Photos South African National Defence Force

[BravoZulu]

Special Forces with a technical called the GOAT. It has a ZPU-23-2 mounted on a Land Rover.

 

[TIGREDELAIRE]

good morning, interesting vehicle, but I find on another page that it would be one (of many) adaptation of a Toyota Land Cruiser

 

[Kadir93]

South African Special Forces troopers armed with R1 7.62mm battle rifles and PKM 7.62mm GPMG.

 

[BravoZulu]

Pathfinder at Exercise Ukuhlome 2022.

 

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SOF during an anti-terrorist operation in Mozambique. 2021

 

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Flight instructor in the DRC with two Pathfinders.

 

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44 Parachute Regiment during Armed Forces Day 2023

 

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AC-47 Gunship aka the Dragon Dak armed with a 20mm cannon or single or twin barrelled 50 cal heavy machine guns and shout out speakers - psychological ops

 

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Paratroopers demonstrating the Carl Gustaf.

 

[uktabber]

GREAT Photo with that 84mm rocket heading off downrange!!

 

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Marksman in Mozambique (2022)

 

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1 Para Bn artillery company commander deployed to Mozambique (2022)

 

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QRF training in DRC (2023)

 

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Land Cruiser armed with a ZU-23-2 twin 23mm cannon in mostly a ground role. Currently deployed to Mozambique in the fight against ISIS.

 

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44 Parachute Regiment during Armed Forces Day 2023
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Zero caucasians in this photo. Is anyone familiar w/ how White South Africans view military service?

 

[BravoZulu]

Mirage F1

 

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Zero caucasians in this photo. Is anyone familiar w/ how White South Africans view military service?

I don't have much knowledge on this, but I recall either reading an article or a post here recently. The jist of it is that whites make up a larger percentage (some might say outsized) of the Army's special forces units. I believe certain factors played into it, including multi-generation service and strong physical fitness/educational backgrounds. Due to similar reasons, you'll probably see more whites serving in the officer corps and in specialized units/occupations vs. as regular enlisted.

 

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Pathfinder Marksman (foreground) and 90 Recon in DRC, 2023

 

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Heroine-class (Type 209) submarine SAS Manthisi (S101) while en transit in rough weather conditions suffering an incident with crew members overboard. Reportedly two deceased, 7 injured (one seriously) and 4 safe.

On 20 September 2023, Manthatisi was involved in a fatal accident en route to Table Bay from Simon's Town for the South African Navy Festival. All seven swept off board were recovered by the NSRI near Slangkop Lighthouse with 3 fatalities

 

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Paratrooper and Pathfinder deployed to Mozambique.