cap28: the majority of african armies are under the control of western nations and can not defend the territorial integrity of their countries from any attack from a western country.

countries like nigeria, uganda, kenya and ethiopia are known for fighting and killing their fellow africans on behalf of their western masters - that is what ECOMOG is all about - it was formed by the west - not to help african countries defend themselves from western attack but to help the west fight any stubborn african countries who refused to give up their sovereignty and natural resources.

abubaka101: For now and for a long time, the Nigerian army has always being ready for any mission that comes their way. Nigerian soldiers have being more active and responsible than any other country's soldiers in recent times. Boko Haram are decribed as "faceless", but our soldiers are still killing them.
For those that think its S.A., you only said cause you don't think its Nigeria's.

andrewza:


you only have man power and the hostage rescue mission that took place in Nigeria not to long ago point out that

A number are not every thing

B you are far from ready for any mission


Not trying to be rude, but your army is not up to scratch.


And what dose that last line mean i can not under stand it.I say SA due to it's higher level of training and better tactics, and much better equipment. And for information sake we do deploy solders on AU/UN missions and on the border.

gaddafe: Is the topic ''which african country's army has the best accomplishment or which african country has the strongest/formidable forces''
In order to really know which army have the strongest forces, they will need to test each other in the battle field.

Global world fire power rates Libya as no1 in africa. CIA fact book states that there are many criteria to judge the strongest army hence look:
In terms of largest soldiers(quantity)-nigeria is no 1 in Africa and no 6 in the world. Now this matters when it comes to a war situation.

In terms of quality and amount of Equipment (that is if u produce them etc)-Libya is no 1 in africa

In terms of soldiers fit for the job (that is using the rigt people for the job not using a 60 yrs old man for a job meant for 27 yrs old) - Nigeria is no 1 in Africa and no 10 in the world.

Infact when i checked the criteria used in judging the strongest soldiers according to Cia books, Nigeria was always ahead other african countries except for equipments and all that. Pls note these are not all the criteria used ooo. I only listed the ones i know people might be interested in this thread.

gaddafe: Is the topic ''which african country's army has the best accomplishment or which african country has the strongest/formidable forces''
In order to really know which army have the strongest forces, they will need to test each other in the battle field.

Global world fire power rates Libya as no1 in africa. CIA fact book states that there are many criteria to judge the strongest army hence look:
In terms of largest soldiers(quantity)-nigeria is no 1 in Africa and no 6 in the world. Now this matters when it comes to a war situation.

In terms of quality and amount of Equipment (that is if u produce them etc)-Libya is no 1 in africa

In terms of soldiers fit for the job (that is using the rigt people for the job not using a 60 yrs old man for a job meant for 27 yrs old) - Nigeria is no 1 in Africa and no 10 in the world.

Infact when i checked the criteria used in judging the strongest soldiers according to Cia books, Nigeria was always ahead other african countries except for equipments and all that. Pls note these are not all the criteria used ooo. I only listed the ones i know people might be interested in this thread.

gaddafe: Is the topic ''which african country's army has the best accomplishment or which african country has the strongest/formidable forces''
In order to really know which army have the strongest forces, they will need to test each other in the battle field.

Global world fire power rates Libya as no1 in africa. CIA fact book states that there are many criteria to judge the strongest army hence look:
In terms of largest soldiers(quantity)-nigeria is no 1 in Africa and no 6 in the world. Now this matters when it comes to a war situation.

In terms of quality and amount of Equipment (that is if u produce them etc)-Libya is no 1 in africa

In terms of soldiers fit for the job (that is using the rigt people for the job not using a 60 yrs old man for a job meant for 27 yrs old) - Nigeria is no 1 in Africa and no 10 in the world.

Infact when i checked the criteria used in judging the strongest soldiers according to Cia books, Nigeria was always ahead other african countries except for equipments and all that. Pls note these are not all the criteria used ooo. I only listed the ones i know people might be interested in this thread.

You said their level of training. How do you train with a specific equipment when you dont even have it?

andrewza: I had no need to check those sites. I have seen them before. And using those criteria you are correct. But those criteria do not mean you are good. You can not say if a Defense force is good or bad by numbers of men or equipment. You could through 100 of tanks at us but if they old T55 they would just be suicidal charges. Not to mention due to SA having a proper C4I2R System we can use our forces much more effectively.

Lwandle: Experience wise Zimbabwe!!!!!

andrewza:

Experience in what. When they fought for freedom they got slaughtered by a smaller force and after that there was a small war where they helped out. They have no current experience in any thing but terrorising the poor and defenceless. There are criminal gangs in SA with more combat experience.

Lwandle:


Zimbabwean forces were instrumental in putting down RENAMO(armed and financed by the WEST & SA) in Mozambique to bring peace to that country.

Zimbabwean forces were instrumental in helping Namibia militarily in its quest for independence!

Zimbabwea housed and protected ANC leaders before SA gained independence.

It was members of the Zimbabwe special forces who killed Savimbi( a USA backed rebel) thereby helping Angola achieve lasting peace 25yrs after independence.

It was Zimbabwean forces together with Angola and Namibia who held back Rwandan and Ugandian backed rebels ( Financed and armed by WESTERN countries) in their attempts to overthrow an elected gvt in DRC Congo. Ask yourselves where that rebel Nkunda is today.

It was Zimbabwean secret service that rumbled and arrested mercenaries and prevented a coup attempt in oil rich Equatorial Guinea that involved a few leading lights of the British aristocracy.

Zimbabwean forces are much sort after when it comes to U.N peace keeping duties all over the world.

You should check where your SA officers get their training my bro before pontificating abt things you dont know!

andrewza:

All a long time ago while most of them in any case. While i will say you are our biggest threat you are still not the best or even a big threat.

And i know where our officers get trained it is not Zimbabwe. We send people there for the same reason we send them to all other countries to see how they do things different to us. If we only focused on how we saw the world we could not adopt to the changing world. Example we have never had any of our ships come under attack from enemy fighter aircraft but the british have. So we send some people there to learn what they did right and wrong so even though we have never had it happen to us we know what to do. It is better to learn from some body else's mistake than yours because you never know if you will get a second chance.