The South African Army is the principal land warfare force of South Africa, a part of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), along with the South African Air Force, South African Navy and South African Military Health Service. The Army is commanded by the Chief of the Army, who is subordinate to the Chief of the SANDF.
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.
South African National Defence Force
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) comprises the armed forces of South Africa. The commander of the SANDF is appointed by the President of South Africa from one of the armed services. They are in turn accountable to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans of the Defence Department.
A SANDF helicopter being refuelled during the annual game census
SANDF paratroops
SANDF Organisation Chart 2019
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