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A buddy of mine lost his life in the end of 1983 in a Ratel, due to 23mm fire. Rest in peace, Piet. It is a wonderful vehicle! The best ever! T55's ran when they saw a Ratel 90 🎖️👍

@vvr881

Жыл бұрын

@@lavre8045 thats why we don't trust anymore

@penekedirero4636

Жыл бұрын

@@lavre8045 Keep on dreaming keyboard warrior, nothing was given away, no one just gives power away dum@ss

@benvandermerwe4934

Ай бұрын

That was a bad day, remember it well. Anti-aircraft system used as ground defence. He was well dug in and I think they took him out with a Bosbok that dropped small bombs or rockets. Schoolmate Walter Bremer earned a Honoris Crux at Lomba fighting tanks during that last campaign. Greetings from a infantry platoon commander, '84-85. We still get together once a year for a braai and brandy to honour those that never cleared out. Xerci Perfectioni. 🥃👍🏻

@IRON-5

22 күн бұрын

T-55 ran when they saw ratel?.. bruuhh that thing has 23 mm cannon only and 10mm of armor it can easily get destroyed

@jeffnic3116

21 күн бұрын

@@IRON-5 What had a 23mm cannon? Ratel 90 a 90mm cannon, so you are not referring to the Ratel 90.

Thank you, thank you, thank you - from a proud Ratel combat veteran.

My dad had driven a handfull of these when he served in the SADF, and to this day it was his most enjoyable ride ever, and wants to go and drive one before he passes or it is retired Its even more comforatable for the driver than any modern day car he has driven

Came across a FAPLA recon patrol in the early hours just before dawn, they were still in their sleeping bags, drove right over them with our 90's.

Indeed the South African vehicles are legendary with their good designs and superb combat performances. Excellent video. I also loved small touch on honey badger

@johnlamb3101

Жыл бұрын

Long live PW Botha. Absolute mastermind on defence. Viva Apartheid.

@chris5240

5 ай бұрын

@@johnlamb3101 It is a sign of low intelligence to be racist. Look it up if you don't believe me.

FINALLY, truly legendary I hope we make a modern version in the future because it's success is incredible till this day !

@girthbrooks39

Жыл бұрын

That'll never happen. Modern South Africans are not the same as the Afrikaners that made these. Forget building anything of worth, today's South Africans are incapable of even maintaining the ingenious feats of engineering they inherited from the folk who created it all. INDISPUTABLE FACTS.

@xxxlonewolf49

Жыл бұрын

The success is also a matter of timing. There is no guarantee making a 'new' on would succeed at all.

@zopEnglandzip

Жыл бұрын

Thank God those men had the forethought to dismantle the nuclear weapons program.

@girthbrooks39

Жыл бұрын

@@zopEnglandzip no shit huh? Almost as terrifying a thought as the reality that those little rat faced psychos of is real hell have one (at least)..

@williamkgasi6258

Жыл бұрын

Forget it Anc comrades and Guptas under Zuma administration destroyed Denel.

I served with 61 Mech Bn Gp in 1981 and Ratels were our main weapon system. The thing I remember the most about them was the whine as it travelled and the sound of engines and small of diesel exhausts. They were excellent vehicles and served us very well back then and in subsequent battles. Long may they survive.

Will always have a soft spot for the Ratel,spend many days and nights in one. Please make a video of the G5

Among the greatest old South African military machines

Ah the Ratel, a South African classic.

As an eager enthusiast of all military stuff and especially South African military stuff which are locally developed, I really regret the declining of the SANDF and military industries because of the regimes lack of interest and corruption in all areas.

When I was a kid I received this gift from a family member who had collected plenty European military magazines he had broughtfor me from overseas, it was the time before Internet and such things were absolute god sends, I still remember their yellow pages filled with advertisements for these South African armored cars... so many of them...

South Africa installed anti-tank missiles (ZT-3 Swift missiles) on the Ratel in 1987, it was referred to the Ratel ZT-3 and proved deadly against the T54 and T55 Russian tanks during the Bush/Angolan War. The enemy lost 93 Russian tanks, South Africa lost 3 tanks, it was the largest tank war in Africa since WW2.

