SA Armour Museum
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Welcome to the Official home page of the
SA Armour Museum
operating hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
09:00AM - 14:00PM
- We are closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
-Group visits must be arranged 14 days in advance with museum curator WO 1 Wiaan Liebenberg or Maj Dana Swanepoel.
-After hours can be arranged with the museum curator.
Contact details
Museum Manager
Maj Dana Swanepoel
Tel: 051 402 1777
E-mail: saarmourmuseum@gmail.com
Museum Curator
WO 1 Wiaan Liebenberg
Tel: 051 402 1777
Mobile: 083 277 5041
E-mail: armourschool@mweb.co.za
Open Day Vehicle Mobility Track Preview
Step back in time and witness the power and history of iconic military vehicles at the SA Armour Museum Open Day! Explore a stunning collection of museum-quality military vehicles that once served, and get up close to the machinery that shaped nations. Don't miss this rare opportunity to experience living history and marvel at these remarkable machines. Join us for an unforgettable journey through time and military heritage!
Events planned for 2023
Latest News - 4 August
Bailey Bridge Update:
The museum team is again hard at work in finalising the renovations in preparation for the Museum Open Day on 21 October 2023.
We are finishing up the preparations to start spraying next week.
SQUADRON 1977- 78
April 2022 I became part of a What's App group D ESKADRON 1977-78
In the group, the men shared memories of a special time and experience in their lives at Rooikop 17 Km East of Walvis Bay in the desert (where if you got a weekend pass, you will sit outside the gate and laugh at those who didn't get a weekend pass.)
Photos and anecdotes were shared and I then offered to compile what was shared into a digital photo album.
Eight months later, with 400 photos and 209 pages, I was able to share this volume with the group.
This collection is a look through the lens of a Troop’s "KODAK INSTAMATIC" camera that was hidden somewhere in his webbing.
If there is an example of the “Flame of the Armor”, it is this group of men under the leadership of Ferdi Barnard.
For 45 years Ferdi and his team have kept the Flame burning and in 2023 they celebrate it with the "Scorpion Tour 2023“. The highlight will be on May 4 in the Brandberg where Honor will be brought to our Members who paid the Highest price on May 4, 1978, during Operation Reindeer.
The SA Armour Museum is very grateful to RSM Kat Snyman (retired) for allowing us to share his research work on the history of D SQUADRON 1977 -1978 and thereby helping to preserve South African military heritage.
Link to download the PDF book: https://we.tl/t-NO4AqcVyjd (size 46 MB)