South African National Defence Force

[vor033]

South African National Defense Force soldiers hike back up a hill during a joint U.S.-South African simulated assault, July 26 as part of Exercise Shared Accord 2011. SA 11 is a bi-lateral military training and civil assistance mission held annually throughout Africa.

A South African National Defence Force machine waits to begin his advance during a joint U.S.-South African simulated assault, July 26 as part of Exercise Shared Accord 2011. SA 11 is a bi-lateral military training and civil assistance mission held annually throughout Africa.

South African National Defence Force soldiers sing ahead of a joint U.S.-South African simulated assault, July 26 as part of Exercise Shared Accord 2011. SA 11 is a bi-lateral military training and civil assistance mission held annually throughout Africa.

[exMechman]

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.ph...ace&Itemid=107

Good to see Umbani should be going into SAAF use within the foreseeable future. In relation to the posts of the last month the following: I believe the increased level of deployment of the SANDF including the RSA border deployments and anti piracy deployments additional to the UN and AU deployments are the best possible thing for the SANDF short of a war. If the military do not have a mission and do not deploy, rot is nearly inevitable. Hopefully these new deployments will help to increase operational readiness and improve the political will and budget.

[Dinges]

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.ph...ace&Itemid=107

Good to see Umbani should be going into SAAF use within the foreseeable future. In relation to the posts of the last month the following: I believe the increased level of deployment of the SANDF including the RSA border deployments and anti piracy deployments additional to the UN and AU deployments are the best possible thing for the SANDF short of a war. If the military do not have a mission and do not deploy, rot is nearly inevitable. Hopefully these new deployments will help to increase operational readiness and improve the political will and budget.

Good to hear. And on that subject.

745 LGB:




250kg pre-fragmented bomb (19 000 steel balls):




Retarded bombs:

[Foxtrot Alpha Whiskey]

huh, I didnt know the Cheetah could carry bombs underneath its Drop Tanks.

[wilhelm]

huh, I didnt know the Cheetah could carry bombs underneath its Drop Tanks.

Here you go. Note the slimmer fuel tanks carried bomb racks.

[wilhelm]

On the subject, these two photos show nicely how very different the Cheetah C was to the vanilla Mirage III. Almost 2 completely different aircraft.

[exMechman]

Nice photo’s Wilhelm, do you have any of a CB-470 exploding. I have seen it once (from a distance) but unfortunately do not have any photographs.

[wilhelm]

Nice photo’s Wilhelm, do you have any of a CB-470 exploding. I have seen it once (from a distance) but unfortunately do not have any photographs.

I'll have a look.

[exT70]

South Africa: U.S. Marines Lead Assault Drills

U.S. Africa Command
July 29, 2011
‘Nobody Told Me the War Wouldn’t Be Easy’
South African Soldiers and U.S. Marines Combine Forces for Simulated Assault
By Corporal Jad Sleiman
U.S. Marine Corps
GRAHAMSTOWN, South Africa: After two straight days of almost nonstop rain about 225 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers and U.S. Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) marines wait to begin a company-sized assault on a barren ridge populated by imaginary enemy troops and their pill boxes.
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Exercise Shared Accord 2011, a bi-lateral military training and civil assistance mission held annually throughout Africa, has brought the two forces together.
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By late afternoon…the dry-fire practice assault begins. Four of E Company, 4th LAR’s LAV-25s lead the charge along a pre-planned route, training their cannons at the ridgeline, but only radioing back shots and impacts.
LAR scouts have to pick a path with ample rocks and shrubs, enough to support the LAV’s massive frame, explained Major Randall Parker, E Company’s commander.
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The S.A. infantry follow on line behind the vehicles down a two-kilometer stretch of hillside. They aim their unloaded weapons at the opposing hill before making the long hike back up to where they started. When they get there, they turn around and prepare for a live fire assault.
Breathless and sweating under their warming layers, they begin to sing:
“Nobody told me the war wouldn’t be easy.” Back up singers join in, repeating “nobody, nobody” as a bass line.
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A half-hour later the S.A. and U.S. forces are back on line.
“According to our doctrine as mobile infantry, we don’t use LAVs with movement. So, this is actually quite new to us,” said S.A. Major Denzil Sampson.
Real U.S. sniper fire and mortars signal the start of the live-fire attack as the ridgeline erupts in smoke and fire.
The S.A. follow behind the LAV-25s, which pound the ridge with cannon and machine gun fire, until they are within the effective range of their rifles and RPGs.
“Firing positions!” call out the S.A. company’s section leaders, and the line is singing yet again: small arms rifles pop and rattle while the medium machine guns boom. Every so often the whoosh and thump of an RPG launch and explosion echo from the company’s flanks.
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Later that night the marines and soldiers practice a similar assault under the cover of darkness. Throughout the next week a new company of S.A. soldiers and marines will start the entire training cycle over again before the exercise concludes at the end of the month.

