Message from @Springbok

Discord ID: 618600993990508553


2019-09-03 15:29:37 UTC  

Every so often I find a weird vehicle that looks like either a Casspir or a Kwevoel but not quite. In this casw it looks like a kwevoel that wants to be a Casspir.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618467648367362050/92b2aff403a091d17b03ca6a61bb300b.jpg

2019-09-03 15:32:43 UTC  

Players complain about flipping vehicles in SQUAD when it is only reflecting reality

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618468427698536499/0eae88f369efcaa9f62f1e38786521fb.jpg

2019-09-03 15:49:07 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618472555602509834/322fc758a8f9e394219a295e479dbd81.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618472555602509835/8d6ea4f84b57731b3da86b4068428f00.jpg

2019-09-03 16:52:14 UTC  

My word

2019-09-03 17:35:00 UTC  

@Springbok Some police units wore browns as well

2019-09-03 17:35:17 UTC  

not impossible for the SADF to use that vehicle

2019-09-04 00:03:56 UTC  

I think this pic is from the Border War. Most likely FAPLA vehicles?

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618597077135654932/krichsmaterial.jpg

2019-09-04 00:04:21 UTC  

Bmp-1 and BM-21 Stalin Organ

2019-09-04 00:05:35 UTC  

@Kooijpolloi any idea whether identifying symbols such as that red star were common on Angolan ground vehicles?

2019-09-04 00:07:04 UTC  

I'm going to have to find a way to make UNITA and FAPLA vehicles identifiable from each other. Otherwise whenever there are UNITA vs FAPLA layers there will be a clusterfuck of friendly fire...

2019-09-04 00:08:23 UTC  

I'm thinking MPLA symbol on FAPLA vehicles. And UNITA will have their own although that rooster would look ridiculous on any vehicle...

2019-09-04 00:10:08 UTC  

I wonder whether this is a bosvark? I don't have any decent images of one. And all I know about them is that they were unimogs with a "bathtub" put in the back for some mine protection.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618598637668270099/a1e08bd70a71a898502a35202ebd27fc.jpg

2019-09-04 00:12:17 UTC  

That symbol for FAPLA vehicles?

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618599180532842496/aff12d97f9ebc3cb56f2053f48de32fc.jpg

2019-09-04 00:15:53 UTC  

While looking for refs I found this armoured Special task force bakkie

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618600083440533523/6e88d1364729a2de7ebe752fba8cdb28.jpg

2019-09-04 00:17:27 UTC  

The Ratel 81 is going to be a real nuisance I reckon. Due to it being able to relocate quickly. There is far less of a chance of it being overrun like a static mortar squad.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618600479395414018/17f382db65de20a186cea5e2737a5730.jpg

2019-09-04 00:18:20 UTC  

It gives the game new challenges

2019-09-04 00:18:40 UTC  

If the ratel is located it can easily be taken out by an RPG

2019-09-04 00:19:07 UTC  

And yes the unimog is a bosvark

2019-09-04 00:19:09 UTC  

what are the SADF using for there logis?

2019-09-04 00:19:24 UTC  

The kwêvoël

2019-09-04 00:19:30 UTC  

@Kooijpolloi any knowledge on when the change of uniform cut took place? Notice pointed front pockets vs straight rectangle pockets.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618600993990508547/65242a21bd373369632a9ea0b21ad0bd.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618600993990508550/d2b6896f5b20c9697196da22d11a4985.jpg

2019-09-04 00:19:51 UTC  

Samil 50 and 100

2019-09-04 00:20:09 UTC  

Both armoured and soft skin versions

2019-09-04 00:21:25 UTC  

Pity the Ratel logistics was never adopted

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618601478009126942/9fea105a5c8f19e9a715be27623f8b42.jpg

2019-09-04 00:21:35 UTC  

i was about to say having an armored logi would be a neat game mechanic.

2019-09-04 00:22:02 UTC  

if not lightly armored

2019-09-04 00:22:58 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618601868884705290/0181cf5ad00eb50c8c6bd77db9f313b0.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618601869744406528/9b7f3e0faf5dcb03bde1f12b9f30a54c.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618601869744406530/e77ca659ceb12f1c5fca25feb8599ec0.jpg

2019-09-04 00:23:19 UTC  

Top two are the armoured samil 100 kwevoel

2019-09-04 00:23:42 UTC  

Bottom is the samil 50? Soft skin

2019-09-04 00:24:32 UTC  

Samil 100 and samil 50 are the same truck I believe just the 100 has two extra wheels

2019-09-04 00:25:02 UTC  

Or more if they're double

2019-09-04 00:27:01 UTC  

Fapla used the btr-152 early on but quickly switched to the btr-60 after Op Savannah IIRC.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618602885583863817/6b05786f28428462d24de10365a8784e.jpg

2019-09-04 00:28:33 UTC  

Captured FAPLA vehicles during Op Protea? BRDM-2, PT-76, T-34'85 and a GAZ 66? Only one of those vehicles is currently in SQUAD

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618603275020926976/26c65e4388e868d8b642db4af2065cff.jpg

2019-09-04 00:30:13 UTC  

Thank you for the additions to my Bush Wars folder

2019-09-04 00:30:53 UTC  

You're welcome.

2019-09-04 00:31:01 UTC  

Got plenty, plenty more

2019-09-04 00:31:15 UTC  

I'm up to ~68 pictures, always looking for more

2019-09-04 00:32:13 UTC  

Hows this one? A really weird looking vehicle. Can't remember its name.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618604197960744973/24ad15ee1c7ae09dbd00a8bbfb833eda.jpg

2019-09-04 00:33:11 UTC  

You'll probably like these ones

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618604439032561724/ee4ef73806d7433da45b2153184a9f08.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618604439032561725/af621b4eb0cb1031784d988c3056cbb8.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510515265834844160/618604439544135698/25f77e35ec9f1a007d25e692acda10cb.jpg

2019-09-04 00:34:31 UTC  

Awesome stuff, thank you!

2019-09-04 00:34:46 UTC  

Maybe Dana could ID that vehicle?