G6 'RHINO' 155mm Self-propelled Howitzer | SOUTH AFRICAN ARTILLERY
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Development of the South African G6 Rhino self-propelled gun-howitzer began in late 1970s. First prototype was built in 1981. The G6 Rhino saw action in Angola, even before it was mass produced. It entered service with the SANDF in 1988. A number of these self-propelled howitzers were exported to United Arab Emirates and Oman.
The G6 Rhino is fitted with a 155 mm gun-howitzer, developed from the G5 towed gun-howitzer and additionally fitted with semi-automatic loading system and fume extractor. The G6 Rhino fires HE-FRAG, smoke, illumination and incendiary rounds. It is compatible with all NATO 155 mm ammunition. A total of 47 rounds are carried. Maximum range of fire is 30 km with standard HE-FRAG projectile and 39 km with rocket-assisted. It also fires newly developed velocity enhanced long range projectiles with a maximum range of 50 km. The G6 Rhino can fire the first round within 60 seconds. Out of action time is 30 seconds, which allows to avoid counter-battery fire and gives shoot-and-scoot capability.
Secondary armament consists of 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, mounted on top of the roof. There are also a number of smoke grenade dischargers. The G6 Rhino has a welded hull and turret. Its front arc provides protection against 20 mm rounds. All-round protection is against small arms fire and artillery shell splinters. This vehicle is well protected against landmines. This artillery system is fitted with an automatic fire suppression system. An NBC protection system can also be fitted, if required. Some firing ports are provided for the crew. Vehicle has a crew of five, including commander, gunner, two loaders and driver. Unlike many other self-propelled artillery systems the G6 Rhino is based on wheeled 6x6 chassis. It is powered by a diesel engine, developing 525 hp.
G6-52, South Africa's latest and most advanced artillery system. It is fitted with automated ammunition handling system. The G6-52 has a rate of fire of 8 rounds per minute and is capable of multiple round simultaneous impact firing. Maximum range of fire is 67 km with velocity enhanced long range projectiles. In terms of firing range the G6-52 outperforms any other artillery system.
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Did you know that the six-wheeled armoured chassis was intended to be the basis of a range of vehicles. An air defence missile system being the most likely for SA and Iraq. The "death" of Dr Bull brought that project and others to an end.
0:03 me and the boys going to a car show with a mobile artillery gun
Do NORA B-52.
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Honestly, that wallet looks like it slips OUT as easily as it slips IN, and it is small and the color of grass, meaning mine would be gone forever after only a few months.
My leather wallet beats that cardholder all day long
That looks like something straight out of the Command & Conquer: Red Alert series.
It was a Unit in CNC Renegade. Kane Lives.
Or the GiJoe toyline 😂
Zero hour? Lol
It is like the Wizkids Clicky tech Mechwarrior game used that thing as the basis for it's Padilla vehicles.
warrenborn.com/Unit.php?ID=E037
The design was used in C&C Renegade as a NOD arty while an imagined double barrel design was used in Tom Clancy's End War
One of the coolest looking artillery vehicles out there. I cannot see how you would want anything more, it's fast, hard hitting, highly mobile, armored and capable. Seems they got this right the first time making most other countries Arty look silly and inferior.
Now THIS is mobile artillery. Upgrade it's fire control systems and it'll stay one of the best for some time to come.
The gun was based on the GC45 which became the G5 towed artillery piece in SA.
These artillery pieces caused some concern for Allied forces in the Gulf War because Iraq had bought a number of them.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GC-45_howitzer
As we South Africans say, necessity is the mother of all invention, when the commies were pushing down to our borders back in the day no one would come to our aid so we did what we did best, invent some cool shit to give those commies a back handed slap.
@@StephFourie21 Otherwise known as " 'n Boer maak 'n plan" 😉
@@StephFourie21 Should've done the same with the Bantus that are annihilating in no time flat what took 400 odd years to build up.
Brilliant for SA only question is how does it handle mud or snow? Better or worse than tracks
As a south african thank you for shining a light on our vehicles!
Anytime :-)
@@_____Z_____ ok but what does this have to do with the G6?
