The light mobile workshop on the SAMIL 20: a box body equipped for general repairs and vehicle servicing in the field.
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Light Aid Detachment trucks followed the units they supported and did first-line repairs; the heavier recovery work fell to the SAMIL 50 and SAMIL 100 recovery trucks. The type was still paraded by the South African Army in 2017.
Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.
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.
Base model variants
Factory colours
Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.
SAMIL 20 Mk II1980–98 · Truckmakers, Rosslyn, PretoriaKwêvoël 20Truckmakers, Rosslyn, PretoriaBulldog1982 · Truckmakers, Rosslyn, Pretoria
Rhino1983 · Truckmakers, Rosslyn, PretoriaYstervark1984–91 · Truckmakers, Rosslyn, Pretoria
SAMIL 20 ambulanceTruckmakers, Rosslyn, PretoriaValkiri Mk I launcherTruckmakers, Rosslyn, PretoriaSAMIL 50 Mk II1980–98 · Truckmakers, Rosslyn, PretoriaRegistry record updated 2026-09-24 · status: draft
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