Rhodesian Army
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[edit] Organization
- Army Headquarters
- 4 Brigade Headquarters, 2 District Headquarters, and Special Forces Headquarters
- Rhodesian Light Infantry
- Rhodesian Special Air Service
- Selous Scouts
- Rhodesian Armored Car Regiment
- Grey's Scouts
- Rhodesian African Rifles (six independent companies)
- Rhodesia Regiment (eight battalions)
- 1 Psychological Operations Unit
- Rhodesian Defense Regiment (two battalions)
- Rhodesian Intelligence Corps
- Rhodesian Artillery (one depot, one field regiment)
- 6 Engineer Squadrons
- 5 Engineer Support Squadrons
- 3 Brigade Signals Squadrons
- 2 Service Area Headquarters (Matabeleland and Mashonaland)
- 2 Ordnance and Supplies Depots (Bulowayo, Salisbury)
- 2 Base Workshops (Bulowayo, Salisbury)
- 1 Air Supply Platoon
- 3 Maintenance Companies
- 3 Medical Companies and the Army Health Unit
- Tsanga Lodge
- 5 Provost Platoons and the Army Detention Barracks
- 6 Pay Companies
- Rhodesian Army Education Corps
- Rhodesian Corps of Chaplains
- Army Records, and Army Data Processing Unit
- Rail Transport Organisation Platoon
- 1 Military Postal Platoon
[edit] Training establishments
- School of Infantry
- 19 Corps Training Depot
- School of Military Engineering
- School of Signals
- Services Training School
- Services Trade Training Center
- Medical Training School
- School of Military Police
- Pay Corps Training School
- School of Military Administration
[edit] Equipment
[edit] Armored vehicles
- FV4034 Challenger 2 main battle tank
- Challenger 2E
- Challenger Armored Repair and Recovery Vehicle (CRARRV)
- Titan armored bridge layer
- Trojan combat engineering vehicle
- FV4030/4 Challenger 1 main battle tank
- FV430 series
- FV431 armored load carrier
- FV432 armored personnel carrier
- FV433 Abbot SPG: 105mm self-propelled gun
- FV434 "Carrier, Maintenance, Full Tracked"
- FV435 Wavell communications vehicle
- FV436 Command and control
- FV437 Pathfinder vehicle
- FV438 Swingfire guided missile launcher
- FV439 Signals vehicle
- FV430 Mk3 Bulldog upgraded troop carrier
- Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked)
- FV101 Scorpion light tank
- FV102 Striker anti-tank guided missile carrier
- FV103 Spartan armored personnel carrier
- FV104 Samaritan combat ambulance
- FV105 Sultan command and control vehicle
- FV106 Samson armored recovery vehicle
- FV107 Scimitar light tank
- Sabre light tank
- Shielder minelayer
- Streaker high mobility carrier
- Rooikat armored fighting vehicle
- Rooikat 76
- Rooikat 105: GT7 105mm anti-tank gun
- Ratel infantry fighting vehicle
- Ratel 20: Original version
- Ratel 81: 81mm mortar carrier
- Ratel 90: Fire support vehicle
- Ratel Command: Command vehicle
- Ratel Maintenance: Recovery and fitters vehicle
- Ratel Logistic: Logistic vehicle
- Ratel ZT3: Anti-tank guided missile carrier
- Gila mine-protected armored personnel carrier
- Buffel mine-protected armored personnel carrier
- Log Buffel: Logistic/Cargo version
- Moffel: Open cargo-bed version
- Casspir mine-protected armored personnel carrier
- Casspir Mk 2
- Casspir Mk 3
- Mamba mine-protected armored personnel carrier
- Springbuck Mk2
- Reva mine-protected armored personnel carrier
- Command and control version
- Ambulance version
- Recovery version
- VIP transport version
- Cheetah medium mine-protected vehicle
- RG-31 Nyala multipurpose mine-protected vehicle
- RG-31 Sabre: Cargo version
- RG-32 Scout light command/liaison vehicle
- Eland Mk7 4x4 light armored car
- EE-9 Cascavel 6x6 armored car
- Bandvagn 206 small-unit support vehicle
- Bv 206A: Ambulance variant
- Bv 206F: Fire appliance variant
- BVS10 All-Terrain Armored Vehicle
[edit] Support vehicles
- SAMIL 20 4x4 truck
- SAMIL 50 4x4 truck
- SAMIL 100 6x6 truck
- MAN heavy duty truck
- Land Rover Defender 110
- Land Rover Wolf military utility vehicle
[edit] Artillery
- L118 Light Gun 105mm towed howitzer
- G5 155mm towed howitzer
- G7 105mm towed artillery
- AS-90 155mm self-propelled howitzer
- Brandt 60mm long-range gun-mortar
- M120 120mm mortar
[edit] Aircraft
- DHC-4 Caribou STOL utility transport
- DHC-5 Buffalo STOL utility transport
- DHC-6 Twin Otter STOL utility transport
- C-47 Skytrain transport
- O-2 Skymaster observation aircraft
- O-2A: Forward air control variant
- O-2B: Psychological warfare variant
- Aérospatiale Alouette III light utility helicopter
- BAE Hawk 200 attack aircraft
- F-5E Tiger II fighter-bomber
