The ten-ton 6×6 of the range: the Magirus-Deutz 320 D 22 AL built in South Africa, in effect a SAMIL 50 with a third axle and a V10. It is 10.27 m long on a 5,250 mm wheelbase plus a 1,380 mm bogie and weighs 9,135 kg empty; the Mk I had the air-cooled Deutz F10L 413F of 15,953 cc and 235 kW.
MODEL LINE100BUILT BYTruckmakers, Rosslyn, Pretoria, Magirus-Deutz, UlmPRODUCED1983–98OPERATED INSouth Africa, NamibiaPRODUCTIONNot published for this model aloneLAYOUT6 wheels · 207″
The record
The SAMIL 100 became the South African Defence Force's standard heavy load carrier: a pressed-steel drop-side body for up to 50 troops, often with a small crane behind the cab. It shares its cab and much else with the SAMIL 50, strengthened for local conditions and built with local components; the Mk II took a locally built V10.
The chassis towed the 155 mm G5 as its gun tractor, launched the Bateleur rockets and carried the Bosvark's twin 23 mm guns, and it was built as a heavy recovery truck, a tipper, fuel and water tankers, a mobile canteen, a refrigerated truck, a horse transporter and a 6×4 for rear areas; most versions could have the Kwêvoël mine-protected cab. The Samil fleet was still in SANDF service in 2011, supported under contract by BAE Systems, while Project Vistula looked for a replacement.
ENGINEDeutz F10L 413F air-cooled V10 diesel, 235 kW (Mk I); a locally built V10 diesel (Mk II)Deutz F10L 413F
PRODUCTION RUNNot published for this model alone; the SAMIL fleet peaked at about 12,000 two-, five- and ten-ton trucks
COUNTRY OF ORIGINSouth Africa
OPERATED INSouth Africa, Namibia
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINE100
FAMILY100
WHEELS6
NOMINAL WHEELBASE207″
BODY STYLEDrop-side cargo
VARIANTS2
Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.
Body styles & colours
Body style
Factory colours
Dark Earth
Light Stone
Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.
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