[curious george]

Playboy South Africa’s July Playmate, Yolandi Malherbe, dropped in unexpectedly on about 700 US Marines holed up in an airport hangar in Cape Town on Thursday, to thank them for their contribution to our country.
The marines were part of a larger contingent of US Marines returning home after a month of humanitarian work centred around multinational peace support and humanitarian relief in the Eastern Cape.
Upon arrival at Cape Town airport, the marines were barred by local immigration officials from visiting the city while they were waiting for their return flight to the US about 18 hours later.
Stuck in a cold and dismal hangar overlooking Cape Town International airport, with only their ration packs for food and the cold cement floors to camp out, Playboy decided to liven up their dreary day with a visit.
For more than two hours, the Marines could not get enough of Yolandi – having their photos taken with her, the insides of berets signed, and getting personal messages from her written inside the first foreign edition of their favourite magazine that many of them had ever seen.
“These guys are so polite. They all called me ma’am, and it was all ‘yes ma’am and no ma’am'," said Malherbe.
"These are the kind of guys my dad would be so happy for me to bring home. And it is so awesome that they came out here to do the kind of work they were doing – building homes, setting up dental and medical clinics and a whole lot more. Thank you US Marines – you rock.”

http://lifestyle.iafrica.com/love_se...ws/745361.html


*thanx guys,apology for the bad form from them officials.....,idiots!*

[Verreaux]

Hi guys,

Awesome thread. I was requested by Prion to post some pics. I'll go through the thread first to make sure I dont repeat anything. Would like to add another pic of the bombs under the fuel tank though, as well as an article from BAE coverring the slaving of an AS-90 turret to a G6 in 2001 at Alkantpan for ammunition trials.









Cheers

[vor033]

Exercise Shared Accord 2011 is a bi-lateral military training exercise and humanitarian mission held annually throughout Africa. This year, the exercise brings together about 700 U.S. service members, most from the Marine Corps Reserve, and doubles that number in South African National Defense Force troops. Staff Sgt Jon Foster filed this report Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

[HammockWarrior]

The picture the media paints of the SA Army is quite shocking, but sensasion sells.
Just recently I was driving home from work and and saw one of those images that still give you hope.
My drive home takes me past SouthGate and the SAB breweries. When I stopped at the Aeroton/Baraghwanath Intersection I noticed a drunk soldier next to the road. Trust me - he was completely pissed - the guy was barely able to stand, and had taken his jacket off and had slung it over his shoulder. The good thing is that two officers (Black, not that it matters) in a Army Bakkie had seen him and had pulled over. They were chewing him out and it was slowly dawning on his addled mind that he was in deep trouble. You could see that the idiot was in for the worst 'opfok parade' of his life once they go him back on base. Good to see that standards and disipline still matter these days.

[playtym]

SANDF provides plane for aid delivery

A South African military aircraft will deliver 18 tons of supplies to famine victims in Somalia this week, aid group Gift of the Givers said on Monday. The C130 Hercules airplane would deliver essential food and anti-malaria medication to Mogadishu on Tuesday, said chairman Imtiaz Sooliman.
Department of international relations and co-operation spokesman Clayson Monyela said the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) would be delivering the supplies for free.
This is Gift of the Givers sixth flight to the region.
The fifth flight landed on Saturday.
"It is heartening to note that Mogadishu civil aviation granted Gift of the Givers landing rights in less than 5 minutes of receipt of paperwork.
"[This was done] in appreciation of our continuous support to the suffering thousands in Somalia."
Sooliman said the Gift of the Givers were discussing the possibility of more flights with local and Somali government officials.
"There will be more but we just need to see if they will be sponsored as well," he said.
The famine in Somalia killed tens of thousands of people, with more than 12 million people in need of food aid in the Horn of Africa.

Unfair
The United Kingdom-based charity organisation, Oxfam, told the Associated Press (AP) on Monday, that South Africa was not doing enough for victims.
Oxfam official Irungu Houghton said the aid coming from the South African government was not enough given the country's more stable economic status.
"African citizens have already rallied to the cause and made significant contributions. But now we need African governments to follow their lead," Houghton said.
"Most are yet to make a decent contribution and show the true meaning of African solutions to African problems."
Houghton said his organisation expected African governments to raise at least $50m.
Monyela said criticism of South Africa's response to the disaster were unfair.
"We do not understand how people can criticise us while our aid mission is still going on," he said.
"We have already pledged R8m in aid, and we have partnered with Gift of the Givers to assist all the affected people."

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne...ivery-20110815

[2SAI Desert Rat]

Nice photos of our submariners vor033
Cheers Mac