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Thiza:
REALLY PHOTOS FOUGHT BY SADF AGAINST CUBANS IN ANGOLA

stillchris:
These south african rats are so stup1d it makes me wonder sometimes.

they insult us for hiring trainers to help with equipments we are not familiar with, while SANDF had to bring in cuban mercs to help them fix trucks they've had for years

their fat minister was right. there is shortage of skilled personel in SANDF.

patches689:
We can and do look after trucks.

The Cubans provide a cheaper and more effective solution than private companies who did it in the past

saengine:
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/key-denel-dynamics-products-entering-production-for-clients-here-and-abroad-2015-03-13

Three key Denel Dynamics products poised to enter production phase

https://us-cdn.creamermedia.co.za/assets/articles/images/resized/0000402496_resized_seeker40008141022duane.jpg

No fewer than three of the development projects being carried out by local missile, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and satellite company Denel Dynamics (part of the State-owned Denel group) are coming to an end and being transformed into industrialisation and production programmes for local and foreign customers. They are the A-Darter missile, the Seeker 400 UAV and the Umbani precision guided bomb kit. “We are really proud of our achievements in these programmes,” highlights company CEO Tsepo Monaheng. “Now we are in a position to release critical engineers and other resources to work on new development programmes.”


[b]The A-Darter is an infrared homing air-to-air missile, conceived by Denel Dynamics but jointly developed with Brazil. Development of the missile has now reached completion, and it is expected that the first contract for industrialisation and production of the weapon will be signed later this month or next month. There will be two such contracts, one for each of the two partner countries. The second such contract will be signed later this year. There will be production lines in both countries. “We will start to establish the production line here in April,” he states. “We’ll also be assisting our Brazilian partners to establish a production line there.” Recently, at his farewell function, the outgoing Brazilian Air Force attaché to South Africa highly praised the A-Darter’s performance and Denel Dynamics’s cooperation with his country.


Already, another country is seriously interested in acquiring the A-Darter. If a contract is signed, the missiles would be assembled on the South African production line. “The potential for more customers is now considerable, because we now have a product, not just a programme,” points out Denel Dynamics deputy CEO Denise Wilson. “We’ll be ramping up to produce five A-Darters a month, on the South African production line. We’ll source most components from local industry and so create local jobs.”[/b]

The third and final development guided test series was recently completed. This proved the performance of the missile. “It has exceeded expectations!” she reports. “Now we’re finishing the qualification of the missile. The final qualification flight tests are planned for later this year. “The missile will fly whatever mission is specified by the client. We now have the latest state-of-the-art processors on the missile.”

The Seeker 400 is actually more advanced than the A-Darter, because it is already in production for its launch customer, an overseas client. “The Seeker 400 has just been through a range of performance evaluation tests, including range and altitude and it performed very well against specifications,” notes Wilson.


“We have one customer for the Seeker 400 now, but we’re talking to four other potential customers,” points out Monaheng. “One of these witnessed the recent successful demonstration of the Seeker 400.” In addition to the Seeker 400, a large tactical UAV (with the potential to be armed), the company also offers the Seeker 200 tactical UAV and the Hungwe small UAV. Once, the South African Air Force was a leader in UAV operations, but it has not operated any UAVs for many years now. “We’re hoping that UAVs are going to be re-introduced into the air force later this year,” he says.

As these projects become production programmes, new development projects are taking their place. A major new project is the Marlin. This will be a beyond-visual-range radar homing missile, with more than one role. “The Marlin is in the technology demonstration phase. It is being funded by the Department of Defence. “We have the funding for the technology demonstration,” says Wilson. “It is intended for air-to-air, ground-to-air and naval surface-to-air roles. Its rocket motor has already been tested. “Certain preliminary tests of the airframe will take place during this year.” Although intended to fulfill the requirements of the South African National Defence Force, it has already attracted overseas interest.

“It’s a really interesting technology programme,” she cites. “It’s giving the opportunity for young engineers to grow with the programme. “It’s delivering a new generation of engineers. “Ideally, you want people to be with this programme for the next 15 to 20 years,” adds Monaheng.




This article is dedicated to HENRY120 . Remember what I told you just a few days ago, I wonder what your excuse will be when these products start going onto the production line to feed the SANDF.

patches689:
What is propaganda?

why is it in a generals best interests to say that his men have not failed?

