| Alkantpan
is an all-purpose test range in the central part of South Africa.
The company is part of the Armscor Group of companies, Armscor
being the procurement agency for the South African Defence Force.
Within Armscor Defence Institutes, a subsidiary of Armscor, are companies
and divisions specialising in testing, design analysis, chemical
warfare, armour protection, technology exploitation, etc.
Alkantpan is mainly involved with testing gun
systems, but do other types of tests as well.
The range is located in the central semi-desert
part of South Africa, approximately 900 km from Johannesburg
and Cape Town and 300 km from Kimberley, the nearest city
with a commercial airport.
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