Uncouth:
This will be a defining moment for russian arms exports

Odunayaw:
Eggface moment

I no de like this kain thing

kabe1:
Nigerian made Proforce Viper Armoured Personnel Carrier

Exnavyboy62:


Is it just me or does anyone notice the tyres of Pf viper are small compared to the ones of Proforce Ara MRAPs.

kabe1:


It's a smaller vehicle and it's designed to be cheaper than the PF ARA.

Stargate254:
@NTSA I still dont get why the airforce was given the cobras instead of the army's 50th calvary, 6 is such a small number to be inducted into the airforce, they would be much more useful to army if they had operational control, If the army had them, they would be in Somali right now

NTSA:

I just hope there will be more hardware acquisition in this new regime.

Kenya Kwanza presidential candidate William Ruto has criticized the nation’s small arms manufacturing in Ruiru, Kiambu County, claiming it is not economically viable.

Speaking during the launch of his manifesto held at Kasarani stadium, the Kenya kwanza leader questioned the sense of the idea of the factory that he says cost Ksh4 billion.

In an attack seemingly veiled on the Head of State, Ruto stated that it would have been better for the government to construct garment factories since it’s cheaper.

Comparing the two, the DP stated that the Kitui county government invested Ksh168 million on a clothing industry that produced 600 jobs.

He claimed that this was comparable to Ksh280,000 per job, while the weapons factory was Ksh40 million per job.

“We have recently inaugurated a firearms factory that cost Ksh.4 billion and celebrated the fact that it will create 100 or so jobs. This works out to an investment of Ksh.40 million per job,” he said in his Kenya Kwanza coalition manifesto launch.

“In the same country, the County Government of Kitui established a garment factory with a capacity for 600 jobs at a cost of Ksh.168 million, Ksh.280,000 per job. The Ksh.4 billion gun factory investment is the equivalent of 24 Kitui garment factories and 14,000 jobs.”

Ruto went on to say that policy decisions made for investments, rather than the amount of money available, were what ultimately dictated economic decisions.

He asserted that this was how the trickle-down and bottom-up economic theories differed.

In April of last year, President Uhuru Kenyatta officially opened the Ksh. 4 billion facility, which has a single-shift annual production capacity of 12,000 assault rifles.

Raeblack:
meanwhile in Mozambique

Nemesis4you:
What is 'the truth' of shahed drone ?

Make your choice

On a serious note hope you now appreciate the fragility of 'the truth' (of any truth)

The armored (Panzer) division now numbered 14,750 men and had about 160 tanks. The division was organized into an armored regiment with two tank battalions and 2 regiments of infantry, each with 2 battalions, along with various supporting units (reconnaissance, engineer, signal, etc.). In addition to its tanks, the division was armed with 77 guns (ranging from 75mm to 150mm); 70 mortars; 33 anti-tank guns; and 700 machine guns; and some 100 anti-aircraft guns.

The First Battle of Kiev was the German name for the operation that resulted in a very large encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during World War II. It is considered the largest encirclement of troops in history. The operation ran from 23 August – 26 September 1941 as part of Operation Barbarossa.[2] In Soviet military history it is referred to as the Kiev Defensive Operation

Kharkov was one of the largest industrial centers of the Soviet Union. One of its greatest contributions was the Soviet T-34 tank that was both designed and developed at the Kharkov Tractor Factory. It was considered to be the most powerful tank plant in the country. Other plants that were located in the city included the Kharkov Aircraft Plant, Kharkov Plant of the NKVD (FED), and the Kharkov Turbine Plant. Military products that were in Kharkov before the battle started included: tanks, Su-2, artillery tractors, 82 mm mortars, sub-machine guns, ammunition, and other military equipment. The main objective for the German troops was to capture the railroad and military plants, thus they desperately tried to keep the industrial area of Kharkov intact. Adolf Hitler himself stressed the importance of those military plants stating: “…

The Soviet strength for the offensive was about 640,000 men, supported by 1,500 tanks and 1,000 aircraft. Poor management by front line officers, however, failed to maintain the necessary degree of secrecy, and German intelligence was able to determine that a Soviet offensive was being planned.

Due to the intelligence of a possible Soviet offensive, troops were readied in nearby regions for support should an attack take place. German strength in the general area was about 300,000 men, supported by 1,000 tanks and 1,500 aircraft.

[b]The Second Battle of Kharkov resulted in an extremely costly loss to the Soviets, which saw 207,000 men killed, wounded, or captured; some estimates put the number as high as 240,000. Over 1,000 Soviet tanks were destroyed during this battle, as well as the loss of 57,000 horses. German losses were much smaller than the Soviets, with over 20,000 killed, wounded, or captured. [/b]Soviet General Georgy Zhukov later blamed this major defeat on Stalin, who underestimated German strength in the region and failed to prepare an adequate reserve force to counter the arrival of the German reinforcement that turned the tide.