₦airaland Forum

Stephandeswardt:
Tank C.O , AND THE WHOLE BATT IS SOFT sKIN? Where were the tanks?

It was kind of a patrol mission, not all mission in the NA you have MBT available. Trust me you wouldn't want a Vickers Eagle MBT spear heading or leading a convoy, it's too heavy and volunrable.

At least MRAP's for all soldiers or IFV spear heading the convoy then light skinned vehicles at the rear.

Xbee007:
He died in an IED explosion.
Unfortunately we are going to be getting this sort of news as long as we keep fielding those soft-skinned vehicles in the war front. We haven't learn anything.

Our law makers are so wicked they all ride in bullet proofed luxurious cars but soldiers are given soft skinned Toyota hilux vehicles to face BHT.

it was a planned and coordinated attack, BHT ambushed the patrol vehicles and the soldiers returned a counter fire . They knew they wherr patrolling along that route and eventually they ran into the I.E.D. trap.

A colleague his still battling with the shock and minor injuries from the attack.

R.I.P SOLDIER

The Nigeria Army has lost another hero, he is the commanding officer of 271 tank battalion, he died on the 31st of may along bita road Borno state.

He was ambushed along side 4 other gallant soldiers on that faithful day.

May his gallant soul R. I. P Major HA FASHINA.....

Cadets with the Cultural Understanding and #Leadership Program train with the Togolese Military Academy May 24-27, 2018. The cadets observed Field Training Exercise (FTX) which included the operations orders process within mission lanes and Weapons training on the M2 Browning 50 Caliber.

PRESS RELEASE

OP LAST HOLD: GOC ADVISES TROOPS ON RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

1. Troops deployed in operation LAST HOLD have been advised to keep to the rules of engagement while carrying out assigned task.

2. The Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division, Brigadier General Abdulmalik Bulama Biu gave the advice on Saturday 2 June 2018 while addressing troops at Gemtillo, Maiduguri. He charged the troops to put in their best towards ending the Boko Haram Terrorists menace.

3. The Acting GOC said he was in the camp to motivate the troops and expressed delight with their state of morale.

4. He added that a lot has been achieved by troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE on ground, urging them to maintain the momentum.

5. General Biu further advised the troops to shun any acts that would distract them from attaining their objective.

6. He was accompanied during the visit by some Principal Staff Officers of the Division.

7. You are please requested to disseminate this information to the general public.

8. Thank you for your kind cooperation.

TEXAS CHUKWU
Brigadier General
Director Army Public Relations

Henry240:
Arsenal Co AR-M1.

You're right.

jakeporeshenko:
What rifle is this

It's either a Polish PMKMS underfolder or Russian AKMS

Both riffles look very much alike..

sconp:
If the windows can be this bullet ridden, how would the person sitting on top survive a shootout. Is there anyway the person on top could be more armoured?





For those who serve/served in the Niger delta region can you shed more light in this. https://www.nairaland.com/4535141/fishing-out-jtf-black-sheep

The soldier mounting the gun don't get lucky at times.

More...

PRESS RELEASE

TROOPS KILL 10 MOUNTED BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS IN NGELKONA ... Recover Over 2 million Naira from BHT

Troops of 153 Task Battalion and the Cameroonian Defence Forces deployed in Operation Lafiya Dole have killed 10 Boko Haram terrorists at Ngelkona in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno state. The troops encountered the insurgents today Saturday 2nd June 2018 at about 11.30 am while on a clearance patrol along Wulgo - Ngelkona general area. The terrorists, who were mounted on Horse back were overpowered by the troops in a fierce shoot out, as the gallant troops killed the insurgents and captured two AK 47 rifles from them. Other items recovered from the insurgents include one Boko Haram flag, a set of Bow and arrows, two mobile Handsets and one Cameroonian International Passport.

In a separate clearance operation, troops of 82 Task Force Battalion of Operation Lafiya Dole yesterday in a night attack routed fleeing elements of Boko Haram insurgents at Ngoshe in Gwoza Local Government Area. During the attack, troops killed one Boko Haram Insurgent and recovered one AK 47 rifle, 41 rounds of locally fabricated ammunition and four Improvised Explosive Devices (IED). The recovered IEDs have been safely defused by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team.

