Rooikat 76
Country Of Origin:	South Africa
Designation:	Armoured Vehicle
Configuration:	8 x 8
Manufacturer:	Vickers OMC (now Alvis OMC)
Length:	7.1 m; 8.2 m with gun forward
Width:	2.9 m
Height:	2.8 m
Weight:	28t
Ground Clearance:	400 mm
Trench:	2,0 m
Speed:	120 km/h (road) 50 km/h (off-road)
Range:	1000km
Primary armament:	GT4 76 mm/62 anti-tank gun (48 rounds)
Secondary armament:	2 x 7.62 mm machine guns (3600 rounds); 8 x 81 mm smoke grenade dischargers
Power plant:	563 hp/10 cylinder water-cooled diesel
Crew:	4

The Rooikat is a wheeled armored fighting vehicle built in South Africa for the South African Army. It was designed for combat reconnaissance which entails aggressive seek and destroy operations. Its secondary roles are combat support, anti-armour and anti-guerrilla operations. The Rooikat is not a pure reconnaissance vehicle, but rather its role was envisaged as the fighting core of the deep penetration units of the South African Army. Due to the need of raids in areas like Namibia, a wheeled armored vehicle was required, since the tank was too slow and cumbersome.

Production history

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Designed to replace the Eland but came too late for the war in Angola. It has incorporated all the lessons learnt from the bush war

Variants

• Rooikat 76
• Rooikat 105 - GT7 105 mm anti-tank gun

Operators

• South Africa

External links

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• Manufacturer's website

Armored cars | Rooikat