten kopen.
Arnhem1972 1 year ago
@Arnhem1972 No vehicle can withstand a 155mm shell converted as ied, but the occupants inside should be fine. The vehicle would need repairs after which means the South African ones are better suited as they are extremely simple to repair, which is their design. Lives first then the vehicle comes second.
Venom0ZA 1 year ago
@Venom0ZA
Those things cost about 500.000 SA rands each which is about 54.000 euros. A single Bushmaster will set you back at around 1.3 million dollars. I'm shocked right now.
Arnhem1972 1 year ago
@Arnhem1972 What can I say :) We did pioneer this tech into our vehicles many years ago. The Bushmaster is an attempt to be a hotel with a water cooler for the soldiers. Last time I checked if you need a water cooler to fight a war then you just shouldn't be there in the first place. I rate the Bushmaster 6 out of 10. It looks thought that it would just roll over on impact, looks like the A-Team van.
All the South African vehicles I rate from 9 to 10 out of 10 they are simply the best!
Venom0ZA 1 year ago
@iltidsn do we south africans really make the best armour in the world, or are you just being over-prowd? i do hope its the first thing i mentionend :)
Arbiter091 1 year ago
nice vid!!!! - its hard to imagine that the old Eland 90m used to take out angolan T55s back in the day!!
PS - it's been called the SANDF for many years now people
GraffitiBombing247 2 years ago
Just the olifant main battel tank missing
str34twizeII 2 years ago
Great video. Awesome music!! What music/band is it?
bravobaron 2 years ago
Song=Hell March from Red Alert game
Nuri1568 2 years ago
Rooikat or Centauro???
gallomia 3 years ago
Rooikat
poisongp214 3 years ago 4
@gallomia learn the history befoe you comment
81147308 7 months ago
Cool movie and nice song. Artillary rocks!!!
Ex Gunner 14 Art brigade Potchefstroom.
platvis379 3 years ago 2
I smaak the Ratel but ive been checking out the Rooikat & think Ive got a new favourite !
Lekker to see the SADF vehicles again but what a pitty our enemy now runs the country. What the poes are us whites ganna do when Uhuru comes around later this year, hopefully we`ll have a few of these vehicles lol
BiltongBaz 3 years ago 4
Hey tjomma if Uhuru comes around I feel sorry for the ones gonna try and take us on.We dont need armour. Our enemy doesnt have dicepline and the same training we had. And that is wats gonna make the difference.
mirageF1AZ 2 years ago
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PrdTB 2 years ago
My fav bit is 2:53 where the tank went over a mine and is still capable of driving and fighting. I heard that USA and UK envy our armoured tanks as theirs cant withstand mines.
Luciatt85 3 years ago 6
European armies are very wedded to the track because the logistics system in Europe is adequate to deliver tanks by transporter to the B echelon and Europe is generally pretty boggy when heavy vehicles are used. Tracks cut down on driveable time and heave up the maintainence cost of operations. They're also, as you said, very vulnerable to mines but have their uses in Europe. Wheels, especially in the light armoured recce/screening role and IFV role are the way forward. Love the Rooikat.
falchion49 3 years ago
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goonerfromjhb 3 years ago 6
Seek and you will find(use Google).
poisongp214 3 years ago
SANDF - the name changed in the mid nineties
GraffitiBombing247 2 years ago
I've never seen so much footage of the Rooikat 105 before --- outstanding!
BlacktailFA 3 years ago 4
sorry dude- this is not the rooikat 105 featured - it is the operational 76mm SA Army version - 200machines were ordered into service and operationalo by the early nineties - the 105 is export but im not sure if it ever got any orders as SA always keeps very quiet about its exports
GraffitiBombing247 2 years ago
Ah, the *original* Rooikat. I should have been able to tell by the gun tube.
Even so, that gun is still a force to be reckoned with --- a company of South Vietnamese M41 Walkers (also armed with a 76mm gun) blew 22 enemy tanks off the map with this gun, including 6 T-54s.
BlacktailFA 2 years ago 2
Ja - and theyre not just firing HE rounds - we got all the specialist stuff like the APFSDS rounds for armour penetration too - in africa - we dont need the heavy guns - that will stay with the tanks - Rooikats an armoured reconnisance vehicle that can also serve a search and destroy mission if needed- the APFSDS ammo will make sure to still help in complete tank elimination if needed though
GraffitiBombing247 2 years ago
in fact - you will see the APFSDS ammo being used in this video in the rooikat 76mm - watch around 2:20
cheers
GraffitiBombing247 2 years ago
Good vid !
Redraver9 3 years ago 4
All I have to say is eish....0.o
nixie1986 3 years ago 4