So why does South Africa have such a hard-on for wheeled

France does too.

>>30940253
>Be SANDF
>Need to cover 1000's of KM
>IEDs everywhere, like everywhere
>Lack of cover means be fast
>No real armour threats so minus well be fast

They work and don't wear out as fast as tracks.

>>30940253
>4
Anon...

>>30940277
For different reasons. SA isn't shipping/airlifting their vehicles overseas. It helps that SA and nearby are mostly much drier than the parts of West Africa France is often seen in(Chad aside, of course), meaning tracks aren't as needed unless you have an assload of mass to spread out.

>>30940253
many reasons why tracked vehicles are superior to tracked in some circumstances, the only reason to have tracks is if you expect to go in very heavy terrain. Although an 8x8 can go through some pretty nasty terrain aswell, mind you.

>there are no vendors who sell 3mm miniatures of South African vehicles

I mean I'd make my own but it's such a pain in the ass

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>>30940292
Holy shit that reading comprehension.

Developed for the long plains of Angola. Land is dry and flat which makes wheeled vehicles fine.

>>30940286
>minus well
>minus
Opinion discarded

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>>30940705
>Caring about grammar on a site that has furry porn on it in culmination with firearms.

>>30940253
>Mobility, fire power, defence.
Pick two.

>>30940838
The old naval problem.

>>30940253

Supposedly they are looking for wheeled IFV with 105mm gun (whether they're using MBT gun or low pressure gun is still to be debated) as a replacement for Olifant tank under project Aorta

While mobility and ease of maintenace is quoted as the primary consideration, I'd suspect that SA simply has lost much of its technical expertise (decrepit infrastructure, plenty of engineers already fucked off to either europe,middle east or SEA countries, lowering standards in university and whatnot) as well as the economic base to produce one.

The only way they can get a proper Olifant replacement is by doing joint venture with another country or getting other tanks and localize for SA needs. I heard they were interested with leopard 2 but shit went cold when SA went into economic crisis. Prolly they would get chinese type-98 or VT-4 now that China is pushing for closer economic cooperation with SA

>>30940253
Big collection of SANDF vehicles, helicopter, boats, and jet from the military week celebration back in Feb. Enjoy

https://youtu.be/u0JLAAtHAMU
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipML9sZduANWrZrYxqbF6TdDRH1A6J_HDcm8zO5mLvclUaW7NRpwGnzwTG6-2ISihg?key=YUxBRlBiUGVOOHZoTUhueDNpSE4wMldTUVZtNVVR

>>30940253
I heard once it was for landmine resistance. Tires can be made to be run-flat, but even if they're destroyed completely, you only lose one or two tires versus losing a tread which would mobility-kill a tracked vehicle.

>>30940253
wheeled vehicles work best on roads. I don't understand it either.

>>30941746
>Prolly they would get chinese type-98 or VT-4 now that China is pushing for closer economic cooperation with SA

Or a shit load of surplus ZTZ-96 as China slowly replaces them with the -98/-99 series.

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Look at this fucking beauty. Look at how fucking hot it is. I would fuck this vehicle.

>>30943061
>eland
what
That's an AML

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This looks fun as fuck

>>30940609
WOW it literally took me a minute to figure out what the fuck that guy meant at all lmfaoooooooo

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>>30940803
Culmination? Kys

>>30940803

Gotta have principles in regards to communique. Without that everything falls apart.

>>30940500
>many reasons why tracked vehicles are superior to tracked in some circumstances, the only reason to have tracks is if you expect to go in very heavy terrain.

Wat

>>30940500

>heavy terrain

As I understand it, tracked vehicles are good at moving a lot of weight on a flat surface with relative ease, stepper the incline, harder it gets.

Wheeled vehicles, and their suspension, tackle relatively "rough" terrain with ease.

>>30940253
Pretty sure Rooikats or Ratels killed T-55s back in the 70s and 80s.

I fucking love the design.

>>30943016
ZTZ-96 is complementary to the Type 99/99A - it is not being replaced by them

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>>30945106
>Pretty sure Rooikats or Ratels killed T-55s back in the 70s and 80s.
Ratels and Elands. Pictured is a burning T-55 photographed from the Ratel 90 that destroyed it.

