Rooikat AFV
 | Rooikat 76 |
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| Rooikat 76 |
| Country Of Origin: | South Africa |
| Designation: | Armoured Vehicle |
| Configuration: | 8 x 8 |
| Manufacturer: | Vickers OMC (now Alvis OMC) |
| Length: | 7.1 m; 8.2 m with gun forward |
| Width: | 2.9 m |
| Height: | 2.8 m |
| Weight: | 28 |
| Ground Clearance: | 400 mm |
| Trench: | 2,0 m |
| Speed: | 120 km/h (road)
50 km/h (off-road) |
| Range: | 1000km |
| Primary armament: | GT4 76 mm/62 anti-tank gun (48 rounds) |
| Secondary armament: | 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns (3600 rounds); 8 x 81 mm smoke grenade dischargers |
| Power plant: | 563 hp/10 cylinder water-cooled diesel |
| Crew: | 4 |
The
Rooikat is a wheeled
armored fighting vehicle built in
South Africa for the
South African Army. It was designed for combat reconnaissance which entails aggressive seek and destroy operations. Its secondary roles are combat support, anti-armour and anti-guerrilla operations. The Rooikat is not a pure reconnaissance vehicle, but rather its role was envisaged as the fighting core of the deep penetration units of the South African Army. Due to the need of raids in areas like
Namibia, a wheeled armored vehicle was required, since the tank was too slow and cumbersome.
Designed to replace the
Eland but came too late for the war in
Angola. It has incorporated all the lessons learnt from the bush war
Variants
* Rooikat 76
* Rooikat 105 - GT7 105 mm anti-tank gun
Operators
:
South African National Defence Force |
Rooikat 105 |
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Rooikat |
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Manufacturer's website
