The cargo area is made of pressed steel with low steel sides and may be covered with a canvas top carried on a removable steel frame. It has a forward control cab with a canvas roof and removable side windows. The chassis provide the basis for a wide range of cross-country vehicles. The SAMIL 20 is a light utility 4x4 military truck designed and built in South Africa for the South African Military forces. The vehicle is still in use with the SANDF. In Mark II, the engine was replaced with an upgraded South African built water cooled diesel engine. The vehicle design is based on the German Mercedes Unimog chassis and Mark I of this vehicle was based on the Magirus Deutz 130M7FAL 4x4 truck.
The SAMIL 20 is a 2-ton cargo vehicle produced in South Africa in the mid-1980s and was used as the primary light cargo carrier of the South African National Defence Force.
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