Hmmm.... Foreign media confirm: mercenaries at play.

patches689:
No, its cheaper than relying on the private sector - it says so in the article

Read before you post

patches689:
No, its cheaper than relying on the private sector - it says so in the article

Read before you post

Msauza:
The whole 50 000 Army personnel have fired R4 either in battle or in the battle school, the only battle school in Africa.

patches689:
Augubugug: Forever alone

Imaginary girlfriends to go with an imaginary job

patches689:
No, the war in veitnam ended for american soldiers in 1973 and peaked at half a million men (telling lies again?)

The gulf war was 16 years later

The average american infantrman had no war experience

With regards to the other things, their superiority over iraq is the same as ours over you. I also like how you accept that superior equipment and technology is more important than experience

I like to see that you are now admitting experience can be "carries over"

ukemeramat:
take your frustration to the govt...if you really believed in those riffles, why did our same govt smuggled millions of dollars illegally to south africa to procure their arms....

patches689:
Because you are clearly wasting my time.

we have training facilities you could only dream of

patches689:
Gulf War 1 - inexperienced american army steam-rolls the iraqi army who had 10 years of conventional combat experience (which ended just before the oraq war)

patches689:
Training > war experience

patches689:
And the gun the obj-006 is a copy of was designed in 1948

Msauza:
There you go again with your antics of telling lies. Wearing camo will expose you as a mercenary or do you mean do you mean those camos that you can just buy from civilian clothing stores? ""

rka1:
Looks like SA could have done with the mechanics contracted by Nigeria

Cuban technicians bringing SA Army trucks back to life

Written by Guy Martin, Monday, 16 March 2015


Cuban mechanics assisting SA Army mechanics.Almost a hundred Cuban technicians are working with the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to maintain and preserve Army, Air Force and SA Military Health Service equipment, with the Cuban technicians already working on refurbishing 130 Army trucks.

Ninety-three Cuban technicians arrived in South Africa last month, including nine with the SA Army’s 102 Field Workshop in Potchefstroom. At the moment Samil trucks from Wallmansthal are being refurbished but other vehicles may be repaired at a later stage.

130 vehicles have been earmarked for refurbishment but the SANDF is looking at overhauling 250 trucks. Three vehicles have been completely refurbished so far with others in the works. The first vehicle, a Samil 20, had 250 hours of work done on it involving the engine, differentials, electrical system, pneumatic system, bodywork etc.

Technical maintenance repairs are being done in Potchefstroom while a Cuban detachment in Bloemfontein is looking at storage and preservation of vehicles. There is another team in Pretoria examining preservation procedures.

The Cubans were invited to South Africa on a year-long contract to both refurbish vehicles and assist the SANDF build capacity and train mechanics. “The SANDF has had numerous problems with our vehicles,” SANDF spokesman Siphiwe Dlamini said, adding that it has been trying to fix the vehicles through external service providers. “Our vehicles get fixed but two to three weeks down the line they are stuck on the road.”

“The Cubans are here to assist us fix the vehicles and create capacity within the defence force so we can do the fixing and maintenance repairs ourselves,” Dlamini told a media delegation in Potchefstroom on Friday. “Until we create capacity ourselves we will be forced to continue to rely on external service providers.”

The Cubans are not just refurbishing vehicles - they have five goals: to organise fleet management, organise technical support, deactivate old vehicles, preserve vehicles and perform maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) activities.

Brigadier General Elvis Mathaba, Director of Army Logistics, said that the Cubans in particular were invited to assist the SANDF for several reasons: they are cost effective; private industry is reluctant to pass on skills to the SANDF; Cuba helped South Africa during the Struggle years and still has good relations with South Africa; and Cuba has been able to keep its own military vehicles running in spite of half a century of sanctions.

Mathaba said the poor state of the SANDF’s vehicles was due to a lack of maintenance, repair and overhaul. A skills shortage has compounded the problem and this Cubans will help address this.

Poor vehicle serviceability has financially impacted on the SANDF as the United Nations does not reimburse the military for unserviceable vehicles used on international peacekeeping deployments. The SANDF has equipment deployed in Darfur and the Democratic Republic of Congo with UN missions there.
http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38380

Msauza:
No Cuban technicians will wear military camouflage like they do in Nigeria.

rka1:
You know more than the CoAS abi?

