Defence industry of South Africa
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
- 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
- HENSOLDT
- Evotex Engineering
Small arms and light weapons
Rifles
Assault rifles
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/CR21.jpg/220px-CR21.jpg)
- Vektor R4 Tactical
- Vektor CR-21
- DM4 (AR-15)
- Truvelo Raptor
- TRV 545
Battle rifles
Sniper rifles
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Truvelo_12%2C7_x_99mm_CMS_Rifle.jpg/220px-Truvelo_12%2C7_x_99mm_CMS_Rifle.jpg)
- Truvelo CMS
- Truvelo Phantom X
Anti-material rifles
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/NTW-20_rifle.jpg/220px-NTW-20_rifle.jpg)
Machine guns
General purpose machine guns
Submachine guns
Grenade launchers and anti-tank launchers
Grenade launchers
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Neopup_PAW-20.png/220px-Neopup_PAW-20.png)
- Milkor MGL
- Neopup PAW-20
- Denel Y3 AGL
- Evotex 66-EGL
- Rippel XRGL40
- Rippel MGL MK4
- Rippel MGL6
Anti-tank launchers
Handguns
Land systems
Armored vehicles
Armored fighting vehicles
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Barys_8x8_APC.jpg/220px-Barys_8x8_APC.jpg)
- Rooikat
- Badger IFV
- Mbombe 8
- Mbombe 6
- Ratel IFV
- iKlwa
- RG-41
Armored personnel carriers
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Marauder_Multi_Role_Armoured_Vehicle_%289676433800%29.jpg/220px-Marauder_Multi_Role_Armoured_Vehicle_%289676433800%29.jpg)
- Mamba
- Marauder
- Mbombe 4
- Maatla
- MAX 9
- LM14
- RG-12
- RG-19
- RCV-9
- Reva
- Springbuck
- PUMA M26-15
- Bruiser 112
Mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/BAe_Systems_RG35_MPV_%289689841884%29.jpg/220px-BAe_Systems_RG35_MPV_%289689841884%29.jpg)
Light tactical vehicles
Internal security vehicles
- Maverick
Tanks
- Olifant Mk1A
- Olifant Mk1B
- Olifant Mk2
- Tank Technology Demonstrator (TTD)
Artillery
Towed artillery
Self-propelled artillery
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Denel_G6-45_Ysterplaat_Airshow_2006.jpg/220px-Denel_G6-45_Ysterplaat_Airshow_2006.jpg)
Rocket artillery
Other vehicles
Armoured ambulance
- Mfezi
Utility vehicles
- Hornet RDRV
- Gecko RDLV
- Jakkals
Military trucks
Air systems
Military aircraft
Fighter aircraft
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Atlas_Cheetah_static_display.jpg/220px-Atlas_Cheetah_static_display.jpg)
Attack aircraft
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/BateleurUAV.jpg/220px-BateleurUAV.jpg)
- Denel Dynamics Bateleur
- Denel Dynamics Seeker
- Milkor 380 Archived 2023-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ASTUS
- ATE Vulture
- Meteorite
- N-Raven
Helicopters
Attack helicopters
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Denel_AH-2_Rooivalk_%282006%29.jpg/220px-Denel_AH-2_Rooivalk_%282006%29.jpg)
- Denel Rooivalk
- Atlas XH-1 Alpha
- ATE Super Hind
Transport helicopters
Naval systems
Patrol vessels
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/SAS_King_Sekhukhune_I_underway_off_Simonstown.jpg/220px-SAS_King_Sekhukhune_I_underway_off_Simonstown.jpg)
- Warrior-class strike craft
- Warrior-class MMIPV
- 70M Frontier LMS
- 85M Frontier OPV
Other ships
Weapon systems
Close-in weapon systems (CIWS)
Missiles, bombs and turrets
Missiles
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/RSA-3-002.jpg/220px-RSA-3-002.jpg)
Anti-tank missiles
Cruise missiles
- MUPSOW
- Torgos
- Raptor II
Surface-to-air missiles
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Umkhonto_gbads1_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Umkhonto_gbads1_%28cropped%29.jpg)
- Umkhonto
Air-to-air missiles
- A-Darter
- Marlin
Ballistic missiles
Bombs
Turrets
Remote weapon systems
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/12.7mm_Rogue.jpg/220px-12.7mm_Rogue.jpg)
- Reutech Rogue
- Evotex THEBE
- Evotex IMPI
- Evotex VIKELA
Autocannons
Combat turrets
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/LCT30_turret.jpg/220px-LCT30_turret.jpg)
- AMICT
- MCT-30
- LCT-20
- Denel GI-30
See also
- Armscor
- List of equipment of the South African National Defence Force
- South African National Defence Force
References
Further reading
- Bitzinger, Richard A. (2003). Towards a Brave New Arms Industry?. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-19-852835-3.