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  • The Ratel is a wheeled infantry fighting vehicle (in fact AFAIK the first one) more comparable to the Mowag Piranha variants used by many countries, such as the Canadian LAVIII, than to the Buffel, Casspir or Mamba.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Ratel described Sonmez as a "key surgical participant" in operations at the clinic, known as Medicus.

    Turkish doctor arrested over organ traffic allegations 2011

  • CA: RLR 18: 269, Ratel Fonteijn, aan 't Roggeveld, 18 Mar. 1765 to 29 Sept. 1769. back

    Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008

  • The new ICV was intended to replace the ageing Ratel, and would serve the army for the next 25 to 30 years, Liebenberg said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • It was also said to have found that Ratel infantry assault vehicles were sold with their codes and algorithms intact.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • Celliers said Armscor learnt of the Ratel allegations in a preliminary report by First Consulting in February 2005.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • The November 2005 forensic report also revealed a breach of national security in the export of Ratel infantry assault vehicles.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • In another sale, 354 Ratel infantry fighting vehicles were sold for R1. 1 million.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • Rooikat armoured cars, Ratel infantry combat vehicles, and Casspir,

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

  • AWB members were told at the time that the SA Defence Force would supply Ratel armoured vehicles, tanks, and 40,000 men to protect the then Western Transvaal.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

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