UNIT FLASHES AND EMBLEMS:

The full time units mainly added their unit flashes or emblems on the front armoured plate to the right of the drivers window. Units that did this are 1 SAI and 4 SAI. 61 Mech added their emblem to the left of the window. Part time formations like 7 Division added their formation emblem to the right front glacis plate and their unit emblem to the left side. Tactical emblems were also added to vehicles from time to time. During exercises at the Army Battle School it is known that abbreviated unit names were added to vehicles above the front wheel arch. Examples like RWP (Regiment Western Province) and RNT (Regiment Northern Transvaal) do exist. Company (sub-unit) emblems were added to 1 SAI Bn vehicles to the right  front armoured plate next to the drivers window. These were in the form of animal silhouettes : Buffalo, Rhino and a Garfield cat being used. A Ratel logistics vehicles was developed up to the prototype stage with the result that no callsigns was added to these vehicles. Two versions were built. The first being a flatbed containerised cargo type of vehicle and the second a technical type for the transportation of containerised engine and transmission components. Both vehicles were equipped with a hoist to load and unload the equipment. The R-number of the cargo vehicle was R37374 in the black and white style.

ABBREVIATIONS:   

ICV Infantry Combat Vehicle HF High Frequency FSV Fire Support Vehicle VHF Very High Frequency SAI South African Infantry EW Electronic Warfare BN Battalion RNT Regt Northern Transvaal MECH Mechanised RWP Regt Western Province OPS Operation SSB Special Service Battalion.

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