Centurion Reborn | Olifant Mk1A Main Battle Tank
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- The Olifant Mk1A derives its name from the African Elephant, symbolizing its sheer strength and dominance. Introduced in 1983, it served as the primary Main Battle Tank of South Africa until the adoption of the Olifant Mk2 in 2006, and a pivotal component of the nation's military strategy leading up to the conclusion of the Cold War era. As the heaviest military vehicle in the former South African Defence Force (SADF), the Olifant Mk1A stood as a formidable battlefield asset during the South African Border War (1977-1989), adapted specifically for the challenges of South African terrain and climate.
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An article by Dewald Venter
Narrated by Jungleson
Edited by Mace
Sound edited by Jungleson
I was at School of Armour in 1989 and 1990.
There were a couple of knocked out T 54/55 tanks there, taken out by APFSDS rounds.
The Angolan bush is much more dense than South African bush, and the fighting took place during the rainy season up there, so the dense bush was covered in leaves.
The skirmish took place at close quarters, where the SA troopers superior training and response times saw the enemy off.
On two of the Soviet produced tanks I inspected, there was a single hole drilled through the turret, with two gauges, or divots nearby from the discarding sabot which barely had time to seperate from the 'dart'. That indicates how close the encounters took place.
The gauges were about 5 -6 cms deep.
There were also captured T34's there, probably T34 - 85's.
Did they seem to be Angolan or Cuban manned?
@@benlewis4241 No clue, sorry. I don't recall that there were any unit markings at all, this was 35 years ago.
It was during Ops Modular or Hooper.
I recall discussing the terrain abd the bush with Major Les Rudman, but can't recall his story on the kills.
In my defence, abd this isn't a joke, he used to eat raw garlic for breakfast, so I couldn't concentrate properly.
I recall that he had a signed copy of a book on the battle from Helmoed-Romer Heitman including photos showing how green the dense bush was.
I apologize for my hazy memory.
I find the aesthetic of modernized vehicles extremely interesting.
Yeah they’re pretty cool
Have you seen the Iranian M-60?
@@mathiasbartl903 yeah it looked kinda goofy
Very interesting!! I did my South African military service during 1967... and were trained on the Centurian at the School of Armor.. Course T67. We did all the theory but never got the opportunity to do the practical. We were trained as Troop Leaders having to qualify as drivers / radio operators / gunners / and crew commanders.
We then did the above training on the Sherman 17 pounder fitted with the 9 cylinder Lycoming radial aero engine.
During subsequent training camps our Regiment ... Prince Alfred's Guard converted to the Panhard Armored Cars / and the South African version ... Eland ..using a water cooled GM engine.
Interesting times!!
Thanks for the informative video. Haven't heard too much about the Olifant.
Rare occasion of South Africa using tracked vehicles
These are beautiful tanks
Interesting South Africa mange to get their hands with a bunch of T-55 and improving their own tank technology, cool story 🎉
Serendipitous... ha ha...back in the day the secret agents knew what has to be done.
I will never forget seeing this beasts going on rail to South-West Africa through Orange Free state fields for the battle of Quito Cannival as a kid !
One of the confiscated T-55s is at the South African Military Museum.
I love OnlyFant Mk1A
Mistaking South Africa for Tansania sounds like a very common, perfectly understandable and not at all suspicious mistake to me.
Arms embargo: "There we go; problem solved."
Someone with spare parts wants money: "Hmmm .... well .... maybe not solved."
I would love to see a comparaison between this and the Israeli Shot
That is why their is a saying , n Boer maak n plan , meaning , a Boer make a plan , and that is no bull shit .
cool
Olifant MK2 next please
We will be publishing a video on the Olifant Mk1B first
The Aw-lor-four-nt cracked me up, its Or- lee-funt
No it's "oily-fund"
@@gimmedat5541 Thats not how I was taught to say it
The oilie part in Afrikaans isn't really pronounced the same as oil is in English, its more extendended ooil, sounds more like awl than oil, let's try awl-i-phant the a in phant isn't pronounced as an A but more an Ah
@@Frog13799 Thats pronunciation you put is exactly how I meant it to be, Im just not good with words
proud to write the first comment to this interesting video, more of this, please
Would the gm diesel happen to be a detroit diesel 8v92t or a 12v71
There's some realy old soviet tanks in Ukraine. I'd be interested to see them squre off against ths Olifant/Centurian. Thanks for the presentation.
PLEASE SEE THIS COMMENT, I love panther to a huge extent, especially the idea of fall ones such as the paper tanks coelian or whatever but there ei some picture I have found, which originally I've only seen models based of off, which was similar to that of a berge panther but containing a shielded 2cm flak and not that of the early production ones rather it was a different shield entirely and was mounted onto the middle on seemingly the turret ring, the driver/ machine gunner had one big hatch over the front to exit that was open in the photo I found. I believe it was in 1945 in cezchosovlaika? Apparently although all I've seen is reddit talk about it, I would really like/love someone insight I to this one off,in my eyes at least, dream tank to some. Please provide me with something, make a video or something or if there's maybe a page about it on the encyclopedia
If you have the picture, you could send it to us via email: tanks.encyclopedia@gmail.com
We'll be happy to take a look.
World War Two vintage but I guess any gun is better than no gun.
Almost identical gun to 1st series of Abrams tank…… sufficient for everything up to the most recent ‘T’ tanks with appliqué armour.
@@robertpatrick3350 these updates basically brought them up to date with anything that came afterwards.
When we used to produce top military vehicles
Seriously I wonder why South Africa just didn't produce its own hulls. The technology of building a tank isn't exactly rocket science after all
Later vid as part of the TTD
The would but they needed tanks in a hurry...the war in Angola was getting very hot
Making and Welding rolled homogenous armour is actually fairly tough, particually as you have to lift the entire hull to let gravity help do the welds. Some of the cast parts are equally tough.
Problem is once you have built the heavy industry and experience for this, you may as well build a few thousand to make the investment worth it which is a hard sell to a cash strapped military with few armoured threats.
True getting good consistent weld penetration is vital to the hull integrity and not easy when dealing with the thick steel needed for tanks. It requires highly skilled welders top of the line equipment and excellent quality control procedures which rely on delicate sophisticated sensors to map the entire depth of the joint. When the Chieftains were built only Britain America Germany and the Soviet's were doing it and the Soviet's never got the consistent quality. This is why the Chieftain had a cast turret as the thicker steel and complex shape made welding too risky.
@@ianjardine7324 Well said!
Today all the tanks are fucked and neglected. All the so called sandf's vehicles are fucked. It's a joke.