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MikeCZAR:
His uncomfortable with cameras around even trying to concealed his identity with the cap.

Yes, there's no time for training and qualifying crews.

Using the badge, it should be fairly easy to trace the Ukrainian company. The Ukrainian company probably came with the Hind Gunships that arrived Nigeria July/Aug/Sep 2014.

Henry120:
FIELD IMAGERÝ : NIGERIAN MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE FAR NORTHEAST

There are 3 Gazelle Helicopters and 2 Super-Puma Helicopters in this image.

Pic 2:
The black guy checking the 4-barrelled cannon on the Hind Gunship works for a Ukrainian company (see the badge on his left arm. That is were the Nigerian flag should have been.)

Everybody is working together to achieve the same goal. The guys on the ground have been given the freedom to achieve the goals set out for them.

I believe the Gazelles are flown by the SA guys. The platform is new to the NAF and these platforms were thrown straight into the fight.

Overall, a great example of how peoples from different nations can come together to achieve an important goal in a short space of time.

Henry120:
That's an AK-74M.

I don't think he's part of the MSF. He's a Ranger, trained by the Americans, and sourced from the 72 SOF bn based in makurdi, this i agree.

"So, which unit got the Beryl rifles and which got the AKMS"?

Cool. Thanks.

The Beryl rifles are either for an Army SF formation (on par with the SBS) that we don't yet know about. Or the Beryl rifles are just on trial. If the rifles do well, we might see all Army SOF formations get them.

Don't tell me we are still importing AKM-S?

Which rifle is this trooper carrying?

He is a member of the 72 MSF (the group trained by The South African PMC company STTEP.)
He is also a member of the Airborne battalion based in Makurdi (members of 72 MSF are sourced from other NA SOF formations)

See more at http://warsof21st.com

Henry120:
Nap of the Earth flying, beautiful.

Yeah. You can get an estimate of how low it was flying by comparing the length of the shadow with the length of the helicopter (taking into account the angle of the sun as well)

NAF Hind Gunship, screen grab from media trip to Gwoza, Bornu state Nigeria. 2015 April 8
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M14A1:
Good observation, but not all hinds have the coaxial gun system. It could as well be one of the older mi-24p

A Boko Haram column consists of 1 or 2 APCs, several gun trucks, and masses and masses of gunmen (in motorbikes, buses and trucks).

Once the Gunships and fighter aircraft breaks-up a column and destroys the heavy assets (the APCs and gun trucks,) you will still have lots of gunmen on foot to deal with. That is where the GPMG comes in.

A co-axial, dual 30mm gun system is great at destroying IFVs, APCs, and even tanks, but having to bear the entire gunship against a lone Boko Haram gunman is not a very efficient way of killing a man. Better to open up "broadside" with GPMGs.

That's my take on the GPMGs on gunships.

bidexiii:
CION ;

Pic 1:
serious machine-gun nest. Weapons is pic: GPMG, RPG and AGL

Henry120:
NAF DO-228

If seem NAF 028 has been rigged to carry out surveillance mission.

Can anyone identify whether the hump in the belly of NAF 028 is indeed a FLIR pod.

Looks like the everyday Dornier. See pic below

bidexiii:
Yeap those bastards want to create a mobile/wheeled howitzer ?

I believe their intention was to use it as a direct fire, anti-tank system. They were probably worried about the T-72s.

Have you noticed that we are seeing fewer images of captured Boko Haram RPGs?

Henry120:
Guys, my apologies.


Why..... i'm grateful for our President, and thank God for giving Nigeria this individual. He is Nigeria's best President in 100 years, and the Greatest leader in Africa in the past 50 years. Nobody comes close.

He strengthened beyond our wildest dreams our Democracy, the respect for the rule of law and our right to free speech, our right to be heard through our vote, even extended the elections by 6 weeks so that people in the North-East can express their right to vote, even though he Knew they weren't going to vote for him. He also oversaw Nigeria to be Africa's largest economy and the 25th largest in the world from 44. Under GEJ our manufacturing sector saw the world's fastest growth, with 32 vehicle assemblers and car component manufacturers setting shop.

No African Country can boast of the political maturity, sophistication, competitiveness and fairness which President GEJ built in Nigeria, a country previously bedevilled by coups and. Counter-coups. He on numerous occasions said "my political ambition isn't worth the life of any Nigerian.

Right from the ward level, I(we) supported our leader, as the result at the polls show. I'm Proud of our President.

I know Buhari is a bad, bad choice, however at the end of the day, he is the President elect. I congratulate him, we aren't savages like APC supporters.

In the end, we have a calm gentleman President magnanimous in defeat as he was in victory. Posterity would judge him favourably.

President Goodluck Ebelemi Jonathan Azikiwe GCFR !!!

He is my African Hero.


Long live federal republic of Nigeria.

The man is not dead :-)

Henry120:
That's an IWI Galil ACE.



DSS procures it's personnel rifles from 2 sources. FN or IWI, nowhere else.

Yes. That's the right gun

NighttWalker:
What gun I'd the DSS guy holding? Looks like an M4A1 and AK-12 mixed together

It looks Korean.
Maybe the carbine version of the Daewoo K-2 - the K-1

Fynline:
Recovered from Gwoza

The Dane guns were recovered from a house in Bama

Henry120:
Exercise Obangame 2015 comes to a glorious end until 2016 when the next exercise would be held.


Nigerian Navy VBSS Team

3rd photo from the top.
Is that a diver's weapon? Or just a training device?

bidexiii:
Nop you are totally and 100% wrong they where taken during the moping up operations. And you will be exposed to many I.E.D or bubby-traps. During these operation soldiers are a little bit relaxed during house to house search called moping up, and soldiers take these advantages or opportunity of taking live pictures.