The over 200 girls were kidnapped from their hostels at the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State on April 14 2014.
Mr. Minimah also denied that Nigeria hired mercenaries to fight Boko Haram.
He said there are only military advisers and instructors meant to maintain the newly-acquired security equipment.
“Whenever you have new equipment, the equipment come with contract and the contract
include maintenance and the technicians that come with them are those that we hire,” he said.


http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/178639-nigerian-military-found-no-sign-of-chibok-girls-in-recaptured-territories-army-chief.html
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saengine:
Moral of the story. Next time don't try be a clever f*ck here. If people post pics that YOU dont know their source, you ask. Dont try say those pics dont belong to this place or this place....when others know.

In all this rubbish post of yours you think i didnt notice you ignored my question? Which country do those white men come from, since they are operating South African equipment?

Day 10....which website did you find those missile launch screengrabs from? You think i forgot?

I will demolish you each and every time.

jln115:
"You had about 300 men and the special forces refused to fire a single shot, they were the fastest to escape to the airport while your confused Paratroops ran from behind sticking out their tongues like water lapping dogs escaping from Seleka Bush hunters "

Believing your own lies wont make them true.

The SANDF has more than a thousand troops in the DRC alone and have seen combat quite a few time, the SUDAN contingent has had its fair share of action too.

DieVluit:
Bwahahaha - so in short (now that you've been exposed), you're crying because youve been screaming long and hard and contradicting yourself.

Now you confirm that you can't be taken seriously because you scream long and hard based on incomplete stories and photos.

What a sad little person.

jln115:
"SANDF infantry man has NEVER used his R4 rifle in any combat since he was recruited"
Uhm.... have you forgotten CAR,DRC,SUDAN ect ect

Patchesagain:
With only 1000 ordered and paid for, in an army of 150 000 it is then not standard

Standard max range: 350 meters

Patchesagain:
the average Nigerian soldier uses a weapon that went into service in 1948

That is all.

saengine:
Like i have always said, i find it funny how people start panicking when they are trapped in a corner .

Listen very carefully. Understand this....

1. When i posted the pics of the white men at the gun turret of Reva III, why did you feel the need to tell us in BIG BOLD letters that Equitorial Guinea bought Reva III? Why? There are plenty other countries who bought it. Who asked you to do that for us?

I'll tell you why. Because it was clear to you and everyone here that those white men at the gun turrets were private combatants. But you were so desperate to hide the fact private combatants are fighting with Nigerian army, that you chose an African country as close as possible to Nigeria that has Reva III. In the sad attempt to remove any link between those Reva III and Nigeria.


2. You later found out that Nigeria does infact have Reva III. This is where you seriously panicked. Let me show you the mistakes you made.....

You now claim that those men, in Nigerian Reva III's, are indeed private military contractors. But you deny they are South African. Here is your critical mistake......you forgot that your very own president said all private contractors are simply providing training on NEW EQUIPMENT on the front line because there wasn't enough time. You have agreed with your president on this point.


So those men in the picture must come from the same country in which Reva III is produced, which is South Africa.

And i know your next step, you will say those men can come from any other country which also operates Reva III. So tell us, which country are they from?

-UAE
-Somalia
-Yemen
-Equatorial Guinea
-South Sudan
-Nigeria

Or South Africa?

patches689:
We also recapture towns for you and help you win a war your igno ape soldiers cannot

Jeez i guess they must be worth the $120 000 - 250 000 you are paying them

patches689:
Augustus

We have been over this many times

A 17 year old in 1989 is how old now?

4000 men rotated every year = howany veterans?

Mercenaries are operating in many roles - mechanics, trainers and combatants

You rely on them because in all of nigeria, in all 170 million of you, you cannot find the men to match a paltry hundred aouth africans

patches689:
Nigerian infantry max range is 350 meters

What are you talking about?

patches689:
How do you know they arent south african?

Strange how people from different countries would know how to operate the vehical and the tactics to employ with it...

patches689:
A couple hours ago you tried to lie to us and say that you were buying 15 000 new rifles

saengine:
You are the very same person who said REVA III was bought buy Equitorial Gunea when i posted those pics with white men at the gun turret. You even posted in big bold letters!! Did you think we would suddenly forget? Are you mentally stable?


Now you want to pretend as if you knew all along that Nigeria had REVA III, when you have already claimed they do not exist in Nigeria.

So admit your mistake f00l. Bow down and apologise.