South African Army

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army land warfare branch

The South African Army is the land warfare branch of South Africa’s military, known for its role in regional African conflicts and peacekeeping operations.

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Label	Occurrences
South African Army canonical	18
South African Army Infantry Formation	1

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army ⓘ land warfare branch ⓘ
abbreviation	SA Army ⓘ
allegiance	President of South Africa ⓘ South Africa ⓘ surface form: Republic of South Africa
branchColor	rifle green ⓘ
commandStructure	Chief of the South African Army ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
dateFormed	1912 ⓘ
doctrine	combined arms operations ⓘ maneuver warfare ⓘ
engagedIn	African Union peace support operations ⓘ Angolan Civil War ⓘ Border War ⓘ Korean War ⓘ Mozambican Civil War ⓘ surface form: Mozambican Civil War (support operations) South African Border War ⓘ surface form: Namibian War of Independence South African Border War ⓘ United Nations peacekeeping missions ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ internal security operations during apartheid ⓘ peacekeeping in Burundi ⓘ peacekeeping in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
equipmentType	air defence systems ⓘ armoured personnel carriers ⓘ artillery systems ⓘ infantry fighting vehicles ⓘ main battle tanks ⓘ
formedFrom	Union Defence Force ⓘ
garrisonCountry	South Africa ⓘ
hasComponent	South African Army Air Defence Artillery Formation ⓘ South African Army Armour Formation ⓘ South African Army Artillery Formation ⓘ South African Engineer Corps ⓘ surface form: South African Army Engineer Formation South African Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: South African Army Infantry Formation South African Army Support Formation ⓘ South African Army Training Formation ⓘ
hasUnit	South African Armoured Corps ⓘ South African Artillery Corps ⓘ South African Engineer Corps ⓘ South African Infantry Corps ⓘ South African Intelligence Corps ⓘ South African Military Health Service ⓘ surface form: South African Medical Service (land elements) South African Special Forces Brigade ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Gauteng ⓘ Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Pretoria
historicalName	Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ surface form: South African Defence Force Union Defence Force ⓘ
languageOfCommand	Afrikaans ⓘ English ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Defence Act of South Africa ⓘ
motto	We serve with pride ⓘ
notableEquipment	Badger infantry combat vehicle ⓘ Casspir mine‑resistant vehicle ⓘ G5 howitzer ⓘ G6 howitzer ⓘ Mamba armoured personnel carrier ⓘ Olifant main battle tank ⓘ Ratel infantry fighting vehicle ⓘ Rooikat armoured fighting vehicle ⓘ
operatesIn	Africa ⓘ
partOf	Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ surface form: South African National Defence Force
peacekeepingRole	regional African peace support operations ⓘ
precededBy	Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ surface form: South African Defence Force Union Defence Force ⓘ
primaryRole	conventional land operations ⓘ
regionalFocus	Central Africa ⓘ Southern Africa ⓘ
role	land warfare ⓘ
secondaryRole	internal support operations ⓘ peacekeeping operations ⓘ
serviceBranchOf	Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ surface form: South African National Defence Force
subordinateTo	Chief of the South African National Defence Force ⓘ
trainingResponsibility	training of South African land forces ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East African campaign → involves → South African Army ⓘ

Armed Forces of South Africa → serviceBranch → South African Army ⓘ

1st South African Division → partOf → South African Army ⓘ

1st South African Division → branch → South African Army ⓘ

Middle East theatre of World War II → notableUnit → South African Army ⓘ

South African Army → hasComponent → South African Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Army Infantry Formation

South African 2nd Division → partOf → South African Army ⓘ

South African 2nd Division → branch → South African Army ⓘ

Hendrik Klopper → militaryBranch → South African Army ⓘ

Joe Slovo → militaryBranch → South African Army ⓘ

Department of Defence → hasUnit → South African Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Department of Defence (South Africa)

Bren light machine gun → usedBy → South African Army ⓘ

Dan Pienaar → militaryBranch → South African Army ⓘ

Union Defence Force → serviceBranch → South African Army ⓘ

South African 5th Brigade → branch → South African Army ⓘ

George Brink → militaryBranch → South African Army ⓘ

British and Commonwealth ranger units → usedBy → South African Army ⓘ

De Villiers Graaff → militaryService → South African Army ⓘ

Colin Eglin → servedIn → South African Army ⓘ