@craigbritz1684

Жыл бұрын

And the 3 SA tanks got hit by minefields not enemy tanks.

Best vehicle I was ever deployed in

Magnificent war machine! Yeah we must rember to it. I see some fantasy and a lot logic in the Ratel 90 and it is the most exciting variant for me. Yeah the Ratel 20 is also a great vehicle but I can imagine some ATGM launchers just like on the BMP-2M. But I see the most potencial in the LCT-35 variant. Thanks for the video, I loved every minute of it.

Why I like your channel is the diversity of countries you cover . Not many KZread channels cover so many different countries

This was a beautiful country. Respect to all who served for the old defense force.

@jon9625

Жыл бұрын

Still is beautifull

THANK YOU for this video! I have been waiting a long time. 🙂 I have long thought the Ratel began serving in the ‘60s.

Such an awesome vehicle, grew up in the north of South West Africa (Namibia) and sometimes had to take one of these to travel to the OPS area to visit my dad.

I had the honour to meet the veterans from Operation Savannah a while back and got the hear about first hand accounts about the performance of the South African vehicles

Could you possibly see if you can find out anything about the Zero Charlie Ratel - A mobile electronic warfare vehicle with a crew of 3 and no weapons. It was often deployed with Ratel 20s and Ratel 90s (although often is perhaps the wrong word here. Relatively often may be better). I received very brief training in one, and had friends who spent more time working with them, including stories about using them with Ratel 90s to successfully take on the bigger soviet tanks by blocking all (or most) external sensors and external comms. A final thought - while your technical description of the vehicle was impressive, it failed to convey how truly versatile and useful it really was. It really was a go-anywhere do-anything go-to vehicle.

"Ratel" is an Afrikaans word and the "a" is pronounced like the "a" in "Bath". I worked in the design office as a trainee when this was being developed!

@vvr881

Жыл бұрын

So I must thank you for all the tyre rolling and tow bar running exercises I had to endure 🤣✌️

@Brommear

Жыл бұрын

@@vvr881 Yip, that was me. Designed an extra heavy wheel for the troopies.

@mwanikimwaniki6801

Жыл бұрын

@@Brommear how many design engineers were there?

@Brommear

Жыл бұрын

@@mwanikimwaniki6801 Probably about 30 or 40- Many spoke German.

@mwanikimwaniki6801

Жыл бұрын

@@Brommear Interesting. Were they locals or foreigners who were trained abroad?

Proud veteran here of 1SSB SADF

My dad told me this things gearbox was so tough they would be going full speed and slap it in reverse... It would like chug chug chug till it stopped and started going backwards quick sticks... Had a few gears in reverse if i remember his story right...

@detdet3871

Жыл бұрын

Yes reverse 1 and reverse 2.

Thanks for uploading 👍👍👍

Awesome video. Thank you

I was in a Ratel 60 fire control post with AS Artillery equipment, our did 120km/h. You could not stand in the turret, had to use the sight glasses (periscope)

Malaysia still operates a version called the Sibmas...made in Belgium

Excellent

there's a audio only clip on KZread of a ratel taking out a t 72 . ps my brother was a ratel driver.

@Frog13799

Жыл бұрын

Ratels never faced a T-72 in combat

@markrutlidge5427

Жыл бұрын

@@Frog13799 I stand corrected it was a t64.

@henrykeyter53

Жыл бұрын

T-64... Are you talking about major Hannes Nortman? He had a prototype ZT-3 at the time yeah?