@@estianburger8709 They can set buildings ablaze easier with the g6.
@@_____Z_____ What exactly do you mean by that statement.
Please clarify.
Sounds as if you are trying to give South Africans a hard time.
Do you think Black lives don't matter in South Africa...?
This video is about South African artillery.
Are you going to put out wierd sh1t every time he does a video about South African arms.
Puss, is a tem that South africans would most likely say back to you in return for your attitude.
@@_____Z_____ This vehicle was named after the nearly extinct white rhino im affraid.
As a South African Gunner and Bush war vet, I can concur with you that this Art piece was ground breaking in the bush war at the time. The denseness of the Angolan bush and the way that the mechanized battalions moved at speed to get into position to outflank the enemy afforded us the opportunity to fight with way less troops. At the peak of the Bush war we were around 3000 troops against 30 000 from Cuba, USSR, Fapla and Swapo. Artillery Gunners will never say no.
You talk about the bush war in rhodesia?
@@theotn2209he was talking about the South African bush war from 1966 to about 1995
Dankie vir alles wat U gedoen het! Ons vir jou SUID AFRIKA!
Of course you don’t mention UNITA, to make it look like you were outnumbered.
@@captainfreedom3649At their height, UNITA numbered about 65000 militants, in the 16 years that Cuba was in Angola, they sent over 337000 troops so yes, the South Africans were outnumbered but still prevailed.
What an amazing beast! Back in the day SA arms manufacturers were definitely ahead of the pack with certain systems.
That's what happens when the world sanctions the sale of weapons to a highly innovative bunch of people. You can't buy them, so instead they build them for themselves.
Yep! SA developed the anti-mine V Hull I believe. I also loved the Vektor CP1, used to have a mini key ring of it that I got from Lyttelton Engineering where it was manufactured, along with the G6. They were so cool in the 90s!
They still make some cool stuff
We made the forst weapon guided systems built for each vehicle or craft like the Rooivalk.
@@mikael7071even though I wish it was true, it unfortunately isn't. Sweden was the first to use v hules, but South Africa was the first to use it effectively. Like the Husky mine sweeping vehicle is the best against mines and IEDs and was built and designed here in SA, but America used them in Iraq and Afganistan.
As an ex G6 Gunner, I appreciate and really enjoyd this vid. Ahhhh the memories it brought back. Truly an amazing piece of equipment. Can still remember sleeping like a baby in the back on the floor while travelling off road on gravel at around 70Km/Hr.
FYI. G6 Rhino. Refers to a two part system.
1. G6 refers to the (Turret) 155mm Howitzer gun.
2. Rhino refers to the (Bottom part) V12 Twin turbo vehicle.
Best combo EVER.
I was kind of shocked to find out this wasn't a newer vehicle. Very ahead of its time.
All of remember was my ears rang for days, what a weapon for its day
The G6 was designed, developed and built by South Africa during a period when South Africa was under sanctions from the rest of the world.
Exactly, our Gov was wrong, and the sanctions were warranted, but boy did it backfire with regards to the weapon systems. You can't sell weapons to these guys, so instead they just go and build their own, with things like the G6 ending up being one of, if not the best mobile artillery in it's class.
Just goes to show what we were capable of as a bunch of European descendants under pressure.
The design of the weapon was by a Canadian who broke all sanctions/embargoes and he had to go in hiding. But the SA contribution was significant. I believe the special steel required for the barrel was developed by Dr Innes Blom at USCO in Vereniging.
@@christopherkruger5897 Europeans that had been living in Africa for the better part of a century, not really European at that point. Although they dont say " 'n boer maak a plan" for nothing.
Is the new government right?
This vehicle looks like it's suited for a global war over green alien crystals.
Tiberium?
@@devin5139 No, Tiberium.
Just trollin
goes to show what we were capable of back then.
Unfortunately it was designed to kill black people by colonizers...guess we were the aliens🙄
Actually oil and diamonds mostly .. Angola is full of that stuff!
See the Rheinmetal/Denel tests 5 months ago.
G6 fired 76 km and G5 towed 53km.
