South African Artillery in the Eighties

dc.creator	A. C. Lillie
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:26Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:26Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/14-2-520
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/45749d010e4f4119ab57488d465de530
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8989
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/45749d010e4f4119ab57488d465de530
dc.description	<p>Emerging from the Second World War armed with the then completely adequate 25 pounder and BL 5.5" guns, the South African Field Artillery continued to use the same guns operationally over thirty years later.</p><p>When the armed forces of South Africa were thrown into a conventional conflict during the Angolan Civil War in 1975, the gunners found their equipment to be woefully inadequate. Soviet made artillery systems in the hands of the Russian-backed forces possessed ranges far in excess of the Second World War vintage South African systems and brought home in a very real way the need for drastic modernisation of the artillery branch of the South African Army.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/520
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 14, Iss 2 (2012)
dc.subject	South African Field Artillery
dc.subject	Second World War
dc.subject	Angolan Civil War
dc.subject	25 pounder and BL 5.5" guns
dc.subject	modernisation of the artillery branch of the South African Army
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	South African Artillery in the Eighties
dc.type	Article