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
Rheinmetall Denel Munition
 * 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
 * HENSOLDT
 * Evotex Engineering

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

General purpose machine guns

 * Vektor SS-77
 * Denel DMG-5

Submachine guns

 * Milkor BXP

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

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)

Towed artillery

 * G5 Leopard


 * G7 LEO

Self-propelled artillery



 * G6 Rhino
 * T5-52
 * Bhim

Rocket artillery

 * Valkiri
 * Bateleur FV2

Armoured ambulance

 * Mfezi

Utility vehicles

 * Hornet RDRV
 * Gecko RDLV
 * Jakkals

Military trucks

 * SAMIL 20
 * SAMIL 50
 * SAMIL 100
 * Denel Africa Truck

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

Attack helicopters



 * Denel Rooivalk
 * Atlas XH-1 Alpha
 * ATE Super Hind

Transport helicopters

 * Atlas Oryx

Patrol vessels



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

Other ships

 * Drakensberg

Close-in weapon systems (CIWS)

 * Denel 35mm Dual Purpose Gun

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

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