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[quote author=gabng post=53544858]BRAZIL TO SELL 3 SUPER TUCANO AIRCRAFT TO NIGERIA

Apparently the funds made available in the 2016 budget for 3 aircraft was (or is now) for the Tucano.

JF-17? back to square one (or more likely, square zero)

bidexiii:
Anybody knows why these two birds procured where sometimes not seeing again in the N.E frontlines.

The helicopters and crew were rented from a Georgian logistics company in the last months of the GEJ administration, to improve logistics in the fight against BH.
The contract has long expired.

frumentius:
Ist pic: the Arabs should learn from this - do not deploy tanks without infantry.

Last pic: in most of the pics I've seen, why do the Nigerian infantry not maintain regulation safe distances behind the EOD guys?

" why do the Nigerian infantry not maintain regulation safe distances behind the EOD guys? "

You forget that the person that took the photo is AHEAD of the EOD guys! It's a photo op. The guy on the follow-up APC is on his cellie!

Patchesagain:
Yes, i realize now that the error of my ways was in not paying attention to the coolant pipes.

I just did not even for a second consider the possibility that they could remove the A7 autocannons from a Shilka and cut the system in half

Sometimes, only 1 of the 4 guns is re-mounted on a technical: ZSU-23-1 :-)

Patchesagain:
No, but I know what i am looking at.

If i were a military engineer i would know the technical term and not just call them "wings"

Its just an observation... since we cannot see the ammo boxes I cant definitively say (ZPU has angled ammo-boxes and ZSU has vertical ammo boxes)

It's a ZSU-23-4, horizontally cut in half. So you may call it a "ZSU-23-2" (Note, nobody manufactures "ZSU-23-2". What was manufactured is the ZU-23-2. The ZSU-23-2 is "manufactured" by taking the gunnery system from a Shilka, and horizontally slicing the system in two).

Patches, you are getting confused because the ZU-23-2 has "wings" as you call it, but the "ZSU-23-2" does not.

But the best way to tell the difference between the "ZSU-23-2" and the ZU-23-2 is that the ZSU has cooling pipes for the barrels, while the ZU does not.

Bm-30 rockets with cluster munitions laying the "moderates" terrorists to waste in Idlib. Lessons for my African brothers.

Henry120:
Wrong.


They were repelling ISIS terrorist, not playing the part of the terrorists.

You can clearly see that the PKM guys were drawing fire, while the DMR and extra two shooters were taking out the IS targets.

It was simply a training exercise.

If you watch carefully, you can see spectators watching from a distance.

The troops were not dressed the way you would expect Russian Marines or Naval infantry to dress; They must have been playing OPFOR

patches689:
Sad footage of an AU convoy being overwhelmed



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0cyzEEz7mY

It makes me angry that young men are being deployed without the training they need.

Salute to our African brothers who have given their lives for a better tomorrow.

It's an Al Shabaab propaganda video. It clearly contains re-enactments and staged scenes.

africaken:
the war in yemen is just showing how ill trained and will to fight the saudis and gulf countries are even with the latest and sophisticated weapons they possess.just look at what UAE has deployed !UAE Pantsir-S1

The Houthi/Saleh coalition in Yemen has (or had) access to MiGs and the pilots to fly them

The LMG with the bipod looks like the HK21 variant.

This LMG has been in the NA armoury for awhile now.

The BH experience has revived old lessons in firepower that the "peace-time" NA was trained to forget by democracy "protectors".

ukemeramat:
NA COIN OPS #GALLANT

Sniper rifle captured by Yemeni militia from Saudi forces. Senegal is considering fighting these guys, hence the relevance.

NAME THE RIFLE and win a price.

https://warsof21st.com/UowFlxP/2015-6-16/middle-east/ml-xprs/image/image/jpeg/pvherefepiq.jpg

Nice state house photo: here comes the real Commander-in-Chief. You can sense their apprehension.

Henry120:
-President and the Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Nigerian in a crucial meeting with Service chiefs in the State House.


- State House

africaken:
we were both wrong its a china made W-85 heavy machine gun

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q_itWCP16c

Nope.

In the first few seconds of the video, the guy said "... chance to shoot the Kord Machine gun. This one is the Chinese made version ..."

So the gun IN the video is a Chinese copy of the Kord. That's all we can determine from the beginning of the video :-)

africaken:
Sudan made anti-tank guided missile (SARIB)

https://s6.postimg.org/jbs8jjext/95b37aea1042e1bdaa1e7b18aa089d28.png

Sudanese arms industry is thriving BECAUSE OF sanctions.

This usually happens when arms embargoes are imposed on nations for many years. Other examples are South Africa and Iran.

africaken:
sudan soldier with a DshK machine gun

https://s6.postimg.org/l7afgyee9/10929156_842192235849480_7687938645717961816_n.jpg

Not a DShk

It's an NSV or a Kord. Too lazy to verify.

africaken:
both links are not working

I am not sure how to embed YouTube videos here. Try the link below


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hWAtflCP2c

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3hWAtflCP2c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

This is the full length (as released by the NAF) version of the Sambisa forest surveillance video

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3hWAtflCP2c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Special Service Group: SSG

Is the SSG the Nigerian Army equivalent of the SAS?

