The SAMIL 50 with the Kwêvoël armoured, mine-protected cab: the protected cargo truck of the Border War convoys, also built as a flatbed.
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Mine warfare on the South West African and Angolan roads made the protected cab the norm: by the end of the war many of the SAMIL 50s and 100s that had replaced the Bedfords carried the Kwêvoël cab. Every SAMIL 50 version could be fitted with it.
Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.
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Base model variants
Factory colours
Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.
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