The Rooikat (Afrikaans for "Caracal"; lit. 'Red cat') is a South African armoured reconnaissance vehicle equipped with a stabilised 76 mm (3.0 in) high...
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mainly in the form of turreted wheeled designs, such as the South African Rooikat and Italian B1 Centauro. Today, modern assault guns include the Japanese...
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Rooikat may refer to: The Caracal, a medium-sized wild cat The Rooikat, an armoured fighting vehicle built in South Africa This disambiguation page lists...
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Engelbrecht, Leon. "Fact File: Rooikat Armoured Car". DefenceWeb. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014. "Rooikat 105 Armoured Fighting...
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Nyala RG-32 Scout RG-33 RG-34 RG-35 RG-41 RG Outrider PUMA M26-15 Eland Rooikat AFVs produced in South Korea M48A5K K1 & K1A1/A2 K2 Black Panther KAAV7A1...
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African variant[citation needed] built by Denel for the Olifant Mk1A and Rooikat 105. Incorporates a heavily modified recoil assembly. Rheinmetall Rh-105...
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offered for the OTO Melara 76mm can also be fired from the South African Rooikat armoured car with slight modification to change from electric to percussion...
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security contractors; at least one was modified with a Comet tank turret for Rooikat trials. Retired from the South African Armoured Corps in 1991. Sri Lanka...
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174–179. ISBN 9781408189962. Liebenberg, L. (1990). "Felis caracal Caracal, Rooikat". A Field Guide to the Animal Tracks of Southern Africa. Cape Town, South...
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Rippel XRGL40 Rippel MGL MK4 Rippel MGL6 Denel FT5 Vektor Z88 Vektor SP1 Rooikat Badger IFV Mbombe 8 Mbombe 6 Ratel IFV iKlwa RG-41 Mamba Marauder Mbombe...
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designs. Vehicles manufactured by the company during this period include the Rooikat and Eland armoured cars and the 6x6 chassis used by the G6 howitzer, in...
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main battle tank, although some wheeled AFVs such as the South African Rooikat, the Maneuver Combat Vehicle of the JGSDF, and the US M1128 MGS, among...
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Online Karakul (disambiguation) Caracole, a turning maneuver on horseback Rooikat, an armoured fighting vehicle built in South Africa This disambiguation...
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Marder Medium Tank – (West Germany) Otokar Tulpar light tank – (Turkey) Rooikat 105 – (South Africa) Vextra POLE – (France) WPB Anders – (Poland) "ASCOD...
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South Africa unveiled a new indigenous armoured car known as the Rooikat. The Rooikat, which had emerged from the original requirement for a larger and...
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rule of law". The SANDF contingent included a squadron of Ratel-90 and Rooikat armoured fighting vehicles seconded from 1 Special Service Battalion. Widespread...
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to 67 countries around the world. Mbombe 4 Mbombe 6 Mbombe 8 Badger IFV Rooikat Ratel IFV Matador Marauder RG-31 Nyala Mamba Casspir RG-35 Olifant Main...
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Casspir armoured personnel carrier, Ratel infantry fighting vehicle, Rooikat armoured fighting vehicle, Atlas Oryx helicopter and militarized Toyota...
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now extinct locally. Two smaller, secretive, nocturnal carnivores, the rooikat (caracal) and the vaalboskat (also called the vaalkat or Southern African...
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Forecast International. Retrieved 4 November 2021. "R96.8m for Olifant, Rooikat ammo". defenceWeb. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2020. "105 mm...
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howitzer and G6 howitzer) to small arms such as the R4 assault rifle. Rooikat - 8x8 armoured combat vehicle with a GT4 76 mm (3.0 in) gun in turret Badger...
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down and four seated. South Africa South African Army– 244 on order. Rooikat Ratel IFV RG41 Patria AMV VPK-7829 Bumerang – (Russia) Boxer AFV – (Germany...
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(1979) G5 Impi howitzer (1983) G6 Rhino self-propelled artillery (1987) Rooikat armoured car (1990) Mfezi armoured ambulance (1990) Mamba armoured personnel...
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Bloemfontein with the fourth Armour Symposium and a thanksgiving service. Rooikat Armour de Brug Olifant mk 2 concentrated fire night shoot de Brug Training...
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8x8 Scout Panhard AML Panhard ERC 90 Panhard VBL RBY MK 1 RG-35 4x4 RPU Rooikat Schützenpanzer SPz 11-2 Kurz Spähpanzer Luchs Namco Tiger VEC-M1 VBC-90...
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testing on the LAV-III Denel is also planning to fit it and its turret to a Rooikat armoured vehicle for its offer to the South African Army. In April 2007...
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lightly armed Ferret was replaced first by the Eland Mk7 and after 1991 the Rooikat, which were heavier vehicles equipped with large-calibre cannon. Light...
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heavily modified Alvis Saracen; this served as a prototype for the later Rooikat armored car Type Tank gun Place of origin United Kingdom Production history...
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power, after a failed coup d’état. In May 1990, 2 SSB received the first Rooikat armoured cars and on 30 June its national colours. On 31 December 1992...
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None (prototype) Ratel-60 Sandock-Austral South Africa Denel K1 South Africa, Rwanda Rooikat Sandock-Austral South Africa Denel K1 None (prototype)...
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