Army pics, who has interesting ones?

Hoppy · Post by **Hoppy** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:00 am

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ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:59 am

Ek tel net 3 ouens wat dit reg doen...

4x4BEES · Post by **4x4BEES** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:27 am

ThysdJ wrote:Ek tel net 3 ouens wat dit reg doen...

Ek ken nie dit nie, kan oom hulle merk asb

Thabogrobler · Post by **Thabogrobler** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:32 am

Wat 'n lekker combo deal!

'n Tan en 'n plaaska.... veltie!

JamesC · Post by **JamesC** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:52 am

Braso om jou varkpan mee te laat blink...dis wat al daai ouens gedoen het.

Hoppy · Post by **Hoppy** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 9:06 am

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Ultred · Post by **Ultred** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 1:08 pm

Hoppy wrote:
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When was the photo with the troopies taken. I spot with my little eye!!!!!!!!!

Sent from my iPhone using my fingers.

Cleaner · Post by **Cleaner** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 1:09 pm

Hoppy wrote:
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Is dit waar die gesegde sit en poef praat vandaan kom?

Hilux 1 · Post by **Hilux 1** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 2:20 pm

ek sou gelaaik het om myne af te show, maar iemand het als gef...kin steel. WTH wil jy met ander se fodies maak????

zepplin · Post by **zepplin** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 3:30 pm

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ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:04 pm

4x4BEES wrote:
ThysdJ wrote:Ek tel net 3 ouens wat dit reg doen...

Ek ken nie dit nie, kan oom hulle merk asb

Almal sit met boshoede op hulle koppe, behalwe 3 van die manne... Toe ons in die army was mag jy nie met 'n boshoed op jou kop gekaaaak het nie...

Thunder02 · Post by **Thunder02** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 6:53 pm

Remember this

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And a few more.

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Some R&R

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9 SAI,troop training in grabouw .

Froll · Post by **Froll** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:41 pm

1977-78

Froll · Post by **Froll** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:44 pm

Some more

Hilux 1 · Post by **Hilux 1** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:55 pm

Daaai fotos moet jy watermark, groot geld werd

Hoppy · Post by **Hoppy** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:41 am

Froll · Post by **Froll** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 1:38 pm

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Froll · Post by **Froll** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 1:41 pm

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Vlak vark · Post by **Vlak vark** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 4:03 pm

daai safair vlossie bring baie ou herhinderinge terug. watse lugmagbasis is daai?

Froll · Post by **Froll** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 6:26 pm

Vlak vark wrote:daai safair vlossie bring baie ou herhinderinge terug. watse lugmagbasis is daai?

Dit is Ondongwa.

Hoppy · Post by **Hoppy** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:46 pm

Post by **Haboob** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 1:38 pm

Thanx for sharing...
Roger, you give your age away with your pictures. They come from before the rinderpest...

Post by **Mud Dog** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 2:06 pm

We used the old Bedfords and Mogs where the load bins were packed with sandbags for blast protection .... not very effective. The Buffel with 'V' hull and seats only came along later when we were CF campers.

No photos - they were very strict with censorship - no camera's permitted at all, even our letters were read and censored.

Hoppy · Post by **Hoppy** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 4:27 pm

Ek like daai P-Plaas foto van Roger. Ek was n Tiffie vanaf 1981 tot 1988

Oupa Stig · Post by **Oupa Stig** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 7:42 pm

Een of twee pics hier vir die tiffies - trek Olifant Tenk motor.
1988 - 1989.
E -eskadron, Pantserskool, in die bos met 61Mech.

Post by **Mud Dog** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 7:57 pm

Wonder whatever happened to all those old Centurion tanks the SADF used to have .... anyone have an idea? Melted down for steel to build other armoured vehicles?

Froll · Post by **Froll** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:04 pm

Like all the pics, will see if I can find more.

Oupa Stig · Post by **Oupa Stig** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:20 pm

Andy, I went to the Rand show last year, specifically to go see the new Olifant (new being the upgrade to the boys you see here on which I served in '89. The upgraded tanks as in use today were then being given their final field tests)
25 years on, no further improvements. In fact, the only servicable tank the SA Army has today is the single "show" model.

At 7Div outside Bloem we had to service the tanks that were in storage while on our non-border service rotation - there were HUNDREDS in those hangars, some brand new, some battlescarred, all in working order.
Yes, I also wonder what happened to all those 56tonne monsters.

Post by **Mud Dog** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 9:19 pm

Mickey, those are some of the ones I'm referring to ... dated from WW11 .... V12 RR motors if I'm not mistaken. Then there were also hundreds upon hundreds of Sarrison APC's (6 wheels, not tracks) .... also WW11 vintage.

Hoppy · Post by **Hoppy** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 9:35 am

AFAIK the old Centurion's petrol engine was replaced with a diesel and then renamed "Olifant"

The system that keeps the barrel shooting on target while driving and even doing 360's, was developed and built locally, it is now used worldwide

The Olifant was the only mine-proof vehicle we had.

Oupa Stig · Post by **Oupa Stig** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 9:44 am

Yes, STAB (stabilising) system locally developed, fitted to MK1, along with 40litre diesel motor. 45kp/h top speed, felt like 3 times as much in the veldt. STAB could keep turret and 105mm gun on target while moving, also had laser range finder. All this upgraded and new suspension system was fitted to MK1b, which still serves today.
While I was doing my service 2 projects were developed, Rooikat and a new tank which would give the Yanks headaches - could hit a 1m high concrete block at 60kp/h and still remain on target - project was canned for political reasons.
25 years later, and I can still recall all the gunner setups and drills and equipment...

