What is the military strength of South Africa, what is the military strength of South Africa

The South African Armed Forces are made up of regular troops, reserve forces and paramilitary forces. The regular army is divided into three branches: land, navy and air force, as well as medical units. ** Exercise leadership and command of the armed forces throughout the country through the Ministry of Defence and the Defence Forces Command. There are 79.44 million troops on active duty.

Medical Corps: 6,000 people. As a separate unit of the South African Defence Force, it is deployed throughout the country and serves the South African Defence Force.

Reserves: 38.6 million, including 31.25 million in the Army, 170,000 in the Navy, 2.05 million in the Air Force and 360,000 in the Medical Force.

Paramilitary forces: 13 80,000 South African police, 10 aircraft, 19 aircraft.

The South African Army has 5,430,000 troops. There are 9 military district headquarters, 1 infantry brigade, 1 airborne brigade, and 1 special brigade.

Main battle tanks: "Horn" about 224 units.

Mounted reconnaissance vehicles: 1,600 vehicles of the "Daling Sheep" 90 type and 176 vehicles of the "Big Lynx".

Infantry fighting vehicles: 1243 units of the "African Badger" 10 60 90 type.

Armored transport vehicles: "Buffalo", "Caspika" and other 3240 vehicles.

Towing guns: 350 83 mm, 140 mm, 155 mm.

Self-propelled guns: 155 mm 43 guns.

Rocket artillery: 127 mm (40 tubes) 120 guns.

Mortars: 81 mm 1110 guns.

Anti-tank missiles: "Swift", "Milan" several units.

Recoilless guns: 106 mm 150 guns.

Anti-aircraft guns: 600 guns of 20 mm, 23 mm, 35 mm and 40 mm.

SAM: SA 7 Type 14 several.

The South African Navy has about 8,000 troops. The headquarters is located in Pretoria. There are three fleets: submarines, attack and minesweepers. It is based in Simmonstown, Durban.

Submarines: 3 ships of the "Guishushen" class.

Missile attack boats: 6 ships of the "Reshev" class.

Coastal patrol boats: 3 units.

Minesweepers: 6 units.

Support and service vessels: 8.

The South African Air Force has 11.14 million troops. There are 234 combat aircraft and about 14 armed aircraft. There are 2 military district commands, 1 logistics command, and 1 training command; 2 squadrons of attack aircraft fighters, 1 squadron of electronic warfare aircraft, 1 squadron of reconnaissance aircraft, 3 squadrons of transport aircraft, 4 squadrons of ***, 5 aviation schools.

Attack fighters: 25 Impala, 20 Mirage F 1AZ and 30 Cheetah C.

Maritime reconnaissance aircraft: 8 C 47 types.

Transport aircraft: 62 aircraft such as C 130 and C 47.

: SA 316 319 and other types of a total of 100 aircraft, of which 14 are armed.

Contact Guide aircraft: "Xesna" 185 and a total of 25 aircraft.

Trainer aircraft: A total of 107 aircraft, including 12 "Cheetah" D and 25 "Impala" with combat capability.

Air-to-surface air-to-air missiles: several.

Surface-to-air missiles: 20 "Cactus", several SA 8 9 13 types.

It's probably the first place in Africa

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Armed forces. Strength 10,000 troops on active duty.

Army 10,000 people. There are 8 "type" formations (directly under the command of the Joint Operations Commander); 1 special forces formation (under the jurisdiction of 2 battalions); 1 brigade headquarters (1 tank battalion, 1 armored vehicle battalion, 20 infantry battalions, 2 artillery battalions, 3 engineer battalions).

Main battle tanks: "Horn" about 168 units.

Armored reconnaissance vehicles: "Great Lynx" 242 units. Infantry fighting vehicles: "African Badger" 20 60 90 type 1240 vehicles.

Armoured transport vehicles: 429 "Caspil", 538 "Mamba".

Towing guns: 75 140 mm, 72 155 mm.

Self-propelled guns: 155 mm 43 guns.

Rocket artillery: 127 mm 51 guns.

Mortars: 1226 units (including 81 mm and 120 mm).

Anti-tank missiles: "Swift" 52 units.

Recoilless guns: 106 mm 100 guns.

Anti-aircraft guns: 183 (including 23 mm and 35 mm).

Navy about 5190 people. The headquarters of the Navy is located in Pretoria. There are three fleets: submarines, attack and minesweepers. It is based in Simmonstown, Durban.

