Eland Light Armored Car

The Eland is a South African light armored car based on the Panhard AML. Its permanent 4x4 drive gives it its mobility, and it can carry either a 90 mm quick firing low pressure gun, or a 60 mm breech loading mortar as main weapons. Night vision equipment provides effective night time operations, and it is provided with a modern telecommunications system.

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Science & Technology

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• Eland
• light
• armored
• car
• Panhard
• AML
• South
• African
• Army
• Angola
• Bush
• War
• wheeled
• vehicles

[tprdfh51]

Considering that the only real difference between the T-62 and T-55 was their turret configuration and main gun...the armour being almost identical - the T-62 was a sitting duck for the "Oliphants" 105mm gun.

If you don't believe me just ask the Syrian's and Egyptian's who learned the hard way when they took on the Israeli 105mm Centurians (same tank as the Oliphant) in 1973.

Cheers!

[zerocker45]

@tprdfh51 Actually they did not. They saw war only on the Lomba River and managed to destroy an Olifant and ratels... only 2 were destroyed.

[tprdfh51]

@zerocker45 you are right zero...I double checked and the Cubans did operate their T-62's in Angola against the South Africans - and they were destroyed en situ by the South African "Oliphant" tank in most of the battles of Cuito Cuenevale. Thanks for the clarification.

[zerocker45]

@tprdfh51 Yes they did. I can send you pictures of it. What is not true is that the cubans used T-72s. That was said a long time ago but it is proven that it isnt true. But they did use T62s...

[tprdfh51]

@zerocker45 TTBOMK Cubans never operated T-62 in the South African/Angolan conflict. T-55/54/34 yes...but no T-62's. Any one else care to comment?

[zerocker45]

@l3ullshitter True... but when the Cubans took the T-62 in the theater there was no vehicle that could stop it. many of these wheeled vehicles were lost in the hands of T-62 and T-55M, but it is true.. In fact the cubans even learned from the S.A wheeled vehicles, it is well observed here youtube.com/watch?v=8m0MjObC5r­M

[pincerpiet]

@spinsurferx

Also was a gunner 1979-1980 1SSB, Katima and some other places. Once at a night shooting session at De Brug the recoil packed up and the cannon twisted into the radios sets at the back. We were too amazed even to be frightened. I'll give an arm and a leg just to have a few shots again, real pielstywe feeling when the shots thundered and rolled through the koppies, beter than any thunderstorm in my life. Today - man we are growing old and what a shit place South Africa has become.

[l3ullshitter]

It's 90mm low-pressure gun enabled it to take out virtually any make of Soviet tank employed by the Cubans in the theater; yet it was near-infinitely more mobile.

[spinsurferx]

Brings back memories of SSB and Angola- I was an Eland gunner in Ops Savannah, X-Ray group and used this bastard to take out many an MPLA position or vehicle.. Most memorable was after we took Luso airport the Cubans came at us with an armored caterpillar with a 108 recoilless on top..We put about 6 90mm HEAT rounds into the mother before it finally stopped...

[tprdfh51]

@KZNCritic ek se ouen - that was easy man! Only 650rpm cyclic rate it was easy to use that co-ax like a single shot sniping rifle at crazy ranges thanks to the rock solid mounting!