Südafrikanische Infanteriewaffen Einstellungen

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Handguns
Designation:
Common Name: Z88 (Mod 92F)
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria (copy not licensed by Beretta, Gardone Val Trompia, Italy).
Use: Armed forces: general service. Standard sidearm.
Police forces: general service. Standard sidearm.

Designation:
Common Name: Vektor SP1
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Police forces: general service.

Submachine Guns
1,259 IMI Uzi submachine guns were scheduled for destruction in 1999.

Common Name: MP5A3
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.
Use: Police forces: special service. In use with STF.
Details: Retractable stock.

Designation: S1
Common Name: Uzi
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Israel Military Industries (IMI), Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel; Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria (licensed).
Use: Armed forces: out of service (1961-1990s). OBSOLETE.
Police forces: special service.
Details: Folding stock.

Common Name: Mini-Uzi
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Israel Military Industries (IMI), Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel
Use: Police forces: special service. In use with STF.
Details: Folding stock.

Designation:
Common Name: BXP
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Milkor, Lynn East.
Use: Armed forces: general service. Standard submachine gun (1988-).
Police forces: general service. Standard submachine gun.
Details: Folding stock.

Rifles
199,832 LIW R1 rifles, 12,237 LIW R2 rifles, and 3,708 Springfield M1 rifles were scheduled for destruction in 1999.

Designation: R4
Common Name: Galil ARM
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria (licensed from IMI, Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel).
Use: Armed forces: general service (1982-). 1979?
Police forces: general service.
Details: Folding stock. Bipod.

Designation: R5
Common Name: Galil SAR
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria (licensed from IMI, Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel).
Use: Armed forces: general service (1982-).
Police forces: general service.
Details: Carbine with 330mm barrel. Folding stock.

Designation: R6
Common Name: Galil MAR
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria (licensed from IMI, Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel).
Use: Armed forces: limited service (1994-).
Details: Carbine with 280mm barrel. Folding stock.

Common Name: AW
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Accuracy International Ltd, Portsmouth, England.
Use: Armed forces: special service?
Details: Schmidt & Bender 3-12× scope.

Common Name: Galil SR
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Israel Military Industries (IMI), Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel.
Use: Police forces: special service. In use with STF.
Details: Folding stock. Bipod. Scope.

Common Name: Model 700 (M24)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Remington Arms Co, Bridgeport, USA.
Use: Armed forces: special service.
Details: Leupold M3A 10× scope. Bipod.

Common Name: NTW20
Calibre: 20×82mm
Origin: Mechem, ???.  
Use: Armed forces: special service (1998-). 30+ acquired.
Details: Bipod. 8× scope.

Machine Guns
3,637 RSAF L4A1 BREN light machine guns, 2,256 Vickers L1 machine guns, and 412 Browning L3 machine guns were scheduled for destruction in 1999.

Designation:
Common Name: Vektor Mini-SS
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria.
Use: Armed forces: general service. Standard machine gun.
Details: Folding stock. Bipod. Optional tripod.

Designation: L7A1
Common Name: MAG-60-20 T7 (L7A1)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: general service (1960-). Gradually being replaced by SS-77
Details: Bipod. Optional tripod.

Designation: L3
Common Name: Browning M1919A4 (Vektor MG4 AA)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria.
Use: Armed forces: general service. In use as flexible gun on vehicles

Designation: L3
Common Name: Browning M1919A4 (Vektor MG4 CA)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria.
Use: Armed forces: general service. In use as coaxial gun on armoured vehicles

Designation:
Common Name: Vektor SS77
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria.
Use: Armed forces: general service (1987-). Standard machine gun.
Details: Folding stock. Bipod. Optional tripod.

Designation:
Common Name: Browning M2HB
Calibre: 12.7×99mm
Origin: USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service.

Hand Grenades
Designation:
Common Name: M26
Origin: Swartklip Products, Cape Town.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Details: Defensive grenade.

Grenade Launchers
Common Name: AGS-17
Calibre: 30×28mmB
Origin: Russia.
Use: Armed forces: limited service.
Details: Tripod.

Designation:
Common Name: Stopper
Calibre: 37×122mmSR
Origin: Milkor Ltd, Lynn East.
Use: Police forces: general service.

Designation:
Common Name: M79
Calibre: 40×46mmSR
Origin: Colt’s Manufacturing Co Inc, Hartford.
Use: Armed forces: limited service.

Designation:
Common Name: MGL MK1
Calibre: 40×46mmSR
Origin: Milkor Ltd, Lynn East.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Details: 6-round revolving drum. Folding stock. Trijicon Armson OEG collimating sight.

Light Antitank Weapons
Designation:
Common Name: RPG-7
Calibre: 40mm (85mm warhead)
Origin: Russia.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Details: 2.5× scope.

Designation:
Common Name: FT5
Calibre: 92mm
Origin: SOMCHEM, Somerset.
Use: Armed forces: general service. 1,020+ acquired.  

Cannon
Designation:
Common Name: Vektor GA1
Calibre: 20×82mmRB
Origin: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use on helicopters.

Designation:
Common Name: M693 (Vektor G12)
Calibre: 20×139mm
Origin: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria (licensed from GIAT, ???, France).
Use: Armed forces: general service. In use on Ratel-20 armoured personnel carrier.
Details: Dual feed.

Designation:
Common Name: KAD-B13 (HS820)
Calibre: 20×139mm
Origin: Oerlikon-Bührle AG, Zürich-Oerlikon, Switzerland.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use on AA mount.

Designation:
Common Name: KDB
Calibre: 35×228mm
Origin: Oerlikon-Bührle AG, Zürich-Oerlikon, Switzerland.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. Used on twin AA mount.