>>30945143

FRELIMO?

>>30945146
FAPLA I think

>>30945194

Why can't Africans into acronyms.

>>30940277
>France does too.
You don't really need a Leclerc to assault a school built in bricks or Toyota trucks.

>>30945197
but dont ya want to fapla?

>>30945235

Neat

>>30945248

Nah, I jerk off too much, got death grip syndrome, need to tone it down with the cock-hockey

>>30943061
S E X
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>>30941901
looks like they really got their shit together conscerning mines and IED´s...

>>30943061
>Enough Armor to keep the guys with the fucking PKs from ruining your day
>Enough gun to make them try to ruin your day

It's perfect.

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South Africa - Experts in the field of "Big Guns on Wheels"

I knew I saw something like that somewhere

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>>30943061

turret looks like a pz IV turret desu

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>>30940253
>>30943061
>>30945036
>>30945143
>>30945357

lol

>>30945703
>Implying niggers can aim with a propeled rocket grenade
>Implying niggers won't kill half their team with the backblast

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MAKE WAY FAGETS BEST WHEELED VEHICLE COMING THROUGH!

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>>30946117

>>30945727
>he never heard of Blackhawk Down

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>>30946121

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>>30946129

>>30940286
bone Apple teat am I right

>>30946117
>>30946121
>>30946129
>>30946133

Cool Stryders guys. I prefer Hunter or Ifrit though

>>30946190
>stryders

>>30946198
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=stryder+vehicle&client=firefox-b&biw=1760&bih=864&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj385D5ybnOAhXKIcAKHT7ZBkcQ_AUIBygC#tbm=isch&q=strider+vehicle

>>30946260
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fennek

>>30940286
oinions are a diamond dozen

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>>30943061
9/10 would daily drive

>>30945036
6/10 would haul hay on farm

>>30945357
9/10 would convert to kickass RV

>>30946117
>>30946121
>>30946129
>>30946133
2/10 looks like the pic related version of a HMMWV

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>>30940253
>thousands miles of savanna and desert
>service life of tracks is 2000 miles, tracked vehicles is 10000 miles
>...?
>profit!

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>Not using dank French designs

>>30946260
retard

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>you will never avoid getting your balls blown off going 40mph down the freeway

>>30946707
I bet that thing corners really well.

>>30940286
two turnips in heat

>>30946928
you either have no idea what cornering means or you dont understand physics

>>30943061
I prefer the version with the 60mm gun mortars and 2mmgs/1hmg.
Or even better, the serval with the gun mortar, twin mmgs and a 20mm autocannon.

>>30945011
It's a licence-built version of the AML. Panhard upgraded their production methods in the process.

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>>30947217
Forgot pic.
Armored carfu material. If only it was amphibious.

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>>30942431
Which is why we need to build tanks with four treads.

It's the ultimate in tactical mobility. Totally unstoppable by any terrains. It could take an RPG hit and lose a track, and STILL have maneuverability and keep fighting.

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>>30945094
Tracked vehicles are theoretically better in every way. We just haven't advanced the technology enough because the generals are dumb as bricks and the contractors are jews

>>30946587
My nigga

>>30947588
Yeah boi

Or tanks with 8 wheels split into twos as well

>>30947617
>Tracked vehicles are theoretically better in every way.
Even maintenance?

>>30947588
Aren't there a number of reasons why no military does this though?

Such as needing a big, complicated transmission

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>>30945061
>he uses word

>>30947074
You have no idea what be sarcastic is or don't understand 4chan.

>>30940253
All that the saffas have to worry about is defending Saffaland and occasionally skull fucking their neighbors.So if it works in SA its what works best. If your main tank force can arrive at 100kmph its also a bonus

>>30948491
you cant be this stupid

>>30943061
Whats that shroud at the base of the gun made of?

>>30945293
The special forces demo was pretty damn cool.

>>30945036
Reminds me of a fucking cement mixer.

>>30949023
Yes I can