Post by **Haboob** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:22 am

I see an old hippo amongst Rogers old pitchas, wich was probably the first v shaped blast resistant vehicle. I do not remember the truck in one of the following pitchas. We aso used smaller vehicles that were powered by 2.6 Rover petrol engines that could carry about 5 or 7 personel. We had a Hippo on the base at Ulungwelume that only ran on two of the 6 cylinders. Someone had to change the gears from inside the engine compartment. Little good that would do you if you hit a landmine. The Bedfords with the sandbags were first used in Rhodesia then Caprivi before Avomboland beame active. The learning curve took us to be the best fighting force in Africa at the very least and the top in armoured fighting vehicles anywhere in the world. The Caspir and the Buffel were world leaders though the Buffel was a little light for the terraine, especially Angola and the eastern bush areas north of Okatoppi east of oom Willie se pad.
The Namibian govt. with the assistance of Germany eventually started building the Wolf and somethig else based on the Caspir with a locomotive engine and gearbox, but it was so powerful that it broke itself under the stresses, especially in the stony areas of koukaveldt. They were not too bad in the sand though. Memories are plenty in that erra.

Samurai · Post by **Samurai** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 11:40 am

Interesting! Can you guess the army's nationality by its ration pack?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -pack.html

Post by **Mud Dog** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 11:55 am

Those are frikkin gourmet dinners by comparison with what we used to get!

Post by **Mud Dog** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 12:08 pm

Hoppy wrote:AFAIK the old Centurion's petrol engine was replaced with a diesel and then renamed "Olifant"

The system that keeps the barrel shooting on target while driving and even doing 360's, was developed and built locally, it is now used worldwide

The Olifant was the only mine-proof vehicle we had.

Allan, I think you're right. Now that I look at Mickey's pics more closely, the suspension and base is almost certainly a centurion ..... looks like only the turret has been modified a bit. That said, I never had much to do with motorized artillery / APC's other than to direct artillery fire and know how to immobilize almost any unit in production during those years.

Post by **george** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 12:41 pm

1988 - 1989.
E -eskadron, Pantserskool

I was there in 93.F-Eskadron.

Never did the border thing

Borntofish · Post by **Borntofish** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 1:29 pm

Remember this one?

Hoppy · Post by **Hoppy** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 2:11 pm

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Oupa Stig · Post by **Oupa Stig** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:03 pm

Sorry, sien ek't twak gepraat - Olifant het V12 tubodiesel, 29liter. 551kw @ 2300rpm.
Upgrade from Centurions (bought from Jordan, India too) includes new engine, transmission, suspension, replaced 84mm gun with 105mm, new fire control system, incl passive night fighting equipment (I could never see s**t through them), night driving equipment.
My biggest gripe was with the "bokna**ers" who used the tanks as target practice during live movements. The outer bins are not armoured, so our clothes, food and most importantly, beer cans were often riddled with R4 holes...

Post by **george** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:06 pm

My biggest gripe was with the "bokna**ers" who used the tanks as target practice during live movements. The outer bins are not armoured, so our clothes, food and most importantly, beer cans were often riddled with R4 holes...

We sometimes had a practice where they would walk along the tanks.I quick step on the brake and then you fire the 105.All the bokna**ers flat on ther backs

Oupa Stig · Post by **Oupa Stig** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:18 pm

Yup, George, that worked really well. What also worked nicely was if the loader then immediately chucked the 105mm shell out of the pistol port. The infantry boys would get into fistfights as to who would keep the shell as a memento - and grab it while it is still smoking hot. We heard many a scream from the greedy little b*ggers!
Ah, good days! Actually, no...

Pora · Post by **Pora** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 5:07 pm

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Post by **Mud Dog** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:28 pm

Brings back memories .... many of them not good .... lost a few friends up there.

Hoppy · Post by **Hoppy** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 7:28 pm

Wie onthou nog die;

Hilux 1 · Post by **Hilux 1** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 10:26 pm

Julle krap nou regtig die argiewe uit

Post by **LouisZ** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 7:45 pm

Allan Ja, daai onthou ek. Ek krap diep en het net die 2 gekry sover.

Hoppy · Post by **Hoppy** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 3:33 pm

Hoppy · Post by **Hoppy** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 8:57 pm

My twee gunsteling voertuie, ek het baie kms en ure agter hulle stuurwiele gespandeer.

Ek het lank gesoek vir die fotos;

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Hoppy · Post by **Hoppy** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 11:05 pm

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Bushwacker · Post by **Bushwacker** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 7:07 am

Post by **Bugzy** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:00 am

ThysdJ wrote:
4x4BEES wrote:
ThysdJ wrote:Ek tel net 3 ouens wat dit reg doen...

Ek ken nie dit nie, kan oom hulle merk asb

Almal sit met boshoede op hulle koppe, behalwe 3 van die manne... Toe ons in die army was mag jy nie met 'n boshoed op jou kop gekaaaak het nie...

Thys, daai gocarts het nie 'n dak op nie, en jy moes jou hoofdeksel afhaal as jy in 'n gebou instal........

Racing snake · Post by **Racing snake** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 3:43 pm

Why would anyone take a pic of a Varkpan, except that it looks lekker without food?

4x4BEES · Post by **4x4BEES** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 3:47 pm

Racing snake wrote:Why would anyone take a pic of a Varkpan, except that it looks lekker without food?

In my Police College days, an empty varkpan looked beter than one with food in