Both new world record distances.
Another South African stopping by to thank you for shedding some light on our overlooked country. Thank you! Our weapons and vehicles have character amongst other things.
Alright so, you've done the Olifant, you've done the Rhino and you've done the Rooikat. NOW WHERE IS THE RATEL!!! I need a Matsimus Ratel video!
Amen brother!
You should read up about the Ratels vs soviet tanks at the battle of the Lomba River.
Very interesting
Basically how a bunch of armored cars knocked the daylights out of a whole brigade with tanks.
@@themanfromnam8446 61 Mech 💪
@@themanfromnam8446 I heard from my father that they saw a T-55 drive into a ditch only for another T-55 to use it's buddy in the ditch as a bridge to get across 😅
@@coldwarconflicts8926 Mobilitate Vincere brother
It also had a road speed of over 100kmh and had the nickname "Kalahari Ferrari"
Ah yes, the Nod artillery from Renegade.
Hahahahaha
Bro that’s the first thing i thought of to
Makes sense since most of nods army comes from Africa and most of Asia
Oh my GOD
Aw he took it away.
I'll give you a thumb tho.
Thanks for the spotlight on our great military equipment, we were world leaders in the past. Yet even today most of these old systems are still best in the world, 30 years later.
I was part of the SADF in 1991 in the armoured division 2SSB. We had rooikat and eland and these beasts came to visit us out in the bush a few times. They are FAR faster than published. Our guys had a "race" from Zeerust to pantzer school in bloemfontein. We had the rooikat and they were doing ~120km/h on the quiet tar roads (governor tweaked). The G6 arrived there one hour sooner than the rooikats. mindblown! The is also a very clever fueling system on the rooikat and g6 where you can transfer exact amounts of fuel between them. Fill one and then supply the others in the field. That front chisel can cut down a tree which two guys arms circumscribe. Really amazing vehicle and both of them have gorgeous engine notes!
Ah, you're talking my language Craig! SADF could win a war of engine sounds. Those massive air cooled turbo charged v engines sounded magnificent! Was the huge logistics truck with the mine protected cab called a kwevoel? I remember hitching a border ride on one, sitting in the back on crates of hand grenades and ammo, doing 130km/h on an unpaved road in the Caprivi, we felt invincible haha. I don't think there was an untweaked governor to be found anywhere on the border😅
The king of modern day self propelled 152mm and 155mm artillery.
South africas weapons are underrated
South African weapons are/were light years ahead of the world. Other countries are only catching up now
@@glenncoetzee5906 soo True but sadly not eny môre thanks too out black Government who is stealing are money and bankrupting are Country
I don't know much about the sph, but this thing seems pretty stable when firing. no out rigs!? lol it's a 6 speed too
Especially its 12.5mm/.50cal modular sniper rifle.
Yeah, and you should take a look at our navy, it's fuckin small, it a few ships, our army, a few tanks, and I think about 1000 infantry strong, if another country wanted to INVADE us, we would might as well let do it
Its a bad ass gun, with bad ass rounds, The South Africans have very capable ammo, even the HE seems to be more effective than the standard nato round.
It is. :-)
What they didn't mention is they have gps guided shells too. During the trials, multiple rounds of the Excalibur successfully landed within 5m of the target, following launch from a distance of 38km by Denel-manufactured howitzer. Copied from a report I read up
Ah, something brown, slightly green, and very familiar from my days in Angola 🇦🇴 🇿🇦
Most of the kit that Matsimus has shown from South Africa is close to 40 years old. Back then it was cutting edge.... even the super powers feared and respected our small nation. Thankfully we were sanctioned, and had to produce our own weapons. Otherwise we just would have kept buying over seas crap. Imagine what we would have been able to do if the US and it's allies didn't try and destroy our weapons industry after the end of Apartheid. We were the last of the true Spartans.
l am a retired US Army Artillery Officer.... lt looks good to me....Thanks
Wheeled artillery seems to be better than most of tracked artillery, especially in maintenence and reliability on the battlefield
True, it's a lot quicker replacing wheels than tracks. It can also move faster which means that you can run 'n gun with one big ass gun.
permanent 6wd means it probably could lose a few wheels and still limp home. SA generally builds on survivability of the vehicle more than than most other aspects, not that it's not well armored for protection. can be towed instead of having to rig onto a flat bed...which needs a road...
