The Ratel infantry combat vehicle [SADF]

The Ratel is a South African infantry fighting vehicle. It was the first wheeled infantry fighting vehicle to enter service worldwide. An indigenous design developed in the 1970s, albeit with French weapons to replace the Saracen armoured personnel carrier. The prototype was delivered in 1974 and the first production vehicle in 1976. The Mk2 entered production in 1979 and the Mk3 in 1988. The Mk3 fleet was upgraded in 2001 when about 70 modifications were made. The type has been exported to Morocco (60), Jordan (320), Ghana (40) and Djibouti (15). ---- The media is shared for education purposes and is shared under the “FAIR USE“ (in US copyright law) the doctrine that brief excerpts of copyright material may, under certain circumstances, be quoted verbatim for purposes such as criticism, news reporting, teaching, and research, without the need for permission from or payment to the copyright holder. #BorderWar #AngolaCivilWar #BushWar #Military #History #LestWeForget #Education #MilitaryHistory #UDF #SADF