Operation Reindeer
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Operation Reindeer, which began on 4 May 1978, was South Africa's second major military operation in Angola, the first being Operation Savannah.
Reindeer marked the combat debut of the Ratel infantry fighting vehicle.
Ratel IFV
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The Ratel is a South African infantry fighting vehicle. It was the first wheeled infantry fighting vehicle to enter service worldwide and was built on a modified MAN truck chassis. The Ratel was desig
Operation Reindeer
…and Serfontein would cross the border and attack the bases around Dombondola from the south. Juliet crossed the border around 10 am on 4 May in the new Ratels. They headed east past Dombondola to assemble north of Chetequera but arrived 90 minutes late due to the condition of the Angolan bush and road tracks…
Ratel-90 Mk III of the South African Army
SANDF troops and a Ratel attached to UNAMID in Darfur, 2009.
Jordanian Ratel-20 in the Royal Tank Museum, Amman.
Ratels of the Rapid Intervention Battalion deployed in Far Northern Cameroon in January 2019.