@markrutlidge5427

Жыл бұрын

@@henrykeyter53 I don't know who it was s or what time of ratel except it was a 90

Just by the way... it's pronounce RAH-TILL. Not "rattle" although most of them did

@frednel4326

Жыл бұрын

Actually nope, absolutely no rattles at all tbh, all I heard as a gunner was that massive 6 cylinder Bussing engine whine as it goes through its automated gears lol, the Ratel 20 was a solid beast with no problems whatsoever and espeacialy no rattles, maybe if hitting a jump at high speed one might hear the suspension bottom out but I've not even seen that and I've had my good share of ruff n tumble with Ratels, they wer unbreakable tbh, I was always amazed at how solid it was on its wheels compared to its massive size because as the gunner I've also actualy driven them myself alot and could feel for myself just how safe it actualy handled even at high speeds, so I know they don't rattle bro, these wer my home for a good part of my military time✌😉

For the retel 90 is that -8 over the drivers hatch or the most it can get to the left or right of it cause I believe it could go Slightly lower if not facing the direct front but I could be wrong also could the ratel 60 load any ap 60 mm rounds

@marcusmoonstein242

Жыл бұрын

I was trained as a Ratel 90 gunner in 1987 so I can answer your questions. The gun could actually decline to -10degrees, but the top of the drivers hatch would block you from reaching full declination over the frontal arc, hence the -8degrees mentioned. At the time all 90mm gunners were also trained on the 60mm as well. The 60mm breech-loading mortar was a fun weapon to shoot, but very inaccurate in direct fire due to it being a smooth-bore. We only had high explosive, smoke, and illumination rounds for that mortar. There were no HEAT rounds.

I drove the Eland, we used to call them Noddy Cars because they were small, I could hardly fit in it. I unfortuntely never got to drive the Ratel.

@honeybadger1656

Жыл бұрын

My father used to drive the Eland 60 in Rhodesia. He has so many stories.

13:55 it's really a sad state of affairs that Denel is losing it's capablities and prowess. You could say it's due to government mismanagement, but it's more to do with the competitive and cut-throat arms manufacturing space, and which countries can produce/enforce production. SA doesn't fight in active wars, so over the years the local demand for tech has dropped substantially since the 80's. Exporting it to other African countries makes the most economic sense, which is probably why they focus on Ratel "DLC" or add-ons to existing fleets than selling new vehicles. I am assuming this is specifically for the vehicles department at Denel, because they make several systems and weapons .

Make a video on gnat sabre slayer

We were the BEST!

63 Mech 11A

Could you please make a video on INS Vikrant, the first indigenous aircraft carrier of Indian Navy , commission earlier this month .

I have work on them as a Tiffie during the war.

Sir can make videos about VEC M 1 😊

@WeaponDetective

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your interest. We added the VEC M1 to our list. We will make a video as soon as possible.

In the the 1960's (and up to 1975) those who were fighting the communist insurgents/guerrillas in Angola and Moçambique were the Portuguese.

Holy shit how many variants and configurations from just one single platform?

@mwanikimwaniki6801

Жыл бұрын

It's a Swiss Knife

@tarektechmarine8209

Жыл бұрын

South Africa wasn't being funded for helped in any way, praise to the people who designed and improved it. Even the tactics make sense, never get hit and carry a big gun.

14:22 I wonder what it's like to have at least 4 different types of tire on one vehicle, and spraypainting your camo with silver paint to better stand out against the dreary, natural background.

@buckstarchaser2376

Жыл бұрын

@Gavin Tye Look for yourself! The front, middle, rear, and spare-on-top are all different tread patterns. Also, the recovery hardware in the front are painted silver... Which is contrary to the concept of camouflage. Or in other words, you could have answered that question yourself by simply looking at the image at the time stamp I provided.

@worshond1

Жыл бұрын

@@buckstarchaser2376 it maybe training vehicles because when operational everything wasnt so haphazard

@buckstarchaser2376

Жыл бұрын

@@worshond1 I would more suspect a parade vehicle, as training vehicles generally don't have such nice paint, but who really knows what happens in the mind of someone who paints metal silver to make it look like clean metal, on a military vehicle?

The sound of death.

When a Rand would buy you a Dollar. When one would leave the tokens on your verandah, And early the next morning, cold bottles of milk would be delivered.. When ministers were accountable. When Denel had muscle.

Well Bunga the Honey Badger would admire this vehicle.

