South African Army Armour Formation (original) (raw)

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The South African Army Armour Formation provides an Armour capability to the South African Army. The Formation came into being as part of a restructure. South African Armour Corps units previously under the command of various different brigades and other formations were all grouped under one formation. All armour is assigned to the SA Army Armour Formation under the charge of a General Officer Commanding. (en)

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1946-01-01 (xsd:gYear)

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Orange, White and Blue (en)

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dbr:Brig._Gen._Peter_Goliath_Mangana

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dbr:South_Africa

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200px|SANDF Armour beret bar
200px|SANDF Armour squadron emblems
Black

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dbr:South_African_Army

dbo:motto

(With a chest of steel)

dbo:role

Provides the Army with “battle winning shock action and firepower.”
“To provide combat-ready armour forces to CSANDF.”

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wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/SANDF_Armoured_Formation_Emblem.jpg?width=300

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dbr:Armour

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South African Army150px|SANDF Army emblem (en)

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General Officers Commanding (en)
SANDF Army Armour Formation emblem (en)

dbp:colors

Orange, White and Blue (en)

dbp:commander

dbr:Brig._Gen._Peter_Goliath_Mangana

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dbr:General_Officer_Commanding

dbp:dates

1946 (xsd:integer)

dbp:equipment

dbr:Olifant_tank
Centurion tank (en)
Sherman tank (en)
Stuart light tank (en)
Eland Mk7 Armoured car (en)
Marmon Herrington Armoured car (en)
Medium Mark A Whippet tank (en)
Ratel 90 (en)
Ratel ZT3 (en)
Rooikat Armoured car (en)
Saracen Armoured car (en)

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1946 (xsd:integer)
2014-01-24 (xsd:date)
n.d. (en)

dbp:identificationSymbol

200 (xsd:integer)
Black (en)

dbp:identificationSymbol2Label

Beret Colour (en)

dbp:identificationSymbol3Label

Armour Squadron emblems (en)

dbp:identificationSymbol4Label

Armour beret bar circa 1992 (en)

dbp:motto

(en)

dbp:postIncumbent

Unknown (en)
Brig General Andre Retief (en)
Brig General Chris Gildenhuys (en)

dbp:role

Provides the Army with “battle winning shock action and firepower.” (en)
“To provide combat-ready armour forces to CSANDF.” (en)

dbp:toDate

2014-01-24 (xsd:date)
2018-08-31 (xsd:date)
n.d. (en)

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dbr:Armour

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South African Army Armour Formation (en)

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The South African Army Armour Formation provides an Armour capability to the South African Army. The Formation came into being as part of a restructure. South African Armour Corps units previously under the command of various different brigades and other formations were all grouped under one formation. All armour is assigned to the SA Army Armour Formation under the charge of a General Officer Commanding. (en)

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South African Army Armour Formation (en)

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South African Army Armour Formation (en)

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