Ratel IFV

The Ratel is a South African infantry fighting vehicle. It was the first wheeled infantry fighting vehicle to enter service worldwide and was built on a modified MAN truck chassis. The Ratel was designed in response to a South African Army specification for a light armoured vehicle suited to the demands of rapid offensives, providing maximum firepower and strategic mobility to mechanised infantry units intended to operate across the vast distances of Southern Africa. Primarily envisaged in SADF doctrine as a vehicle that could deliver mechanised infantry and supporting fire to tanks in conventional warfare, it was also anticipated that the Ratel could form the centrepiece for semi-independent battlegroups where logistics or politics precluded the use of tanks. The Ratel was a simple, economical design which helped reduce the significant logistical commitment necessary to keep heavier combat vehicles operational in undeveloped regions. It was generally regarded as an influential concept which incorporated a number of novel features, such as a mine-protected hull, an extended operating range of 1,000 kilometres, and a 20 mm autocannon fitted with what was then a unique twin-linked ammunition feed, allowing turret gunners to rapidly swap between ammunition types during combat.

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Ratel 20; Ratel 60; Ratel 81; Ratel 90; Ratel ZT3
infantry fighting vehicle, Land Systems OMC, Sandock-Austral, 

AIFV, AMX-10P, ASCOD 2, Badger IFV, Bionix AFV, BMD-1, BTR-T, BVP M-80, CM-32, Dardo, Dardo IFV, HS.30, K21, Kurganets-25, LAV III, Mitsubishi Type 89 IFV, Mowag Pirat, NZLAV, SIBMAS, T-15 Armata, TAM VCTP, Véhicule blindé de combat d'infanterie, ZBD-04, ZBD-05, ZBL-08, 

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Frameless

Afstandbeheerde geskuttoring op Ratel, c, Waterkloof Lugmagbasis

Afstandbeheerde geskuttoring op Ratel, d, Waterkloof Lugmagbasis

Afstandbeheerde geskuttoring op Ratel, e, Waterkloof Lugmagbasis

Afstandbeheerde geskuttoring op Ratel, a, Waterkloof Lugmagbasis (cropped)

Afstandbeheerde geskuttoring op Ratel, a, Waterkloof Lugmagbasis

South African Army armoured fighting vehicle

Afstandbeheerde geskuttoring op Ratel, b, Waterkloof Lugmagbasis

SANDF Pontoon Bridge

SANDF Pontoon Bridge and boat

Ratel ZT3 front

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Afstandbeheerde geskuttoring op Ratel, c, Waterkloof Lugmagbasis		Commons
commons	image		Afstandbeheerde geskuttoring op Ratel, d, Waterkloof Lugmagbasis		Commons
commons	image		Afstandbeheerde geskuttoring op Ratel, e, Waterkloof Lugmagbasis		Commons
commons	image		Afstandbeheerde geskuttoring op Ratel, a, Waterkloof Lugmagbasis (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Afstandbeheerde geskuttoring op Ratel, a, Waterkloof Lugmagbasis		Commons
commons	image		South African Army armoured fighting vehicle		Commons
commons	image		Afstandbeheerde geskuttoring op Ratel, b, Waterkloof Lugmagbasis		Commons
commons	image		SANDF Pontoon Bridge		Commons
commons	image		SANDF Pontoon Bridge and boat		Commons
commons	image		Ratel ZT3 front		Commons