And mobility.
The G6 was years ahead of it's time, that to Gerald Bull.
Murdered by Israeli...let's not forget!
@@africanelectron751 That's the rumor and it's probably true.
I have read that they did it to mislead Saddam Hussein. Bull did not like the Israelis though he did some work for them.
I was in the SA artillery and had the pleasure of being a passenger on the back of the G6. We did +- 50km/h in the bush and the suspension is outstanding. It felt like being in a limo except we were doing bundu bashing with this amazing vehicle
I was literally looking at a South African army for a miniature game I play a few days ago and was like 'What's a G6 Rhino!?'
A few days later
Matsimus: This is a G6 Rhino
Me: lol ofc
Whats the game?
WWIII: Team Yankee. However the SA army is not official, it was merely a player made add on to the game. I know that SA won't be added to the game, at least in the near future. Maybe in a few years 🤷♂️
@@malcolm5514 iran and iraq were added, so why not south africa? considering the border war was still going on in 1985, the rough setting of team yankee, ending in 1989.
Because their next release will be WG in March (confirmed). We can speculate that after that we will have a book for the Pact and NATO nations. After that will probably be a re-do of Oil War. They've also discussed possibly adding Sweden and Soviet Baltic forces (see here marine infantry!). However, they've never mentioned SA, so given that they release 2/3 TY books every year, I don't expect a SA force for at least the next 18 months, possibly 2 years 🤷♂️
My car was nearly demolished by the towed version of this gun. I was on an on-ramp in order to merge into freeway traffic, which at that moment was occupied mainly by an SADF convoy. It was night and very dark due to the presence of a bridge at that point. I allowed the tow-vehicle to overtake me, not knowing that behind it was a ruddy big gun - which was invisible from my viewpoint due to its paint scheme and total lack of lights or reflectors. The huge weapon’s wheels missed me by millimeters!
I know of one case in Potchefstroom they destroyed a car with a G5, you cna be glad it was a miss on your car! Thats a few tons of canon
Didn't see it? you are not the only one, a couple of years ago a female SANDF officer made a suggestion (in public) that all SANDF vehicles should be painted bright red because they lost too many vehicles due to camouflage.
😂😂😂😂😂
The towed version is called the G5
I recall that to this day. Fugging imbecilic but indicative of why the country is the shithole it is today
A very interesting piece of kit. S. Africa has a notable indigenous selection of AFVs and other vehicles.
The did invent the MRAP i think.
And weapons
had
Our guys got so many sanctions against us back in those days, especially with regards to procuring weapons... so instead of capitulate, they just said, "screw it, well build our own stuff". And we have some amazing weapons and weapon platforms to show for it.
@@BloodSteyn it would best be described as very creative and very oriented to South Africa's tactical needs. The one that always kind of made me smile was the truck that looked like a regular utility truck but it was actually a rocket launcher. That was pretty amazing.
You can tell South Africa leant from Blitzkrieg and just coupled it with the Kommando tactics mentally, almost everything is designed for high mobility and range
Well out here in the bush it should be fast, you can EASILY get flanked in the thick brush and grass we have, my dad(Intelligence Corporal back in the SADF) told me that they did not use their eyes as much as they did their smell and hearing
You could smell the cigarettes of the enemy forces(no smoking on the SADF if you were out in the field)
You could smell campfires (another thing the SADF did not do in the field)
You could hear the enemy talking at night, birds flocking and all that when out in the field, they also use to do artillery attacks at night because the Cubans for some reason were too scared or just didn't fly their helicopters at night at all, my dad has told me allot of his stories, they are some good, some brutal
He once opened the back of a ratel(infantry transport truck) that a RPG had hit, the guys in the back were soup, and another guy told me as he was trying to get over the top of a ratel to get back in he got shot in the ass by a 7.62, he still has the bullet in there, for some reason they can't take it out😅
@@sovietred7371 Your Dad would have been in The SADF not the SANDF.. Huge difference
@@alanwatts4066 yea sorry, I'll correct that😅
Trust me, I know they are 2 WAY different forces, I just forgot is all, my bad
I think the mobility comes from the angelo boer war with the boer comandos being mounted lightly armed fast moving units used with great effect by Gnl De Wet and De La Rey
@@oldtighthead2459 We can do it again. This time with Toyota.
