Sandock-Austral was a South African defence company formed through the 1971 merger of the Austral armaments company and Sandock Ltd dockyards, as a subsidiary of the
Gencor Gencor Ltd was a South African based mining company. It was formed in 1980 after the merger of the General Mining and Finance Corporation and the Union Corporation. Parts of the company are now owned by Gold Fields and BHP.
History
Gencor has its ...
mining group.
The company was absorbed into
Land Systems OMC, part of
BAE Systems.
Sandock-Austral has developed a number of notable products, such as:
* The ''
Ratel'' infantry fighting vehicle.
* The ''
Eland Mk2'' armoured car.
* ''
Mamba Mk2'' and ''Romad'' series of mine-protected armoured personnel carriers.
It was also responsible for the construction of the ''
SAS Drakensberg'', South Africa's most sophisticated indigenous warship.
References
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Government-owned companies of South Africa
Defence companies of South Africa
Defunct companies of South Africa
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