2019年6月5日 · Well, the R2 was a South African adaptation of the G3. A large number of rifles were needed as a reserve, and also to equip second echelon units like the Air Force, Cape Corps, and South West Africa Territorial Force. To reduce the expense of this, South Africa purchased something like 100,000 G3 rifles from Portugal and designated them R2.

2024年10月5日 · In South Africa, the designation "R" is used for rifles. The R1 is essentially the FAL, produced locally after purchasing some from FN. The R2, on the other hand, is the G3 rifle. The R3 was a semi-automatic FAL variant, used by the Kommandos – a territorial defensive group akin to the National Guard in the US. Modifications and Use.

The Vektor R 2 is a South African battle rifle developed in the mid-1950s. Original model based on FN FAL. Folding model R 1. Semi-auto only model. New model based on Galil AR. Carbine model of R 4. Semi-auto only R 5. Compact model of R 5. IAR model. Micro-Galil copy. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.

The SS-77 is a gas operated, belt feed weapon that fires from open bolt and has breech block swinging sideways to lock into the receiver wall. It had quick changeable barrel with external …

2024年9月16日 · These were Portuguese produced G3 rifles by FMP and in South African service they were designated the R2 rifle and predominantly issued to the South African Marine Corps, South African Air Force and South West African Territorial Force.

2023年3月20日 · We were issued rifles on the 13th of August. It was H&K G3's, called the R2 by the SADF. The butt of the rifle is fixed to the receiver with two pins. When one of the pins is removed and inserted halfway, from the wrong side, you can hook it into your trouser pocket to take some of the weight when carrying it shouldered."

2019年7月29日 · Well, the R2 was a South African adaptation of the G3. A large number of rifles were needed as a reserve, and also to equip second echelon units like the Air Force, Cape Corps, and South West Africa Territorial Force. To reduce the expense of this, South Africa purchased something like 100,000 G3 rifles from Portugal and designated them R2.

2019年6月5日 · Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons just released a video of the South African Defence Forces R2 rifle with its modified furniture. The R2 was originally a Portuguese made G-3 rifle purchased by the SADF for use by second-line …

Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons just released a video of the South African Defence Forces R2 rifle with its modified furniture. The R2 was originally a Portuguese made G-3 rifle purchased by the SADF for use by second-line troops and the South West Africa Territorial Force.

After a competition between the German G3 rifle, the Armalite AR-10, and the FN FAL, the South African military adopted three variants of the FAL: The license-built R1/R2/R3 was built by Lyttelton Engineering Works (LEW) and the Armaments Development and Production Corporation of South Africa (ARMSCOR).