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Based on the Ratel-20, the standard mechanised infantry combat vehicle of the SADF, the Ratel-60 has the smaller turret from the original Eland-60 armoured car fitted which has a 60mm breech loading mortar. A machine-gun can be mount-ed on the mounting above the rear of the hull. The Ratel has two side doors and a small door in the rear of the hull, with hatches on the roof. Its armour only protects against small-arms fire and shrapnel, and the vehicle is well and truly mine-protected. The bottom of the hull is angled and reinforced so as to deflect mine blasts out to the sides. Four firing ports in the hull sides also have bullet-proof vision blocks. It is powered by a 230 kW twelve litre, six-cylinder diesel engine with an automatic transmission. Weighing 18.5 tons when combat-loaded, it can achieve a road speed of 105 km/h and has a range of 1,000 kms. the bottom of the hull is angled and reinforced so as to deflect mine blasts out to the sides |
SADF Ratel-60 Combat Support Vehicle
Scotia 1/300th scale miniature supplied and painted by Anthony van Dijk of the Peninsula Wargames Group
| Specifications |
| Weight |
18.5 tonnes |
| Length |
7.212 m |
| Width |
2.5.16 m |
| Height |
2.915 m |
| Crew |
4 + 7 |
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| Armor |
20 mm |
| Primary armament |
60 mm Breech Loading Mortar |
| Secondary armament |
1 x 7.62 mm MG (anti-aircraft) |
| Engine |
D 3256 BTXF 6-cylinder in-line turbocharged diesel 282 hp (210 kW) |
| Power/weight |
15.24 hp/tonne |
| Suspension |
Wheeled 6x6, 350mm clearance |
| Operational Rnge |
1000 km |
| Speed |
105 km/h (road); 30 km/h (off-road) |
For more detail on the Ratel IFV, see Wikipedia.com
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