In another operational encounter, troops of 27 Task Force Brigade of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, on a long range fighting patrol, yesterday Friday 1st June 2018 successfully conducted a raid operation on Boko Haram camp in Yaridiri forest in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe state. In the encounter with the insurgents during the raid, the superior fire power of the troops forced the insurgents to flee in disarray with gunshot wounds, abandoning a huge sum of money and several other items. The troops recovered three AK 47 rifle magazines, 21 rounds of 7.62 mm (Special) ammunition, a motorcycle and two mobile handsets. The troops also recovered the sum of Two million, Two Hundred and Eight Thousand Naira (N2, 208,000.00) from the hideout. Troops have destroyed the hideout in situ.

Please disseminate this information to the general public through your news medium.

Thank you for your untiring cooperation.

Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu
Deputy Director Public Relations
Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole

NAF INSTITUTE OF SAFETY GRADUATES FIRST SET OF PERSONNEL TRAINED IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

The Nigerian Air Force Institute of Safety (NAFIS) has graduated the first set of personnel trained in Occupational Health and Safety. The ceremony, which took place yesterday, 1 June 2018, at the recently commissioned Institute’s Headquarters Complex at Rigachikun in Kaduna, witnessed the graduation of 24 personnel. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has recently renewed emphasis on safety training because of the high premium placed by the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, on safety and improved productivity.

While congratulating the graduands, the Guest of Honour, the Air Officer Commanding Air Training Command, Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Mohammed Idris, charged them to remain confident, undaunted and assertive while demonstrating tact in the discharge of their new role as safety professionals. He also urged them to share their new knowledge of occupational health and safety with other personnel in their various units. According to him, “you must be ready at all times to add value to your units, the Service and the society until the world around you becomes a safer place while looking forward to seeing our workplaces become free of accidents and incidents, which is the whole essence of the on-going global Zero Accident Campaign”. He then thanked the CAS for his enormous assistance and support to the Institute, which he said was obviously a result of the Chief’s high interest in improving safety in the NAF.

Earlier in his welcome address, the Commandant of the Institute, Air Commodore Edward Adedokun, stated that the course was intended to achieve a better work environment and safer daily operations. He therefore said “by the time safety consciousness becomes a regular feature of our everyday lives, our personnel, equipment, Service and society would be safer each new day”. During the 5 week-course, the graduands were exposed to the NAF’s Safety Policy, Aviation Psychology, Communications Skills, Fundamentals of Safety Processes, Occupational Safety Processes, Industrial Health Management and Human Factors. They were also introduced to causes of errors, violations, mistakes and how to avoid them. With the quality of knowledge imparted on the graduands at NAFIS, the Commandant said he was proud to say that the personnel would be outstanding safety practitioners in the field.

The highlight of the occasion was the presentation of awards of excellence to students who distinguished themselves during the Course. Squadron Leader MA Kanu clinched the CAS Award while Sergeant Afolayan OI and Flight Lieutenant AA Ologun carted away the AOC and Commandant Awards respectively. It would be recalled that the NAF on 25 May 2018 commissioned the newly built Headquarters NAFIS building and other landmark projects at the Institute.

In a related development, another set of 26 officers graduated from the Young Officers’ Course (YOC) at the Military Training Centre (MTC) NAF Base Kaduna. The 3-month course was aimed at improving the capacity of the young NAF officers for future operational tasks. During the course, the officers were groomed on General Service Knowledge, Staff Duties, Base Defence Concept and Asymmetric Warfare to improve their leadership capacity in the Service. Speaking during the graduation ceremony, the Guest of Honour, the Air Secretary, Headquarters NAF Air Vice Marshal Gali Abdulwahab, urged the graduating officers to be prepared to join efforts in battling the various security challenges confronting the country. The Air Secretary further advised the officers to justify the resources that had been invested in them by always carrying out assigned tasks diligently and professionally.

