10 Anti-Aircraft Regiment is an artillery regiment of the South African Army.
| 10 Anti-Aircraft Regiment | |
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 10 Anti-Aircraft Regiment emblem | |
| Active | 1 February 1968 - |
| Country |
 South Africa |
| Allegiance |
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| Branch | |
| Type | Reserve Artillery |
| Part of |
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| Garrison/HQ | Youngsfield, Kimberley |
| Motto(s) | |
| Insignia | |
| Collar Badge | Bursting grenade with seven flames |
| Beret Colour | Oxford Blue |
| Battery emblems |
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| Beret bar circa 1992 |
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Contents
History[edit | edit source]
10 Anti-aircraft Regiment was formally established on 1 February 1968 as though it was a new unit of the Permanent Force, without any mention of the fact that it was obviously a reconstruction of 10 Anti-aircraft Battery.[citation needed]
Its headquarters was at Youngsfield in Cape Town, where the Artillery Air Defence School had been established from the same date.
Incidents[edit | edit source]
13 October 2007: A Oerlikon GDF Mk.5 35 mm anti-aircraft twin-barrelled gun malfunctioned, spraying hundreds of high-explosive 0,5 kg 35mm cannon shells around the five-gun firing position. By the time the gun had emptied its dual 250-round magazines nine soldiers were dead and eleven injured. The accident occurred just before 9 am, when a battery from 10 Anti-Aircraft Regiment began a live-fire exercise at the Army Combat Training Centre at Lohatlha as part of the SANDF's Exercise Seboka.[1]
Starstreak missile development[edit | edit source]
10 AA Regiment participated in the first live firing of Starstreak missiles on African soil. This firing took place at the Denel Overberg Test Range.
Equipment[edit | edit source]
10 Anti-Aircraft Regiment has used the following equipment throughout its history:
- 40mm Bofors,
- 3,7 inch heavy AA gun
- GA1-CO1 20mm light gun
- GDF-002 twin 35mm automatic gun with Super Fledermaus fire control system
- ZU-23-2 twin 23mm and
- 20/3 M55 A2 anti-aircraft guns
- Starstreak ground-to-air missile[2]
Insignia[edit | edit source]
Previous Dress Insignia[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
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