Yemen army used it before the war from old time besides btr and bmb and reva and locally armoured viechles RIP Yemen Army

The once world-class South African defense industry has been ruined by gross incompetence, corruption, and brain drain as a result of affirmative action policies. It had the potential to be a major contributor to the economy, but hey, here we are. Same could be said for pretty much everything the ANC touches. It's embarrassing.

@cm-pr2ys

Жыл бұрын

Imagine if Rhodesia never fell

@gerhardvanderpoll7378

Жыл бұрын

Yep....the African National Corruption (ANC) has the Midas touch in reverse...everything they touch turns into 💩💩💩💩

@karooboermeyer1115

Жыл бұрын

Its still here, just everything gets exported. Our IFV and armoured vehicles are first class

@petelosuaniu

Жыл бұрын

It’s actually a major source of exports. You don’t know because you’re a chicken runner.

@reprimand33

Жыл бұрын

Liberal policies destroyed ZA No accountability no consequences

If only South Africa spent more on its military, instead of 3 billion USD, we could make the budget 12 billion USD, how much would that better or army. We could afford to replace our ageing equipment and replace it with new military hardware, we could afford to recruit more men into the armed forces, and we could afford to put our airplanes back in the skies

@johnlamb3101

4 ай бұрын

Everything in ZA is a mess under black communist rule. Dream on…….

Who built it company wise.. Denel??

@FredMet001

Жыл бұрын

Sandock-Austral

❤️❤️❤️🤔🤔🤔

As wise men have said: "All aboard the battle bus"

The anthem is wrong…it should be “Die Stem”…as it was PW Botha’s time

@henrykeyter53

Жыл бұрын

Jip. This song makes my ears bleed.

Update, upgrade and set up shop in the right place and pump out, pre-ordered, pre-paid, 'Ratel KrakAttak' vehicles for sale to 'approved' clients. 😑

Ukraine could use some of these they've been doing thunder run attacks in Humvee s these would be great for that kind of war

@mljcombrink8484

Жыл бұрын

Ukraine soldiers fights with the same quality of integrity then the old SADF soldiers fought ...discipline is the keyword here....yep...who can forget the Ratel ....

@andrewdutoit9571

Жыл бұрын

@@mljcombrink8484 You supporting the wrong side. Do some research. Watch Redacted on KZread.

@moosesnWoop

Жыл бұрын

nonsense, we're not sponsoring war. Zelensky has fucked his country, no one asked him to bomb Donbas from September 2021 to February 2022 , with NATO sponsored weapons no less. They literally forced Russia's hand instead of dialouge as in 2019.

@janrdoh

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewdutoit9571 Down with russia!

@tarektechmarine8209

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewdutoit9571 don't support any side, especially not in the state we're in.

As a ex 20 mm Ratel gunner myself from the Angolan bush war era this brings back so much memories, good and bad, my intake was 1979 January to 1980 december in 1 Sai mechanized battalion and did military camps for 11 yrs after 2 yrs national service, and if asked to do it agen I surely would 👍, it's what made men outta boys and I'm proud to have been part of a once verry powerfull and strict super discipline'd army, it was the experience of my life... peace and GLORY TO UKRAIN 💪💪🇺🇦💪💪

@bernard8793

Жыл бұрын

Would these vehicles still be usefull in a modern war in my country Ghana

@frednel4326

Жыл бұрын

@@bernard8793 most definitely yes 👍

@kh5736

Жыл бұрын

@@bernard8793 even trucks with gun mounts are effective so yes

@tsv8664

9 ай бұрын

When the full-scale war broke out in Ukraine last year (amusing that Putler regime still refers to it as s "special military operation"), I was first encouraged by our Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor's immediate condemnation of the invasion, and then disappointed with the whiplash backpedaling in support of Ruzzia. I saw an opportunity for SA to export Ratels and the G6 to Ukraine. Also our Gripen C's need a reason to exist to justify the maintainence costs (SAAB reneged on their offset agreements with Mandela's government in the late 1999s...my understanding, so we don't even have the money to keep 2 squadrons airborne😢). All the SANDF can do these days it seems is participate in a few military parades and airshows...oh yes, I almost forgot, to protect SA mining interests in the DRC etc. and one or two peacekeeping missions.

you wrote it wrong . it should be patel , not ratel

ratel same aifv sibmas made in belgium

Wish you would use Imperial and metric measurements. When you say 1000km 50% is 500 miles so that's what I go with, but after looking it up it's 621.4 miles. Difficult to do math like that while paying attention to what you are saying.

