andrewza:

Well what about Iraq and afghanistan. The AK47 is not great it not bad either a good weapon for solders of average quality since it can take more abuse. The m16 is better hands down, it is lighter, has greater accuracy, has incredibly low recoil but it needs a solder who will look after it probably.a solder needs marksmanship most trained solders don't even go full auto since they can get 1 shot 1 kill

Dede1:


War is not target practice. AK-47 remains the best assault rifle ever produced till date. It has not lost a battle or shootout to any M16 variations. Even the Bullpup assaults rifles have not established the fellowship culture maintained by AK-47.

Dede1:


I can decipher the state of your mind. Even though the firefights in Iraq and Afghanistan were not based on equally matched combat units or armies, few marines have often toss M16 for AK-47 rifles of the Iraqi or Afghan soldiers. It is rather delusional to think M16 won the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. I had rather have Ak-47 as a combat weapon in conjunction with other array of weapons USA brings to battle field than M16.

matify: The 47 varient of the kalashnikoff remains the most used because its the cheapest in its category. It's light weight and favourable recoil makes it the delight of would be child-recruit war mongers . Patent are held by virtually every eastern block countries thus making the Russian version the best ( original) of the lot. Ak-47 has seen several war and so has lost several wars and still loosing wars as we speak. The only thing going 4 it is that any fool with a finger can spray bullets with little or no precision little wonder this weapon is not in service with the developed nations including China that exports large cache to Africa.

andrewza:

It should sen has a good thing. If you loose all the F7Ni jets you can replace them with a real fighter. I recomened the SU 27

DaRapture:

That'll be a foolish move for Nigeria, who's alliance is with the Anglo nations (US and UK). What they need to is begin to affiliate themselves with US and UK weapon systems, and this is a perfect time for them to do so. The US and UK both are fazing out very formidable weapons systems like the F-16 and 15, Cobra assaults, Harriers and more.. to make room for a barrage of new stealth designs lines the F-22 Raptor and and F-35. Friendlies like Nigeria are being offered F-16's and such at very lucrative deals right about now by the US and UK governments.

andrewza:

That has nothing to do with the wepaon and every thing to dowith the shooter. A properly looked after AK 47 will hit a mane size target up to 300 away.

DaRapture:

The gun is a dinosaur. It's too heavy, too noisy, too sloppy, and extremely wasteful on ammunition. 300yrds in this day and age is a death trap when faced with any formidable force with up to date assault rifles. An M16 and M14 can drop you dead in your tracks at over 500 yards with one shot, and you'll be dead before you hear the shot because the gun fires at a velocity of over 1000fps greater than the AK, and they are up to and above 4 pounds lighter in weight than the AK. The American rifles also fire off much quicker; with an average dispersal ability of about 260 more rounds a minute than the AK. While the American rifles are light and fitted with advance recoil systems to absorb kick, thus keeping the gun on target, the AK just sprays bullets all over the place as it kicks around like a Jackass in heat. The AK is for amateurs and renegade military's.

andrewza:

Well what about Iraq and afghanistan. The AK47 is not great it not bad either a good weapon for solders of average quality since it can take more abuse. The m16 is better hands down, it is lighter, has greater accuracy, has incredibly low recoil but it needs a solder who will look after it probably.a solder needs marksmanship most trained solders don't even go full auto since they can get 1 shot 1 kill

Dede1: @matify
@andrewza

What a combat soldier needs is a reliable weapon that can stand the test of adverse conditions often encountered in combat. Ak-47 or its variants remains such weapon. The recoil or price of a weapon is not the headache of an infantry man but reliability of such weapon. Even when there is no presence of AK-47, friendly fire injuries are daily occurrence in combat situation.

As for any fool with finger operating AK-47, that remains the beauty of the weapon. It is very simple and practical.

