Description
The SANDF Rattle 90mm is a 3D printed completed model of this ikon of the SANDF. The Ratel is the basic infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) of the South African National Defence Force’s mechanized infantry battalions. Ratel is the Afrikaans name for the honey badger, which has a reputation as a ferocious fighter.
The Ratel-60 and Ratel-90 variants are otherwise identical, save that the former mounts a 60 millimetres (2.4 in) breech-loading mortar in turrets modeled on the Eland-60 armoured cars, and the Ratel-90 mounts a Denel 90 millimetres (3.54 in) gun in a turret modeled on that of the Eland-90 armoured car. The Ratel 90 weighs approximately half a ton more than a Ratel-20. The 60mm mortar is most effectively used in firing smoke shells, and is generally useless against armoured vehicles or dug-in troops.