I HAVE NEVER CLICKED SO FAST ON A VIDEO
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That Rhino has its roots in the 80's....and it appears now wheeled artillery such as the Caesar are the new hot thing. Also, glad to see you have a new sponsor.
I have.
But it wasn't a RUclips video. 😁
I love that thing, it's like something out of sci-fi story.
She sure looks the part. Those SA do it right time and time again.
We used to. Not so much anymore.
We always did now its the opposite
We did & still continue to do so. The only difference is SA is not fighting a useless border war that needed innovation, man power & millions of dollars to fight.
We mainly do peacekeeping in Africa.
@@glenncoetzee5906
Can't even do that anymore. They eaten all da maaaney...
@@glenncoetzee5906 Quite right Glenn!
that beast looks like something out of halo.
South Africa! 🇿🇦🤙🏻
Are you South African
"Mason! Target The Mortar Crews"
Good'ol Days fighting the MPLA.
When the wildebeest are rustling your diamonds
As a South African I would like to say a Big thanks too Matsimus for making the Video and Making Videos of South Africa. It makes us proud and on behalf of South Africa we would like too see you make more videos on South Africa’s military. Thanks a lot.😊😀🥰
I live near the South African war museum and they have a G6. It's the biggest thing I've ever stood next to.
I agree that thing is fucking HUGE
I thought these were small. Probably due to that signature low profile look.
This is a beautiful and capable gun! I am ex Artillery.
So is this what the song 'Like a G6' is about, then? Fascinating.
that wld be a private jet
@@NaturalTreeHugger Gulfstream I'm guessing?
EXACTLY....
I was a gunner in the South African Artillery, 4 Artillery & 14 Artillery Regiments. This G6 - 155mm howitzer was the flagship of the South African Defense force in the Angolan war in during the 1980's. It was as the reporter said way ahead of it's time technologically especially for a small country such as South Africa and that also under world sanctioning for it's segregation at the time.
automatic closing breeches are terrifying
"Your fingers, give them to me"
Now imagining a semi-automatic clip fed SPA...
Upgraded to preloaded belt fed, full-auto SPA running into a zone. Burst fire. Relocating. Fire another burst. Reload and repeat.
Now add a full armored company in synchronized coordination.
My brother served on the G6 in Angola during the Bush War.
They killed many terrorists.
My Dad worked at Sandock Austral in Durban. They built the Ratel as well
That propels shells. Absolutely, positively badass, many thanks.
This would be perfect for the Australian army. But of course they won't. They getting the K9 Thunder.
K9 is also a very capable vehicle but I agree, our wheely boy would be much better suited for the outback
As we South Africans have seen first-hand, international arms deals are not about what a country needs but rather how much money the politicians can pocket in backhanders from the arms manufacturers.
I like also the swedish archer system a lot - but I don't know how well that operates in hot climate. That may not the priority ...
Thanks mr. M. Desperation leads to innovation. In the mid 70's If I remember correctly our maximum artillary range was about 15 km and the enemy easily matched that. For a South African that was a challenge never a detterent. During ops Protea in 76. The artillary was very effective by deploying hit and run tactics. Set up within enemy range fire a salvo. Pack and run. Even forward/ closer and fire again. This was possible because of high quality reconnaissance Op's and fire direction. Remember old school with binoculars on the ground. No drones. Also spare a thought for the commanders who navigated by map protractor and compass. (30 years before gps) So we developed not only beter range but I believe the mobility aspect was an equaly high priority.
SADF during the Cold War is so aesthetic
*SANDF - Believe me there is one huge diffrence between the SANDF and SADF. This vehicle was designed by the SANDF, all the SADF can do is friendly fire and roll over their vehicles on tar roads.
