The Ratel-90 fire support vehicle utilised an Eland turret with a 90 mm rifled cannon firing conventional high explosive and high explosive anti-tank shells, while the Ratel-60 mortar carrier was fitted with an Eland turret mounting a 60 mm mortar. [8]

That is, until South African combat experience in May 1978 (Operation Reindeer) demonstrated the urgent need for a fire support vehicle/tank killer that could operate closely with the new Ratel 20 ICV. Up to that point, doctrine had deemed that …

The Ratel 90 serves as a fire support vehicle used to knock out strong points and, while not originally designed for the anti-tank role.

When travelling, the turret is often traversed to the rear. The 90 mm gun fires HEAT (effective range 1,200 m), HE (effective range 2,200 m) and practice (effective range 1,200 m) projectiles. There are 29 rounds of 90 mm ammunition carried in the turret and 42 rounds in the hull.

A common tactic was to fire a round beneath the Ratel, destroying the differentials on its axles and rendering it immobile. This stripped the Ratel of its most crucial advantage and made it an easy target for the other tanks. [28]

A fire-support vehicle which is also used in the anti-tank role. It is basically a Ratel with an Eland-90 turret fitted to a slightly modified hull. The main armament is a 90mm low-pressure gun for which 72 rounds are carried.

The Ratel-90, the standard mechanised infantry fire-support combat vehicle of the SADF, has a two-seater turret with a 90mm low-velocity gun and 7.62 machine-gun coaxially mounted. SADF Ratel-90 Fire Support Vehicle

Ratel-90 Armed with a 90 mm gun was used to engaged targets such as APCs, light IFVs, unarmoured vehicles, buildings and entrenchments. It carried a crew of three and six infantry troops.

A fire support variant, the Ratel 90, is virtually identical to the Ratel 20 apart from the turret mounting a 90-mm gun and one passenger less to make room for the bulkier ammunition. It is fitted with a complete turret of the Eland armored car.

2017年1月5日 · The Ratel 90 serves as a fire support vehicle used to knock out strong points and, while not originally designed for the anti-tank role, proved more than a match for the T-34/85 encountered early on during the South African Border War.