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Marque · 50 · in production 1979–1998

SAMIL 50 five-ton 4×4

The five-ton 4×4 of the range, a strengthened South African version of the Magirus-Deutz 192 D 12 AL, built from 1979 until 1998 with the air-cooled Deutz F6L 413F V6 and later the ADE 409N — the truck, with the SAMIL 100, that replaced the Army's Bedfords during the Border War.

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8VEHICLESNot published separatelyBUILT1979–1998IN PRODUCTION3CHAPTERS

The SAMIL 50 kept the Magirus-Deutz outline but was rebuilt to be stronger and to use South African components. It carried 40 troops on bench seats or a load on its steel body, usually with a twin-axle trailer behind it in the operational area, and it was built as recovery trucks, fuel and water tankers, pantries, workshops and a dozen other bodies.

Every version could take the armoured, mine-protected Kwêvoël cab, and the SAMIL 50's running gear went into the Rinkhals armoured ambulance. The Mk II brought an enlarged bonnet over the ADE 409N, a strengthened front axle and more local content.

3 chapters, 1948 → today

1Mk I (1979–1980s)1979 – 19852Mine protection (1980s–1990)1980 – 19903Mk II (1980s–1998)1985 – 1998
194819601975199020052025
11979 – 1985

Mk I (1979–1980s)

5 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTER

The Deutz V6 five-tonner and the service bodies Jane's listed in 1985.

Registry records · chapter 1

SAMIL 50 (1979–98)1979–98SAMIL 50 recoverySAMIL 50 water tankerSAMIL 50 fuel tankerSAMIL 50 refrigerated pantry
21980 – 1990

Mine protection (1980s–1990)

2 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTER

The Kwêvoël cab on the convoy trucks, and the Rinkhals ambulance on SAMIL 50 running gear until the Mfezi replaced it.

Registry records · chapter 2

Kwêvoël 501980Rinkhals1980–90
31985 – 1998

Mk II (1980s–1998)

1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTER

The ADE 409N five-cylinder under a larger bonnet, until production ended in 1998.

Registry records · chapter 3

SAMIL 50 Mk II1980–98

Base models

The structural configurations the registry and the Creator build from; each page carries the researched specification.
SAMIL 50 (1979–98)1979–98

In service

Where the registry's 50 records worked; each opens the themed history.
Military7 records in this marqueAmbulance1 record in this marque

Sources

  1. SAMIL 50 — Wikipedia
  2. SAMIL 50 – General utility truck — Military-Today.com (archived 2007)
  3. SAMIL Trucks (South African MILitary) (7 January 2016) — Myn Transport Blog
  4. SAMIL work adds to R1bn since 2007 (13 September 2011) — defenceWeb
  5. Helmoed Römer Heitman, “Equipment of the Border War”, Journal for Contemporary History 31 (3), 2006, pp. 91–108 — University of the Free State
  6. Rinkhals 4×4 Samil 50 based multi-use armoured vehicle — Osprea Logistics
  7. Mfezi (ambulance) — Wikipedia

50 records in the registry

8 records, oldest first.
SAMIL 50 (1979–98)1979–98 · South AfricaKwêvoël 501980 · South AfricaRinkhals1980–90 · South AfricaSAMIL 50 Mk II1980–98 · South AfricaSAMIL 50 fuel tankerSouth AfricaSAMIL 50 recoverySouth AfricaSAMIL 50 refrigerated pantrySouth AfricaSAMIL 50 water tankerSouth Africa