THE new 52-calibre 155 mm gun/howitzers from Denel-LIW for the latest versions of its G5 and G6 artillery systems use a revolutionary new breech mechanism of entirely South African design.

On Denel’s business performance, Monaheng said in 2015/16, Denel posted R8.4 billion in revenue, but this went down to R1.3 billion in 2021/22.

In addition, Denel has the T5 project: a 155 mm gun/howitzer, as in the G6, but mounted on a truck chassis. “It’s currently doing tests in one of the [interested] countries,” he reported.

Denel, the defence parastatal that was given a R2 billion lifeline in the budget, has said it would raise between R400 million and R500 million from the sale of its non-core assets.