@@StephFourie21 this is true, our very proud SANDF(sarcasm) are a joke compared to the SADF, like that Vid where the damn Rooikat Driver almost drives into the crowd cuz he took the turn too fast cuz he wanted to look cool
@@StephFourie21 think you got that mixed around. SANDF is now and SADF is the pre 94
@@jdmoore3838 Touche JD you are quite right !
AT alpha there is infact nothing wrong with your statement, I take it back hahahaha.
These used to pull up at the petrol station by my house all the time, they're so cool. My friends dad helped design it.
As A South African, thank you for covering it.
Awesome machine and combat proven, best years of my life when I worked on this project.
Canada's most controversial military design. Bold move Matsimus
edit: im talking about project babylon not the rhino
Canadian did help in it's design,but Canadian did not designed it's records-breaking ammunition.
Gerald Ball...
Only the gun. Not the weapons system.
Did a lot of test firing back in 85/86 and can assure you it was put through its phases. One interesting point about the barrel which were at the time machined by Lytteton engineering that when boring and rifling the barrel they could electronically simulate a firing and pick up any faults so as to save on time and money on further machining if the probes dected a fault. To my knowledge at the time there was only one 155mm barrel burst but that was on a G5 during ops Modular.
Both machine and barrel were tested to the extreme at a test site near Remvasmaak.
Sadly, DENEL is currently on the verge to bankruptcy
Sadly they are past that point.
You mean like most companies in South Africa?
orchestrated, to sell off their IP which others want
@@sovietred7371 You mean state run companies right!
a Bunch of missile designs were "stolen" from them recently or am I mistaken?. I remember reading somewhere they got robbed of new missile designs but I could be wrong.
Hi Matsimus, thanks again for a great video. The G6 reached 72km in tests way back in 2002/2003, but the stress put on the system made this impossible to maintain. The range was then dialled down to 67km. Brilliant video, keep it up.
We had reach 86 km at Rooikop Walvisbay with no stress problems
Ah, I've been waiting for a Matsimus vid on this piece! I've liked it ever since I saw it in a book I had as a kid...South African stuff is strangely compelling
Thanks for the compliment on our weapons
Strangely compelling, best description I heard.
... I remember this SP in the early-mid 1980's. And the embargo od 155mm shells when South Africa was involved in Angola ... ending the Confederation of South Africa ...
I fought in Angola in 1988 at age 18, when the G5's and G6's were operational. I was not a G6 Operator, but. I was a (Cactus), ground to air French designed anti aircraft operator, that carried 4 missiles per vehicle. A unit consisted of one (radar vehicle, which connected to 3 Missile units)
But hands down, if it weren't for the G5 and especially the G6, it would have been a different war! They were total deal breakers, we fought against the Angolese, which was backed by thousand of Fidel Castro's men along will all Russian ground and air vehicles they had which was supplied by Russia. We had to Manufacture our own war equipment because of American sanction back then. But we would never have won that war, if it it was not for the brilliance of Denel defense contractors in SA, that came up with the G6, it would have been a different outcome. Biggest advantage we had to keep winning in so many battles was the one thing you mentioned time and again in your video.....the reach of the G5 and especially G6!!! Being able to bombard your enemy with a fast moving robust vehicle that could hit 70 km out, was a total game changer.....that G6, made all the difference, because Fidel Castro's guys didn't have an answer for it!!!! :)))))
I see Mats making use of his new book
That has got to be the most steady self-propelled howitzer ever while firing.
It weighs like 50 tons dude, I bet it takes a lot to move it a couple cm.
I wonder how much 🐴 power it puts out ?
I believe it's 525hp. It's 11,17hp per ton
Thanks for the info Zack , somehow I knew that beast had more horsepower previously mentioned.
this one is in Command & Conquer Renegade as Nod artillery.
Thank you so much for covering many of the South African weapon systems; the Rooikat, the Olifant and the G6 Rhino and even the Rooivalk. o7
Hey Matt! Thanx a million! I was waiting for 2 years for this one! You exceeded my expectations, even getting stats about it I didn't know. You are awesome.
