Sandock-Austral

Sandock-Austral is defunct defence contractor of South Africa. It was formed through the 1971 merger of the Austral armaments company and Sandock Ltd dockyards, as a subsidiary of the Gencor mining group.

The company was absorbed into Land Systems OMC, part of BAE Systems.

Some of the systems developed in its heyday include the Ratel IFV, Mamba APC, River Class mine counter measures vessels and SAS Drakensberg (A301).