Submarines: 2 ships of the "Katsura God" class.

Missile attack boats: 6 ships of the "Reshev" class.

Coastal patrol boats: 3 units.

Minesweepers: 8 units.

Support and service vessels: 35.

Air Force 9640 people. The Air Force Command is located in Pretoria and consists of 5 formations. It is organized into 2 squadrons of attack aircraft fighters, 1 squadron of air tankers and electronic warfare aircraft, 5 squadrons of transport aircraft, 5 squadrons of *** squadrons and 5 aviation schools.

There are a total of 87 combat aircraft and several armed aircraft.

Transport aircraft: 60 aircraft such as C-130, C-47, and "Super Air King".

: SA-316 -319 and 114 aircraft. A total of 58 PC-7 training aircraft were built.

Air-to-surface missiles: Several launchers of the "Raptor" missile.

Air-to-air missiles: several parts of the V-3C missile launcher.

Health Troops. 5,290 are deployed across the country as a separate unit of the South African Defence Force (SANDF) in service with the SANDF. It is organized into 3 "type" formations, 1 support formation, and 1 training formation.

Reserve Forces.

10,000 people, including 10,000 in the Army, 1,070 in the Navy, 442 in the Air Force, and 652 in the Medical Corps.

Military service system. The South African Defence Force (SANDF) has a flexible service system with four types of service: long-term service, 10 years, 6 years and 1 year.

Troops stationed abroad. One United Nations military peacekeeping observer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

South Africa not only has a large number of American-made and European military equipment, but also has world-class arms companies.

Together with Egypt, it is known as the "African Twin Heroes".

South Africa's military strength should still be above Egypt's, because South Africa has primary industrial strength, the level of science and technology is okay, and its army is equipped with a lot of European and American **.

Yes, South Africa is the only developed country in Africa.

South Africa is located in the southern hemisphere, known as the "rainbow country", located in the southernmost part of the African continent, with a land area of 1219090 square kilometers, surrounded by the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, south and west, and bordered by Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Eswatini on land. It faces Australia in the east by the Indian Ocean, and Brazil and Argentina in the west by the Atlantic Ocean.

South Africa is the second largest economy in Africa, with a high standard of living for its citizens, and its economy is relatively stable compared to other African countries.

South Africa has developed financial, legal, communications, energy and transportation industries, has a complete hardware infrastructure and a first-class trading market, and ranks first in the world in terms of diamond production. Deep well mining and other technologies are in the leading position in the world. However, in international affairs, South Africa has been identified as a middle power and retains significant regional influence.

South Africa has three capitals: Tshwane, the executive capital (where the **** is located), Bloemfontein, the judicial capital (where the Supreme Court is located), and Cape Town, the legislative capital (where the parliament is located).

The south is in Jiangsu Province, because he is just developed and not so powerful.

It's a bit reluctant. But there are people behind them.

South Africa simply represents the entire African continent, and South Africa's GDP is only $35 billion, far lower than that of other BRIC countries.

Although South Africa is not a country with a large population, it represents the whole of sub-Saharan Africa to a certain extent, and it can be regarded as an economic powerhouse in Africa. South Africa is also the most important producer of platinum and copper in Africa, and its market size is also very impressive. Therefore, South Africa is undoubtedly the most important country on the African continent, both in terms of economic size and influence.

Although reluctantly, there is also a certain sense of motivation.

First of all, there are two foundations of South African NB.

1.In terms of social structure, South Africa is a Commonwealth country, and it is the strongest colonial country in the Commonwealth, unlike India and Egypt, although it withdrew from the Commonwealth in 1961, it is more like the model of Canada or Australia——— although it is an independent country, but it is still a part of the white people in power, more precisely, South Africa is a native of the Queen's generation of whites, the level of education and administrative ability is definitely not low, although it no longer recognizes the Queen's rule, but social, militaryScience and technology education basically followed the model of the Commonwealth colonies, and it was a white country that inherited almost all the mantles of the Commonwealth countries. The foundation is very good, the resources are abundant, and the level of education and scientific research is not weak.

Therefore, it is recognized as the "No. 1 power in Africa".

2.In terms of industrial structure, the biggest difference between South Africa NB, or other African countries, is actually because John Bull has not always regarded South Africa as its own sub-mine, not just digging up some resources, but more like a sub-base close to the mine.

It was originally a large mining country, and the British used local materials to establish a complete mining and heavy industry system. South Africa is the only industrialized country in Africa. Based on this, South Africa's status as the "number one power in Africa" was established...