My father manned the 5-5 arty cannons in the border war. He was a loader. They used to fire at a range of 40km at the commies. Those poor commies didn't know what hit them, and returned fire 20km in front of their cannons! Thanx for this. I love it. It reminds me of his stories about the border war. He didn't man the G6, but this vehicle was certainly a game-changer.
Ps: The commies were the Cubans that were taking power in Angola. South Africa were anti-commie in those days.
Thanks for making a video the G6 Rhino, keep it up man. From South Africa
That g6 and the g5 saved our butts more than i am aloud to say....luv them
Thanx so much for this straight forward, comprehensive and factional presentation of one of my favorate artillary pieces. Proudly South African inspite of international boicots.
Hi matsimus, as a South African myself I can say great job in the video, I appreciate you shining some light on our armored vehicles. I do have a request that you could please look into the eland armoured car, my father was trained in that car and I feel it would aso be quite a funny video
Once again thank you for the great video mate
Eland - 90
Awesome Documentary: Reminds me of my time served in the SANDF (61MACH) on the G5 and G6
For some reason this AVF looks really cool to me, almost sci fi
It’s like you slapped a 155mm on a BTR, like how the Soviets managed to slap the ZiS 2 gun on the Komsomolets arty tractor
The moment I saw this thing's appearance, I immediately had some flashbacks of the Dana Artillery trucks from the Contra mod for Command & Conquer Generals.
Those bastards kept shelling my base.
@Ulfhedinn Tyr That's the Renegade model, the Nod Artillery is the Allied Artillery, which funnilly enough is based off of the M110 which armed with a 8" Howitzer instead of the ingame 155mm.
A little known fact outside of South Africa: IIRC both G5's and G6's were used by Saddam against the coalition in the 1991 Gulf War, causing a bit of embarrassment to the South African government at the time. They were apparently quite effective.
@Morton Christie I wasn't aware Iran got any, but I knew about Iraq fielding several G5's.
No G6 vehicles were sold to Iraq. They built one prototype of similar appearance but it was never fielded.
I came in here expecting comments about C&C: Renegade. I was not disappointed. They also used it as the British Army's "tank" in the movie tie in game fir Reign of Fire on the PlayStation 2, but it only appears in the dragon's campaign.
Additionally at least two separate Transformers, both Decepticons, use the G-6, albeit a fictional half-track version. Skullgrin and Straxus call the G-6 their alt mode.
On a side note, I wouldn't mind seeing it in Armored Warfare.
I see the ANC government is taking full credit for the achievements of the Afrikaner engineers.
im south african and i recently spoke to a homeless vet who manned these g6's in his army time and he told me these thing rain down gods fury from a good few km away and destroy towns and that's when our infantry would go in a pick off the last of the few enemies off
Defo a lot to be said for wheeled AFVs. The reduced logs demands vs tracks is a big selling point.
This AFV really showed its mettle in the Angolan war in the late 1980's with its ability to outrange anything the Cubans could throw at it with Russian equipment. The defeat of the communists was so complete that Castro had the general in charge of the war executed on his return to Cuba. The South Africans however were so magnanimus in their victory that they allowed the Angolans and Cubans to walk away with a draw. It was such a great design (by Gerald Bull) that even today it is comparable to the best artillery in the world.
Actually, the SADF had Luanda surrounded. Overnight the USA signed an oil deal with Angola and the war was over.
Wtf did you smoke… it was a stalemate at best You were stopped dead in your tracks at Cuito Canavale. There was just no way in hell you could take the war any further let alone win in a “Magnanimus” way. LOL. Is that how you cope with the abysmal state your country is in?
I love the designs that some of these countries come up with.
Very cool Mat! As a South African and a military enthusiast I have always loved these vehicles. I remember when I was still in high school going to the Airshow, seeing a G6 and being handed a frek heavy shell by one of the crew, lol. As always I appreciate your videos, keep up the good work! Massive respect from South Africa.
