Provides the Army with “battle winning shock action and firepower.” “To provide combat-ready armour forces to CSANDF.”[1]
Motto(s)
Pectore Sicut Ferro (With a chest of steel)
Colors
Orange, White and Blue
Equipment
Olifant tank(current)
Rooikat Armoured car (current)
Ratel 90 (retired)
Ratel ZT3 (current)
Eland Mk7 Armoured car (retired)
Centurion tank (retired)
Stuart light tank (retired)
Saracen Armoured car (retired)
Sherman tank (retired)
Marmon Herrington[2] Armoured car (retired)
Medium Mark A Whippet tank (retired)
Commanders
General Officer Commanding
Brig. Gen. Peter Goliath Mangana
Insignia
Beret Colour
Black
Armour Squadron emblems
Armour beret bar circa 1992
Military unit
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.
^Englebrecht, Leon (20 January 2011). "Fact file: G5 L45 towed gun-howitzer". DefenceWeb. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
^Marshall, W. (2013). Marmon Herrington: A History of the South African Reconnaissance Car. Warsaw: Model Centrum Progres.
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