deployed using helicopters. Regular Force 6 South African Infantry Battalion (Grahamstown) Reserve Force Chief Makhanda Regiment (Grahamstown) Chief Maqoma Regiment (Port Elizabeth) Type 3: Seaborne Infantry Regular Force 9 South African Infantry Battalion (Cape Town) Reserve Force Chief Langalibalele Rifles, (Cape Town) Type 4: Light Infantry Fast highly mobile skirmishers. Regular Force 21 South African Infantry Battalion (Johannesburg) Reserve Force Rand Light Infantry (Johannesburg) OR Tambo Regiment (Germiston) Lenong Regiment (Krugersdorp) Type 5: Mechanised Infantry Mechanised infantry are equipped with the Ratel infantry combat vehicle, a wheeled vehicle that can deploy over all terrain. Regular Force 1 South African Infantry Battalion (Bloemfontein) 8 South African Infantry Battalion (61 Mechanised Infantry Battalion Group was merged into this unit) (Upington) Reserve Force General de la Rey Regiment (Potchefstroom) Job Masego Regiment (Pretoria) Gonnema Regiment (Cape Town) General Jan Smuts Regiment (Cape Town) Bambatha Rifles (Johannesburg) Type 6: Motorised Infantry Motorised infantry are equipped with various Samil trucks, that can be deployed over rough terrain, but is primarily a road vehicle. Since the mid-2000s, they have been using vehicles like Mamba. Regular Force 2 South African Infantry Battalion (Zeerust) 4 South African Infantry Battalion (Middelburg, Mpumalanga) 5 South African Infantry Battalion (Ladysmith) 7 South African Infantry Battalion (Phalaborwa) 10 South African Infantry Battalion (Mafikeng) 14 South African Infantry Battalion (Mthatha) 15 South African Infantry Battalion (Thohoyandou) 121 South African Infantry Battalion (Mtubatuba) Reserve Force General Botha Regiment (Barberton) Mapungubwe Regiment (Polokwane) Johannesburg Regiment (Johannesburg) Andrew Mlangeni Regiment (Johannesburg) Solomon Mahlangu Regiment (Johannesburg) Tshwane Regiment (Pretoria) Buffalo Volunteer Rifles (East London) Durban Light Infantry (Durban) King Shaka Regiment (Durban) Kimberley Regiment (Kimberley) Ingobamakhosi Carbineers (Pietermaritzburg) Mangaung Regiment (Bloemfontein) Nelson Mandela Regiment (Port Elizabeth) Chief Albert Luthuli Regiment (Kroonstad) Infantry Battalion internal organization The organisation of South African motorised, mechanised, air assault and parachute infantry battalions are broadly similar, the mechanised battalion however lacks a machine gun platoon in the support company and the internal security battalion lacks the same as well as other support weapons (mortars, antitank weapons and assault pioneers). A battalion musters about 34 officers, 776 men, or 810 all ranks. A company has nine rifle sections. A battalion has nine rifle platoons and 27 rifle sections. A battalion has at its disposal the following weapons: 8 M3 81mm mortars, 27 M4 60mm patrol mortars, 6 infantry antitank guns (M40A1 or Ratel 90), 6 antitank guided missile launchers (MBDA Milan ADT3 or