Defence industry of South Africa. The South African defence industry is the most advanced in Africa and one of the most advanced and largest in the world with over 20 defence companies. The defence industry provides weapons and equipment to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and for export customers. The South African defence industry develops weapons and combat systems such as rifles, armored fighting vehicles, tanks, artillery, military aircraft, navy ships and missiles.

Companies 

 Armscor
 Atlas Aircraft Corporation
 Atlantis Diesel Engines
 BAE Systems Land Systems South Africa
 Denel
 Denel Land Systems
 Denel Dynamics
 Denel Aeronautics
 Delta G Scientific Company
 DCD Group
 Paramount Group
 Land Systems OMC
 Reutech
 Rippel Effect
 Milkor
 Protechnik
 Sandock-Austral
 Truvelo Armoury
 OTT Technologies
 Roodeplaat Research Laboratories
 Anduril Industries
Rheinmetall Denel Munition
 HENSOLDT
 Evotex Engineering

Small arms and light weapons

Rifles

Assault rifles 
 Vektor R4 and R5

 Vektor R4 Tactical
 Vektor CR-21
 DM4 (AR-15)
 Truvelo Raptor
 TRV 545

Battle rifles 

 R1 rifle

Sniper rifles 

 Truvelo CMS
 Truvelo Phantom X

Anti-material rifles 

 Denel NTW-20
 Truvelo SR-20

Machine guns

General purpose machine guns 

 Vektor SS-77
 Denel DMG-5

Submachine guns 

 Milkor BXP

Grenade launchers and anti-tank launchers

Grenade launchers 

 Milkor MGL
 Neopup PAW-20
 Denel Y3 AGL
 Evotex 66-EGL
 Rippel XRGL40
 Rippel MGL MK4
 Rippel MGL6

Anti-tank launchers 

 Denel FT5

Handguns 
 Vektor Z88
 Vektor SP1

Land systems

Armored vehicles

Armored fighting vehicles 

 Rooikat
 Badger IFV
 Mbombe 8
 Mbombe 6
 Ratel IFV
 iKlwa
 RG-41

Armored personnel carriers 

 Mamba
 Marauder
 Mbombe 4
 Maatla
 MAX 9
 LM14
 RG-12
 RG-19
 RCV-9
 Reva
 Springbuck
 PUMA M26-15
 Bruiser 112

Mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles 

 Casspir
 Matador
 RG-31 Nyala
 RG-32 Scout
 RG-33
 RG-34
 RG-35
 Husky VMMD
 Okapi
 Gila MBPV
 Gila APC

Light tactical vehicles 

 RG Outrider

Internal security vehicles 

 Maverick

Tanks 

 Olifant Mk1A
 Olifant Mk1B
 Olifant Mk2
 Tank Technology Demonstrator (TTD)

Artillery

Towed artillery 

 G5 Leopard

 G7 LEO

Self-propelled artillery 

 G6 Rhino
 T5-52
 Bhim

Rocket artillery 

 Valkiri
 Bateleur FV2

Other vehicles

Armoured ambulance 

 Mfezi

Utility vehicles 

 Hornet RDRV
 Gecko RDLV
 Jakkals

Military trucks 

 SAMIL 20
 SAMIL 50
 SAMIL 100
 Denel Africa Truck

Air systems

Military aircraft

Fighter aircraft 

 Atlas Cheetah
 Atlas Carver

Attack aircraft 

 Paramount Mwari

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) 

 Denel Dynamics Bateleur
 Denel Dynamics Seeker
 Milkor 380 
 ASTUS
 ATE Vulture
 Meteorite
 N-Raven

Helicopters

Attack helicopters 

 Denel Rooivalk
 Atlas XH-1 Alpha
 ATE Super Hind

Transport helicopters 

 Atlas Oryx

Naval systems

Patrol vessels 

 Warrior-class strike craft
 Warrior-class MMIPV
 70M Frontier LMS
 85M Frontier OPV

Other ships 

 Drakensberg

Weapon systems

Close-in weapon systems (CIWS) 

 Denel 35mm Dual Purpose Gun

Missiles, bombs and turrets

Missiles

Anti-tank missiles 

 ZT3 Ingwe
 Mokopa

Cruise missiles 

 MUPSOW
 Torgos
 Raptor II

Surface-to-air missiles 

 Umkhonto

Air-to-air missiles 

 A-Darter
 Marlin

Ballistic missiles 

 RSA-1
 RSA-2
 RSA-3
 RSA-4

Bombs 

 Denel Dynamics Umbani

Turrets

Remote weapon systems 

 Reutech Rogue
 Evotex THEBE
 Evotex IMPI
 Evotex VIKELA

Autocannons 

 Denel Land Systems GI-2

Combat turrets 

 AMICT

 MCT-30

 LCT-20
 Denel GI-30

See also 

 Armscor
 List of equipment of the South African National Defence Force
 South African National Defence Force

References

Further reading 
 

South Africa
Military industry in South Africa