Maybe the best direct comparison is the NN SBS.

What do we know about these guys?

africaken:
i dont think it is

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWrrXvO8jsw

That's not a direct feed. You are looking at a video of a video that was then uploaded to YouTube (maybe at low resolution to save bandwidth)

patches689:
Has it ever occured to you that you can hit normal targets... but from complete safety?

If you have 30km range arty, you place your guns maybe 15km behind the front and they fire on targets called out by spotters/drones/recon.

But, with 70 km arty you can place your guns 55km behind your lines, in complete safety, and closer to your logistical hubs... where they hit the same targets as normal guns.

It also allows you to strike deeper behind enemy lines, at command posts, bottle-necks (bridges/cross-roads) which you would otherwise not be able to hit - here you are firing at grid refrences or GPS co-ords, independent of the needs of front line spotters. This is saturation fire.

Long range guns also allow you the ability of TOT - whereby one gun can land 3-4 shells on the same target at the same time. Adding a massive shock effect to their gunnery. (Meaning you can get the fire-power of four batterys out of one single battery)

Proof is in the pudding, the PzH2000 and Ceasar are all pushing the envelope when it comes to long range artillery.

Finally, you are unable to tell the difference between different doctrinal uses of artillery, NATO is focusing on regimental artillery at the moment, long range guns that South Africa has developed are more applicable at the Battle-Group/Division or Corps Level which is more relevant to maneuver warfare as apposed to NATO's current focus on Nodal warfare.

Very instructive, well done.

Henry120:
Man, I don't know, never seen it before. I just hope this isn't yet another Camo. However, I don't think this photo was taken in Nigeria.

The blokes i've seen with this camo are the S.F guys training in Russia. My guess is, it's a Russian military camo.

The Camo looks Russian. But the grass beneath their feet and the kerbs behind them looks Nigerian.

I believe we have yet another Camo!

Most likely, the guys that were sent to Russia were "trained and kitted" by the Russians.

Henry120:
I quite agree. It seems to be the Polish beryl.

It seems the order for the Beryl may have gone up to 6000 (According to Wiki.) That means we should be seeing more and more of that rifle in NA hands.

There seems to be an unnamed Nigeria Army SF unit that's at the same level with the NN-SBS.
What's this unit called?

Is this a Huey?

MikeCZAR:
Nothing wrong with being trained by them.

The point was that a US News Network was trying to make a connection between the NN-SBS and a great US institution (the Navy SEALs.)

NN-SBS has trained with many different nations and forces including the US, the Brits, the Pakistanis and of cause, the Nigerian Army.

Fynline:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zwdv2f-pSI

I hope it has not been posted before-NNSBSS

That's what you would expect from a US news network:Nigerian Navy special forces, "Trained by the Brits and the Danes" but "model after the US Navy SEALs"

frumentius:
Re the MGs secured on slings across the door-way, I understand the exigencies of war, but you chaps have excellent engineers who'd jig up stabilisers on your choppers in no time. Something simple, like this:

The Nigerian Air Force has not yet committed the Super Pumas to the combat support role. That's why the Nigerian Army should have it's own air wing.

MikeCZAR:
Cause of economic and other reasons.

The Soviet union fell behind the west in weapons development programmes.

just look at stealth technology the west is about to field another stealthy aircraft while Russia is still struggling.

But not in all fields is the west ahead or have better systems. An example would be multiple rocket launchers.

No western MRL systems can match the Smerch and the Tornado MRLs.

Yea, the west is behind in some areas and the east is behind is others.

Regarding stealth technology. I believe it's overrated.

A slight shift in radar wavelength technology, or radar system deployment topology, and all the 100s of billions of dollars invested in stealth will be negated.

Did you know it was a Russian scientist that discovered the fundamental physics behind the type of stealth that was used in the F-117?

Also, the Su-27 airframe is the best airframe in the world, bar none.

Patchesagain:
The performance of Western v Eastern equipment in Yom Kippur, Iraq 1 and 2 as well as the wars between India and Pakistan show that as a rule of thumb, western equipment is better.

I disagree.

The US victory in Iraq 1 was about preparation, planning, leadership, training and flexibility (in that order)

The Soviet SA-6 and the Sagged anti-tank missile did exceptionally well during the Yom Kippur war

Iraq 2 was just about beating a dead horse

India-Pakistan wars does nothing to bolster western equipment. Both sides use a mix. The P-15 Termit anti-ship missile did excellent work against ships in and around Karachi port during the Bangladeshi war of independence.

So which is better? NONE. It's all about the people.

Henry120:
NIGERIAN MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE NORTHEAST

Nigerian Airforce MI-24V

Nigerian Army commando on Recon

Nigerian Airforce ELINT compliant ATR-42 Surveillance plane.

Nigerian Army Steyr 4K-FA. All 50 CAL's on Army Steyr 4K-FA have been replaced with 12.7mm DSKH's.

Oga Henry, was pic 2 taken recently in the north east?