SAMIL 100

   The SAMIL 100 is virtually a SAMIL 50 with an extra axle at the rear and a more powerful V-10 diesel engine. It shares many components (such as the cab) with the SAMIL 50 and is again based on Magirus-Deutz models, although considerably strengthened to suit local conditions and incorporating many locally-available components. This military truck has been proven under combat conditions.

   The SAMIL 100 is the standard heavy load-carrying vehicle of the South African Defense Forces and is used in many versions, apart from the basic cargo drop-sided model with a 10 t payload capacity. Some of the cargo models are fitted with material handling cranes. There is a heavy recovery vehicle in the SAMIL 100 range, plus a heavy tipper truck, water and fuel tankers, and a specialized artillery tractor used to tow and support the 155 mm G-5 gun-howitzer. The artillery tractor carries a crew cabin and a hydraulic ammunition-handling crane. Food-orientated variants include a mobile canteen, a panel-bodied truck used to carry perishable products and what must be one of the most unusual of all military truck roles, a mobile beer cooler. Another unusual variant is a horse transporter with a mine-protected cab and more armor extending the whole length of the underside. Most of the other variants can be fitted with an armored mine-proof cab.

   The SAMIL 100 is powered by a Deutz air-cooled diesel engine. Vehicle has a full-time all-wheel drive. A 6x4 variant of the SAMIL 100 for use in rear areas has been produced; some are used by commercial and police organizations. As with the other SAMIL trucks, a SAMIL 100 Mark 2 is now in production. This has a locally-produced V10 diesel engine and some other components of South African origin.