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    The South African Army Armour Formation provides an Armour capability to the South African Army. The Formation came into being as part of a restructure...
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    the Tempe military base in Bloemfontein as part of the South African Army Armour Formation. The Regiment was established in April 1999, composed of members...
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    The South African Army Training Formation is the controlling entity of all South African Army training units. The Formation was established in April 1999...
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    The South African Army Infantry Formation supervises all infantry within the South African Army. South African Infantry originated as the Infantry Branch...
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    The South African Army Signal Formation is a formation/corps of the South African Army. The South African Corps of Signals was formed 1923. In 1940, the...
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    South African Army Support Formation supports and provides sustainment services to all South African Army units. "Support Formation:About us". Army,...
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    The South African Army Engineer Formation is the controlling entity of all South African Army military engineering units. The Formation is currently commanded...
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    The South African Army is the principal land warfare force of South Africa, a part of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), along with the...
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    The South African School of Armour (Afrikaans: Pantserskool) is the training institute of the South African Armoured Corps located at Tempe, Bloemfontein...
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    The South African Army Artillery Formation is the controlling entity of all South African Army artillery units. It draws much of its history from the South...
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  • This is a list of equipment of the South African Army. It includes equipment such as small arms, combat vehicles, explosives, missile systems, engineering...
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    Umvoti Mounted Rifles (category Military units and formations of South Africa in World War I)
    United States Army National Guard unit. It is part of the South African Army Armour Formation and is based in the town of Pinetown. On 16 May 1864, 160...
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    The South African Army Air Defence Artillery Formation is the controlling entity of all South African Army Air Defence Artillery units. This Formation consists...
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    The South African Army College is a training unit of the South African Army. South African military training can be traced back to 1786 when the Militere...
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    The Pretoria Armour Regiment (formerly the Pretoria Regiment) is a reserve armoured regiment of the South African Army. The Pretoria Regiment was formed...
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    IN THE SA ARMY, MEN AND WOMEN. South African Army. June 2007. SOUTH AFRICAN ARMY UNIFORM SYSTEM CATALOGUE. Department of Defence (South Africa). 22 June...
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    headquarters: South African Army Armour Formation HQ South African Army Artillery Formation HQ South African Army Intelligence Corps HQ South African Army Air Defence...
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    The School of Engineers is part of the South African Army Engineer Formation, which provides combat engineering corps training and teaching to military...
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    elite counter-insurgency unit of the South African Army. The success of this unit culminated in the subsequent formation of five reconnaissance units, known...
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    8 South African Infantry Battalion is a mechanized infantry unit of the South African Army. The battalion is equipped with Ratel Infantry Fighting Vehicles...
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    People's Liberation Army (APLA) guerrilla raids into South Africa or against South African targets in South West Africa; frequent South African reprisal attacks...
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    South African Armour of the Border War 1975–89. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. pp. 4, 32–46. ISBN 978-1-4728-1743-3. "Lesakeng". South African Armour...
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    British Army created several field armies. There were formations that controlled multiple army corps, which in turn controlled numerous divisions. An army would...
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    limited engagements with British Empire units such as the South African Army during the East African Campaign against forces of the Italian Empire. Up until...
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  • (Artillery) 9th South African Infantry Battalion (Seaborne Infantry) is based at Eerste River The Oudtshoorn army base houses the South African Infantry School...
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    The Thaba Bosiu Armour Regiment (formerly Regiment President Steyn) is a reserve armoured regiment of the South African Army. During Gibson's tenure the...
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  • infantry until 1954 South African Engineer Corps (formed 1923) South African Corps of Signals (formed 1923) South African Army Signal Formation Personnel Services...
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  • Formation signs at the division level were first introduced in the British Army in the First World War. They were intended (initially) as a security measure...
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  • The 1st South African Infantry Division was an infantry division of the army of the Union of South Africa. During World War II the division served in...
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    for The Terrible Ones) was an elite light infantry battalion of the South African Army founded in 1975, composed of black and white commissioned and enlisted...
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