@dougerrohmer

Жыл бұрын

He should have used football fields and school busses.

@melon9680

Жыл бұрын

Just stick to Metric, imperial is just dysfunctional and unnecessary.

@frednel4326

Жыл бұрын

He meant 1000 or 2000 meters or its one to two kilometers lol 👍

The badger

Wrong anthem in the background

I'd like to know why the Americans chose the ASV and all the MRAPs instead of this. It sounds better than everything g we had in Iraq.

egyptian god - "ra" , to turn or plow a field "till" , ra - till.

Sold out by incompetents. Incompetents that couldn't even come up with their own firearms or weaponry designs or creations. Pathetic.

@tarektechmarine8209

Жыл бұрын

yup, bunch of SA history and legacy thrown away for a little more personal pocket money.

Bambum bambum see bullet proof from AK 47. And then 10 RPG come and tell how weak we arw

If I had a dollar every time some one names wheeled armoured vehicle after an animal from the Mustelidae family, I would have at least two dollars.

WAR THUNDER

ah yes recommended to me as war thunder player

skill issue 13:00

wargame red dragon

The Ratels got the wrong brake fluid they are all duds

pronounced "rah-til"

Honey badger don't care.

I wish we could send these to help Ukraine. Even though they're outdated by now they should still be able to help a lot

@andrewdutoit9571

Жыл бұрын

Watch Redacted on YT. The West is using Ukrainian youth like they used ours to fight their boogymen.

@dwaineleso5127

Жыл бұрын

SA supports Russia not Nazi run Ukraine.

@tarektechmarine8209

Жыл бұрын

Nah, stop it. The americans are already 'giving' money to them. All that money is definitely not all helping Ukraine, imagine the ride they'll take the south african public for, cause we know they love too.

@Stefan-X24

Жыл бұрын

SA is part of BRICS and therefor will support Russia.

@GerhardtRoos

5 ай бұрын

Hoekom gee jy om oor Europeërs wat teen ander Europeërs veg? Dit het niks met ons te doen nie. Suid-Afrika eerste.

Show this Vechile with the Republic Flag, not the damned bantu blanket that SA has as a flag today.

@mwanikimwaniki6801

Жыл бұрын

Lol. Listen to the sad Boer boohoo

@comancheflyer4903

Жыл бұрын

@@mwanikimwaniki6801 I know your kind prefer to live in kak.

@mwanikimwaniki6801

Жыл бұрын

@@comancheflyer4903 Boohoo another sad Boer...

@christobosman5710

Ай бұрын

mandela's jog strap , that's all .

Powered by Cummins! made in the USA

@neilnaude4643

7 ай бұрын

POWERED BY BUSSING...NOT CUMMINS

I really wish all of the people butthurt about the decline of the South African weapons industry would get over. Yeah these weapons were awesome. Yes it's gone to shit. Everyone knows. Sit back, relax and enjoy the damm video. Appreciate what was and move on because truth be told their is no need for it anymore. It would be nice if it were still up to scratch but it's not. Move on.

@henrykeyter53

Жыл бұрын

No.

@TobyAnderson

Жыл бұрын

@@henrykeyter53 Enjoy your self made mental anguish. May you never know the bliss of contentment.

Pronunciation is kak sleg

@rsa420

Жыл бұрын

Cant even quote the book correctly

Could be a good attribution for Ukrain✊🏽

@GerhardtRoos

5 ай бұрын

The South African government supports Russia, but most South Africans don't care about Europeans killing other Europeans.

Too bad the ratels are garbage in warthunder:(

@Militaryheritage

Жыл бұрын

I have no such problems with them. If you play it as a support, you will do much better.