The Defender: ABUJA—Defence Minister, Dr. Bello Mohammed, said, yesterday, that the Armed Forces were in a state of combat readiness needed to surmount all issues of insecurity, internal or external. He said government has ensured this by funding the requirements of the different arms of the military.Speaking at the ministerial platform organised by the Ministry of Information and Communication in Abuja, the minister noted that the state of combat readiness was achieved following the repairs and upgrading of a number of Armoured Fighting Vehicles and Armoured Personnel Carriers for the Nigerian Army.

He also said the acquisitions of the warship, NNS Thunder, and a number of Shaldag Fast Patrol Boats for the Navy, in addition to existing weaponry for the two services, had made them combat-ready.

The minister said the F7Ni Supersonic Jet fighter had been acquired by the Nigeria Air Force, even as M-35-Helicopters had been retrofitted, while Super Puma Helicopters and Alpha-jets had undergone upgrading and re-inducted.

Mohammed said: “We (Ministry of Defence) have also refurbished some of our C-130H Aircraft in the NAF inventory.”

He noted that the ministry placed great emphasis on the welfare of personnel of the armed forces.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/05/armed-forces-ready-for-any-crisis-minister/combat/

hamsky: Who are all these video game players talking about what jet or weapon the Nigeria forces should use. I'm very sure that some of you talking about the avtomat kalashnikov have never carried a weapon before not to talk of shooting blanks. The nigerian defence only has weapons that are up to or more than its potential enemy's capability in there arsenal and nothing more. I once disussed this with my dad who has over 27 years of military defence and security experiance and funny enough what he said was "Is russia or china our enemy" this should give you an idea why america and the other lots have got what they have in their arsenal. I guess if the Nigerian defence decides to use the M4 or M16 which is worth almost $2000 as its flagship weapon you guys will be the first to complain. A british soldier will always tell you behind closed doors that he/she prefers the M4 or SAS demaco, but the question is why don't they use it then? the simple asnswer is that the UK's government can't afford it in dis hard times of economical crunch thats why they decided to revamp the SA80 L85A1 for the A2 in 2001/2002.My advice is shut up and continue playing your xbox cos the nigerian soldiers who won battles in sudan, liberia and sierra leone are not complaining. For you information I'm also in the military.

andrewza: From your post I can say your Aif force needs modern jets. Those F7Ni or Mig 19 where out dated when you bought them. Your new ships are actually pretty good for there intended job. I would add some helicopter operating OPV,s to the list. Your Ground based Air defense is great your. Your front line grunt is still using AK47 witch could use a upgrade if there is cash to spare. I can go on your military is mentioned in a lot of reports and defense journals.

escobar07: ak47 is still popular because it cheap, easy to use and very rugged. In d area of ruggedness, it beat m16. Of course , we have other variants in d ak serieseg ak74.

DaRapture:

Strong? Compared to who? Egypt, SA, Algeria.. would all kick Nigeria's azz with the weapons they have. The only thing Nigeria has going for it is numbers.

ak47mann: Nigerian military cannot boast of any sophisticated weapons they have enough foot soldiers but less efficient in military weaponry .Corruption will not let Nigerian government to fully empower their military might

Dede1: @matify
@andrewza

What a combat soldier needs is a reliable weapon that can stand the test of adverse conditions often encountered in combat. Ak-47 or its variants remains such weapon. The recoil or price of a weapon is not the headache of an infantry man but reliability of such weapon. Even when there is no presence of AK-47, friendly fire injuries are daily occurrence in combat situation.

As for any fool with finger operating AK-47, that remains the beauty of the weapon. It is very simple and practical.

The Defender: We are really in crisis but our armed forces are getting stronger.

DaRapture:

The AK is a wasteful second hand weapon, a poor man's M16/M14. It just sprays bullets, with maybe every 5 out of 30 bullets hitting the target.

Korrection: this tells you that soonest the military will take over...read it very well

DaRapture:

The AK is a wasteful second hand weapon, a poor man's M16/M14. It just sprays bullets, with maybe every 5 out of 30 bullets hitting the target.