The 6th South African Armoured Division was the second armoured division of the South African Army and was formed during World War II. Established in early 1943, it was based on a nucleus of men from
Sherman Firefly as operated by the division in Italy.
Troops of the 6th South African Armoured Division arriving in Taranto, Italy. April 1944
Field Marshal JC Smuts (Prime Minister), Major-General Poole (GOC) and Lieutenant-General Sir Pierre van Ryneveld (SA Chief of Staff), in Chiusi, Italy, 24 June 1944. The visit was to discuss the implications of the surrender of A Coy, First City/Cape Town Highlanders.
South African Sherman tanks disabled in the fight to take the Perugia Highlands. 1944
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The South African Army is the principal land warfare force of South Africa, a part of the South African National Defence Force, along with the South African Air Force, South African Navy and South Afr
6th South African Armoured Division
…The 6th South African Armoured Division was the second armoured division of the South African Army and was formed during World War II. Established in early 1943, it was based on a nucleus of men from the former 1st South African Infantry Division who…
BL 5.4 inch Howitzer and crew, East Africa, 1916 or 1917. Photo courtesy of SANDF Archives, from Nöthling, C J (ed), "Ultima Ratio Regum: Artillery History of South Africa" 1987
Cap badge of 1st SA Infantry Brigade
South Africans and Rhodesians fight the Germans hand-to-hand in Delville Wood
A South African Marmon-Herrington Armoured Car conducting reconnaissance in North Africa.