:-)

I said I LIKED the photo and that it showed a sense of danger (the word I used was anticipation). Most OTHER photos from DHQ shows no such danger.

bidexiii:
From the battle front's: currently moping-up and house to house check and villages around gwoza to clean all the elements of insurgents. A nigerian soldier with a dragunov sniper rifle .

I like this photo.

Most of the photos released by DHQ were taken hours after ALL the fighting has died down. In this pic, you can sense the anticipation - of the trooper doing the checking, and his wingman, providing cover.

patches689:
erg... i hate those gun-sheilds.

Massive reduction of situational awareness

"i hate those gun-sheilds"
That was the American thinking until the insurgency heated up in Iraq. After that, it was shields and armour - for the regular forces anyway.

Henry120:
Oga Asorockweb, it isn't a matter of hiding identity, just concealing it. If an individual is determined to really see what's behind the paint, by all means ..........good luck.

I believe you misunderstood me. But we will let it be.

psalmizt:
it is an Instagram account... I only just started following it on Sunday

Haha. The '@' made me think twitter. Thanks

Henry120:
Nigeria COIN

Nice pics, Oga Henry.

Connect with me, there are better ways to hide the identity of the folks in the pics.

dakingsman:
FLIR LTV

What is @Nigeria_Military_History? I can't find the twitter account

xwolverine:
That was the initial sum, an additional $2 Billion was released in the Q4 2014 bringing the total to $6.9 billion. All the procurements so far is from the initial $4.9 billion. The $2 billion would majorly is for the 40 units of mix of mi-35 hinds and Mi 171sh helics from russia and 40 units of JF-17 fighter jets, the army and the navy would share what's left after these procurements.

Don't take those numbers to the bank.

The initial 2014 budget had only $US300million for Cap-Ex.

patches689:
Literally every NATO nation, as well as (amongst others) Egypt, Algeria, South Africa, China, India, Japan, Korea, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Pakistan, Uganda, N Sudan, Morocco, Iran, Iraq... well... you get the picture.

Standardization requires three things:

1. Development of a military wide doctrine
2. Commitment to that doctirne
3. Procurement that account for future (not current) threats.

South Africa just aquired 236 IFV's (with follow up orders likely in the 2020's)... in peace-time... in a ZERO threat environment.

Looking at the vehical inventory of the Nigerian military gives me a headache... trying to co-ordinate and run all those vehical types is impossible.

Nigeria currently has 601 wheeled APC's and IFV's... of these there are 10 vehical types.

Say for example you standardized it with the BTR-80, a good allrounder that can be heavily upgraded. And purchased say 601 of them. (just for the sake of the argument)

It then becomes economically viable to build them... and you could build 600 over 10 years, at a cost of $500 000- $1mill per vehical (worst case $60 mil a year)
http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product116.html

You have now standardized your military, grown domestic armament industries and cut MASSIVE costs in keeping such an unweildy array of vehicals in operation.

And yes, not every single IFV should be the same vehical. Ideally you would want a light (air-mobile and amphibious), medium (amphibious wheeled) and heavy (tracked) IFV in serive... but my point remains the same, all you do is tweak the ratio's (300 light, 200 medium and 100 heavy or whatever depending on your force design)

Such a vast array of vehicals is a hinderance, a massive one, from logistics and training, to feild operations. Everything is negatively affected.

@Patches
What you say is mostly true. And mostly common knowledge.
Nigerian political types do not want to spend on hardware. Before Boko Haram, defense policy was tailored to ensure a weak military suited for "police action" or UN duties.

MikeCZAR:
SANDF.

What's the dark discoloration at the left side of the Gripens, towards the tail?
Can I use the aircraft photo - what's the copyright on it?

MikeCZAR:
Report on Al Jazeera.

They ended up going into defence as enemy soldiers were spotted.

It seems they were preparing to launch an attack.

Yes, Al Jazeera said something to that effect. My point is that the pictures doesn't show advancing troops. Just troops getting ready to move out.

bidexiii:
From a still or motionless picture. Sorry hen but dude u dey funny O !

Yes, from the picture. They were getting ready to move out.

Staging, not advancing,

bidexiii:
Field imagery of nigeria army advancing (curled frm beeg's)

Patchesagain:
I am not talking about aethetics

I am talking about basic discipline, basic kit and basic standards. Pic related. They arent wearing the exact same kit, but they are nonethless wearing their kit. And at the very least wearing the same uniform

But not wearing your webbing and equipment is simply not acceptable.

Something like this?
https://warsof21st.com/UowFlxP/2015-3-21/boko-haram/ml-xprs/image/image/png/tvtztpbqsle.png
http://WarsOf21st.com

Bridge laying.

NighttWalker:
Finally.... Any idea of the 'truck' in the 1st pic is used for?

3rd pic, is that a 'frogfot' or just the same old lame alpha jet?

War games. A Nigerian Air Force ISR expert looks at images from infra-red cameras while flying on the ATR-42 500 Surveillance plane
https://warsof21st.com/UowFlxP/2015-3-20/boko-haram/ml-xprs/image/image/png/rpa3y513shn.png
http://WarsOf21st.com

A Nigerian "Amphibious" "Marine Commando" Special Operations Force solider takes part in operations against Boko haram
https://warsof21st.com/UowFlxP/2015-3-20/boko-haram/ml-xprs/image/image/png/m4q1qcfcq0y.png