10 South African Infantry Battalion Explained

Unit Name:10 South African Infantry Battalion
Dates:1 January 1994 to present
Type:Motorised infantry
Command Structure:South African Army Infantry Formation
Garrison:Mafikeng, North-West Province
Motto:Respice Finem!
Equipment:Mamba APC
Identification Symbol Label:Company level insignia
Identification Symbol 2 Label:Bophuthatswana Defence Force Beret Bar pre 1992
Identification Symbol 3 Label:SANDF type 2 Infantry Beret bar 1992 - 2003

10 South African Infantry Battalion[1] is a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army.

History

10 SAI[2] was established on 1 January 1994, at Mafikeng, Northwest Province as a result of the amalgamation of infantry elements of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force into the SANDF.

SANDF's Motorised Infantry

SANDF's Motorised Infantry is transported mostly by SAMIL Trucks, Mamba Mk3 Armoured Personnel Carriers or other un-protected motor vehicles. SAMIL 20, SAMIL 50 and SAMIL 100 trucks transport soldiers, towing guns, and carrying equipment and supplies. Samil trucks are all-wheel drive, in order to have vehicles that function reliably in extremes of weather and terrain. Motorised infantry have an advantage in mobility allowing them to move to critical sectors of the battlefield faster, allowing better response to enemy movements, as well as the ability to outmaneuver the enemy.

Insignia

Current Dress Insignia

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fact file: 10 SA Infantry Battalion. 2 March 2010.
  2. Grundy, K.W. Soldiers without politics, Blacks in the South African Armed Forces, Perspectives on Southern Africa, 33, University of California Press, Berkeley. AACR2