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Denel Land Systems

Denel Land Systems is a division of the Denel group.

It was formerly Lyttelton Engineering Works (LIW—from ), a subsidiary part of the commercial network from Armscor. It then became the Systems division of the Land Systems Group of Denel.[1]

They are responsible for the design and manufacture of systems ranging from artillery (such as G5 howitzer and G6 howitzer) to small arms such as the R4 assault rifle.[2]

Products

Vehicles

  • Rooikat:[3] 8×8 armoured combat vehicle with a GT4 76 mm gun in turret
  • Badger IFV: 8×8 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle
  • G7: T7-52 105 mm light howitzer
  • G5:[4] T6-52 155 mm towed howitzer
  • G6 Rhino:[4] T6-52 155 mm self-propelled howitzer
  • G6 Marksman:[4] G6 base vehicle combined with a British Marksman SPAAG turret
  • Tank Technology Demonstrator (TTD): A new refined Main Battle Tank that Denel helped develop

Turrets

  • MCT 12.7: Turret with 12.7 mm machine gun
  • LCT 20: Turret with a GA-1 20 mm gun
  • LCT 30: Turret with a GI-30 30 mm gun
  • MCT 30:[5] Turret with a GI-30 30 mm gun
  • LCT 30 ATGM:[5] Turret with a GI-30 30 mm gun and four Ingwe ATGM launchers
  • LMT 105:[3] Turret with a GT7 105 mm tank gun
  • T7-52:[4] Turret with a GT7[4] 105 mm howitzer gun
  • T6-52:[4] Turret with a Denel 155mm Howitzer Gun 155 mm howitzer gun
  • T5-52:[4] Turret with a Denel 155mm Howitzer Gun 155 mm truck-mounted howitzer gun
  • MCT 60 Mortar:[5] Turret with a M10 Mortar 60 mm mortar
  • MCT Missile:[5] Turret with two Ingwe ATGM launchers
  • Vektor GA-1: 20x82 mm gun for turrets
  • Denel GI-2 20x139 mm gun for turrets or naval applications
  • Denel GI 30: 30 mm gun for turrets
  • Denel 35mm Dual Purpose Gun: 35 mm naval gun close-in weapons system
  • Denel GT4: 76 mm rifled gun for turrets
  • Denel GT7: 105 mm light gun for turrets
  • Denel 155mm Howitzer Gun: 155 mm heavy gun for turrets

Mortar systems

  • M10 Mortar:[6] 60 mm mortar for turrets
  • M4 60:[7][5] 60 mm commando mortar
  • M6 60:[7][5] 60 mm mortar
  • M8 81:[7] 81 mm mortar

Small arms

  • Vektor SP1: 9 mm semi-automatic pistol
  • Vektor R1/R2/R3: 7.62 mm battle rifle
  • Vektor R4/R5/R6: 5.56 mm assault rifle
  • Vektor CR-21: 5.56 mm bullpup assault rifle (prototype only)
  • Vektor Mini-SS: 5.56 mm light machine gun
  • Vektor Mini-SS Compact:[7] 5.56 mm compact light machine gun
  • Vektor SS-77:[7] 7.62 mm medium machine gun
  • Vektor DMG-5:[7] 7.62 mm medium machine gun
  • Denel NTW-20:[7] 14.5x114 mm, 20x82 mm, & 20x110 mm anti-materiel rifle
  • Denel Y3 AGL:[7] 40x53 mm automatic grenade launcher

External links

References

  1. South Africa Growth of the Defense Industry Photius.com, May 1996, retrieved 2015-04-08^
  2. Guy Martin. Denel Land Systems shows off capabilities defenceWeb, 2013-11-20, retrieved 2015-04-08^
  3. Armour www.denellandsystems.co.za, Denel Land Systems, retrieved 2022-11-01^
  4. Artillery www.denellandsystems.co.za, Denel Land Systems, retrieved 2022-11-01^
  5. Infantry Systems www.denellandsystems.co.za, Denel Land Systems, retrieved 2022-11-01^
  6. Weapons www.denellandsystems.co.za, Denel Land Systems, retrieved 2022-11-01^
  7. Infantry Weapons www.denellandsystems.co.za, Denel Land Systems, retrieved 2022-11-01^