The name given to the transit camp at 1 SAIĪlley – Navy….Any passage on a ship where the crew would walk.Īlouette – French designed helicopter gunship, Also known as “Draadkar”Īntinov – Soviet transport aircraft series.ĪO – Afrikaans form of address for rank of warrant officer ( SA Police : pre 1994 )Īrmscor – Armaments Corporation of South AfricaĪsdic – Navy. Īdjudant – ( 2 ) abridged Afrikaans form of address for rank of Warrant Officer ( SA Police ).Īfkak – a state or condition in which you will not enjoy yourself – literally to ‘shit’ oneselfĪfrican bangles – handcuffs ( SA Police slang ).ĪK – 47 – Avtomat Kalashnikova assult rifleĪkedis Dorp – Lizard City. SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE FORCE TERMINOLOGY AND SLANG :Īapjas – A long, hooded coat usually with a fake fur lining ( post 1983 issue version ).Īapkas (1) – metal platform / cage, sited on a radio mast in SWA / Angola ops bases used as a lookout post / fire director station for base defence mortars.Īap Kas (2) – also know as the jump simulation cable rig at 44 ParaĪdjudant – ( 1 ) commissioned officer appointed as executive officer to unit OC / 2IC. Please note this list contains words that can be judged as offensive and objectionable – however as a historic document to capture the slang and terminology we need to beas objective as possible. Readers are cordially invited to help expand this ongoing ” work in progress ” for the benefit of posterity.įor the sake of convenience / easy reading, the list is in alphabetical order. The following list of words, terms and phrases will probably never be truly complete, or exhaustive.
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