Front end looks like front of Freedom Littoral class us navy ship, back a M-109 Palidn and all of it put on a massive front end loader and some how pulls it off to look like a bad ass mobile cannon. Love the content 👍
I love South African military vehicles, they are all so super cool!
YES!
Thank you for finally covering this beast
I actually have a buddy who manned one of these during the Angolan border war. They once camouflaged it and did actually use it in close range to take out an Angolan armored personnel carrier (APC). He said it was quite sickening to see how destructive it was at close range. It killed everyone on board the APC - they were there one second and then their body parts went flying all over the next second. He says he'll never forget that sight - they were usually far out of sight when firing the G6. A bunch of nerds really - had to be to use that weapon effectively.
That how is pure bad ass
I was a G6 gunner in the SADF. Very accurate video. Thanks a lot.
My broer was ook op die G6.
Ek verstaan dat my oom 'n G6 bestuur het. Tijmen Van Der Steenhoven
My broer ook.
A very cool looking vehicle. It has a sci-fi look to it.
More videos on South African equipment please
After long waiting since you uploaded the video of rooikat, finally! Many Thanks for uploading.
Gees Australia could do with a few of these beasts,
no kidding
Ideal for a Australian battle field
Why?
@@Harldin Large distances in Australia to cover so a wheeled platform is ideal over tracks plus it already has a proven combat record... What we are getting looks really slow and clunky
@@jimmy12347654 You would actually be correct if there was any chance of a Ground war ever being fought on Australian soil, its highly unlikely. There are far easier ways to defeat Australia than an invasion. We are far more likely to be involved in a ground war in Asia, where the tracked AS-9(which we are actually getting) will be superior.
I live in the town where these vehicles are stored and used . I can safely say these thins are beasts when it comes to off-roading .
The design of G6 Rhino ah yes a masterpiece east
DAMN! I am SO Jealous! I was M109A2 in W. Germany (85-87). Now we have M109A7 Paladin. I think this kicks ass. Maybe wont beat in every category, but I give it Higher marks in General as it can use any USA/NATO 155mm 1 min from Shoot to scoot. mobility. on hand ammo. water!! many things we could learn from here in the USA.
We got Elon, we need this too!
Plus that last pic.. BOOM!
I would say it out performs Paladin on all levels, with the only possible exception maybe being mobility in muddy terrain...
With all the south African armor in warthunder plus the artillery you can play as in the Japanese tree I think this would be awesome to play as, especially with the speed and the real life anti tank option.
First time I ever saw one was on my way to school and the military had parked it next to a golf course for some reason. I miss living in that neighborhood (Pretoria West). We would sometimes see Ratels being driven to or from the neighborhood. I still don't know what these vehicles were doing their. Motorists would honk their horns and wave at the soldiers whenever they were in transit. My chest would swell with pride.
YES! Going to watch this after work.
The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale was fought intermittently between 14 August 1987 and 23 March 1988, south and east of the town of Cuito Cuanavale, Angola, by the People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FAPLA), Cuba, and South Africa. There was also the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War which the SADF molded into the feared Buffalo Battalion who where nicknamed "the Terrible Ones" by their enemies. Cuito Cuanavale was also a pivotal battle and the SADF dominated the battlefield with their artillery and especially the G6 Rhino. Many have said the SADF lost the war but this is far from the truth because the Cuban general was executed by Castro on his return to Cuba.
General Ocheo, he was framed by castro for supposedly smuggeling or something, pretty much the scapegoat. General Jannie Geldenghuys explains this whole sordid affair in his book "At The Front". The buffaloe's, 32 bn, was formed in the late '70's consisting mostly of FNLA elements. They were a very effective unit.
The same companies that developed this awesome world beating machine could not pay their hard working employees in November 2020. While top (mis) management gets production bonuses.
Truly innovative and ahead of it's time. Now NATO has the Archer.
Just found this video, great piece of kit, the one thing i love about wheeled vehicles over tracked is that ya don't need a second bloody great truck to move them, shame some one doesn't come up with a main battle tank with wheels that would be cool
The Rooikat is about as close to a wheeled MBT as you can get. Check out Matsimus video on that
Once again a really good presentation!! Thanks and well done Matt!