Rooikat Armoured Car

[Rooikat]

Guess it wasn't successful lmao

Yes it wasn't produced but I guess it was placed on a hull, no images to prove this though

 

[Sea Harrier FRS.1]

Yes it wasn't produced but I guess it was placed on a hull, no images to prove this though

I believe it was mounted in a turret as I have heard people involved with the project say it but was never shown, maybe there wasn't enough time for installed testing and photos

 

[Rooikat]

I believe it was mounted in a turret as I have heard people involved with the project say it but was never shown, maybe there wasn't enough time for installed testing and photos

Any stats on the guns performance? Or info on planned ammunition?

 

[Sea Harrier FRS.1]

Any stats on the guns performance? Or info on planned ammunition?

If there is any remaining it is probably been so badly kept that you wouldn't be able to read it, it's also harder to get than the money the ANC, EFF and MK stole back into South Africa

 

[BLACK_MAMBA]

Reading all the pro's and con's regarding wheels vs tracks, there are two criteria where the wheeled version is far, far better than a tracked version, mainly because some writers do not understand the local conditions dictate the former.
The first is speed of deployment; reaction to a
threat hundred of kms away cannot be answered by tracked vehicles without tank transporters as they are not designed to go battling through the bush or in and out of dry riverbeds. While the thought of meeting Rooikats barreling down our motorways at 120 kms an hour makes my bowels turn to water, the fact is that they can.
The second criterion would be the speed of response. Tanks have to loaded on transporters, tied down, driven at a slow speed to a deployment point, unchained, started up, dismounted and then driven into action. With the distances involved, even on main roads, the time taken could be days. Add to that a logistical tail and the short range of a tank, there is no doubt that the Rooikat is far superior to a tank.

Further consideration is that of mines. The combat use of Olifant saw several detonate mines leaving the track severed and the vehicle immobile. Were it not for some heroics from the support crew in shortening tacks under fire or pulling tanks back, again under fire, more would have been lost. The wheeled Rooikat shows how a wheeled design can lose a wheel (up to two on a side if the marketers are to he believed), but still be mobile enough to retreat under own power into a position where repairs could be made.

Tanks and their extra armour still have their use approaching fixed and dug in positions (evidenced by the desire to develop the Olifant further (Optimal) and totally new solutions like TTD). Also likely why the SANDF kept both Mk.1A and eventually upgraded 1B into the Mk.2 variant after TTD was cancelled with the decline in defense spending. The war in Ukraine, though, shows doctrine and self-protection changes are a must going forward.