In addition, there is objective external military pressure.

Angola has military pressure from the Soviet Union, and South Africa must have a strong defense.

The external arms embargo, on the other hand, can only be escalated through cooperation by giving full play to its own capabilities.

After Mandela came up, everything was ruined.

South Africa is not a developed country, it is a middle-income developing country and one of the most economically developed countries in Africa.

Natural resources are abundant. The financial and legal systems are relatively perfect, and the infrastructure such as communications, transportation, and energy is good. Mining, manufacturing, agriculture and service industries are all relatively developed, and are the four pillars of the economy, and deep mining and other technologies are in the leading position in the world.

However, the development of various sectors and regions of the national economy is unbalanced, and the dual economic characteristics of urban and rural, black and white are obvious.

In the early 80s and early 90s of the last century, the economy was affected by international sanctions, and there was a recession. The new South Africa** formulated the "Reconstruction and Development Plan", which emphasized the social and economic advancement of black people.

In 2006, the "South African Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative" was implemented to increase economic intervention and promote employment and poverty alleviation through measures such as strengthening infrastructure construction, implementing the strategy of prioritizing industry development, strengthening education and human resource training. From 1994 to 2004, the economy grew at an average annual rate of 3 per cent, and in 2005 to 2007 it exceeded 5 per cent.

The main crops in South Africa are: maize, wheat, sugarcane, barley, etc. The export volume of cane sugar ranks among the top in the world. Agriculture, forestry and fishery account for 5% of GDP and play a decreasing role in the national economy. Agriculture provides 13 per cent of formal employment.

30% of non-** export earnings come from agricultural products or agricultural processing. In normal years, grain can be exported in addition to self-sufficiency. The main crop is corn.

The quality of all kinds of canned food, tobacco, wine, coffee and beverages meets international standards, and wine enjoys an international reputation. Forest cover covers 6% of the total land.

Animal husbandry is relatively developed, mainly concentrated in two-thirds of the land in the western region. Livestock species mainly include cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, etc., and poultry mainly include ostriches, broilers, etc.

The main products are poultry eggs, beef, fresh milk, dairy products, mutton, pork, sheep wool, etc. The meat required is 85% self-sufficient and 15% is imported from neighbouring countries such as Namibia, Botswana and Eswatini, as well as Australia, New Zealand and some European countries. It produces a significant amount of sheep wool and is the fourth largest exporter of sheep wool in the world.

Generally speaking, China's control power is still significantly better than India's, and India's democracy, religious factions, and ethnic systems have affected the administrative power of India

<> make it "discuss but not decide, never act", the risk of building a harmonious society is huge, and China has broken through the people-oriented thinking in building a harmonious society, and the policy is better than India, and the social cohesion is good and hungry in India

Generally speaking, there is a certain gap between India and China in terms of comprehensive national strength, but the development of comprehensive national strength is both historical and dynamic, and it will be very difficult for India to catch up with China in comprehensive national strength in the foreseeable future

However, India also has its own advantages, and its peripheral policies are currently being adjusted, and it has begun to implement a more active and comprehensive foreign policy to promote peace and development around the world

It is also superior to China in many aspects of its national strength and resources, and if its advantages are brought into full play, it will be an important competitor of China's comprehensive national strength

The level of the military industry in South Africa is not bad. It can be said to be the best among African countries. But only for Africa. It can only be regarded as above average in the world.

The Stone Tea Falcon armament***, the Explorer drone, etc., are all good equipment, but the most representative equipment in South Africa is artillery and armored vehicles. For example, the G6 self-propelled artillery and the Great Lynx armored car, the Badger infantry vehicle, etc.

South Africa's military-industrial system, although well defined, is limited to the development of low-tech equipment such as armored vehicles. Truly high-tech equipment, such as fighter jets, submarines, etc., is completely dependent on imports from abroad. China does not have the technology and strength to develop.

Although many people know that there is a "Cheetah fighter" in South Africa, in fact, the "Cheetah" is modified from the French Mirage 3 and is not a product of independent research and development. It is similar to the relationship between the J-5 in early China and the MiG-15 in the Soviet Union.

Generally speaking, South Africa's military industry can be said to be first-class in Africa and second-rate in the world. There should be not much difference between the level of South Korea and Poland, and compared with Israel, Sweden, Italy and other first-class small military-industrial countries, the gap is still quite obvious.