Mfezi Ambulance

The Mfezi Ambulance is an armoured ambulance used by the South African Military Health Service. The name Mfezi is a Zulu word that means snake. The snake is the emblem of the South African Operational Medical Orderly who operates and uses these vehicles.

The Mfezi Ambulance replaced the Rinkhals Armoured Ambulance at the end of the Angolan Bush War although it is believed that one Mfezi Ambulance was operationally tested in Angola during the closing stages of the Bush War.

The Mfezi is a 17 ton armoured vehicle capable of withstanding 3 x TM-57 landmines/21 kg TNT under any wheel and two TM-57/14 kg TNT under the hull. The sides protects up to 7.62x51mm caliber NATO Ball.

The Mfezi is operated by two medical orderlies and has the capacity to hold four patients who are lying down and four who are sitting. The configuration of the inside of the vehicle can be changed as needed according to the situation, although this requires a workshop intervention.