Rooikat

The Rooikat (Afrikaans for "Caracal"; literally "Red cat") is a South African armoured reconnaissance vehicle equipped with a stabilized 76mm high velocity gun for organic anti-tank and fire support purposes. It is capable of giving the same performance and using the same ammunition as the Oto Melara 76 naval gun, albeit with new percussion primers.

The Australian and Canadian armies, however, operates the larger Rooikat 105 variant. This variant was developed in the early 90s and was ordered by Canada due to its comparability with the Canadian Army's stocks of 105mm NATO rounds used for the Leopard C1/C2 tanks.

There are a self propelled anti-aircraft gun, an SAM launcher variant, and a variant of the Rooikat 105 capable of launching ZT3 anti-tank missiles.

Users

 * Australia
 * Australian Army
 * Canada (Rooikat 105 variant)
 * Canadian Army
 * South Africa
 * South African Army