The unrelenting efforts to train NAF personnel in all necessary fields underscore the focus of the current NAF leadership to develop the capacity of personnel for enhanced professional performance and service delivery.

OLATOKUNBO ADESANYA
Air Vice Marshal
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force

lionel4power:
If I start uploading all my stash of Libyan war DIY Armoured vehicles....

It'll take a good part of a full day..

Please do.....

Odunayaw:
Good.




but which kain camo be that wan na

"Make una manage am like dat".

Field mobile toilet & bath produced by NA for NA.

#SF
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Nigerian Army Blows Up Roadside IED Placed By Boko Haram terrorist



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38StSm3n5NM

Henry240:
Nigerian army Combat footage

IED detonation.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38StSm3n5NM

Nice video.

Am proud of these gallant soldiers.

SternProphet:
Adding up all budgets for JF 17 since 2016 would show clearly that we are just finishing payment this 2018 for three jets.
Nigeria has three (nos) JF 17 as we speak. I am not sure of this, but one of of them might be JF 17B. The idea of a possible delivery within two months is plausible.

A dude on Henry's thread mentioned we might be getting the jets in 2-3 months time, hope these rumours come true.....

giles14:
is that an AK630 on the truck

Yeah, these guys are damn ready for business.....

Very creative and innovative but I'll rather mount the gun on a BMP 1 or 2 chasis, for high mobility and
maneuverability.

The Libyan National Army going DIY: AK-230 naval guns mounted on trucks

http://spioenkop..com/2015/02/the-libyan-national-army-going-diy-ak.html?m=1

#Libya- here's something you just don't see enough of anymore:
#LNA Kamaz 6x6 flatbed truck mounted with a turret deployed to frontline in #Derna.

#COIN


The MRAP window are bullets ridden.

jakeporeshenko:
Army intercepts three trucks with 300,000 live cartridges in Ogun

The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army on Thursday said it had intercepted three trucks loaded with over 300,000 live cartridges on the Igbogila-Ilara area of Ogun State.

These should be the work of the NPF, It's High time they step up there game. Good work NA.

gabng:
Beegeagle is this you

I suspect it's him...

HAPPENNG NOW. Headquarters 3 Division Monthly Route March at Maxwell Khobe Cantonment, Rukuba, Jos:

PRESS BRIEFING BY ACTING DIRECTOR DEFENCE INFORMATION BRIG GEN JOHN AGIM IN RESPONSE TO AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT

1. Gentlemen of the Press, as you have heard and witnessed from the visit to various Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps and have interacted with the stakeholders in the camps that the Nigerian Armed Forces has neither molested, sexually assaulted nor raped any IDP as alleged by Amnesty International recent concocted report. You have also established that soldiers are not deployed inside the IDP camps.
2. Hence, the need to take you round the 2 most populous camps in Borno State which are Bakassi IDP Camp with over 35000 displaced persons from 5 different local governments areas namely Marte, Monguno, Gwoza, Gwuzamala and Nganzan as well as Dalori IDP Camp with over 7800 persons from Bama and Konduga Local Government respectively.
3. For the Military particularly On Gender Based violence, rape is an outright aberration. It is considered grievous and cannot go unpunished. However, blanket allegations and insinuations as contained in the Amnesty International report as alleged against the armed Forces of Nigeria are rather very ineffective methodologies to address this ill. It is therefore high time we address this issue squarely, rather than resorting to blanket allegations. In the Armed Forces, we maintain that we do not condone rape and do not have rapists among us. The Military has several measures in place to regulate the conduct of troops and to define their relationships with members of their host communities.
4. Furthermore, before troops are deployed in the frontlines, they are made to undergo mandatory Pre-Induction Training for about five weeks on Fundamental Human Rights, International Law of Armed Conflicts, Rules of Engagement, and Gender Based Violence. A Code of Conduct to regulate the conduct of military personnel in the theatre of operation is printed in hard copies and distributed to troops during the Pre-Induction training before they are finally deployed.
5. Additionally, there are very effective instruments of discipline in place, to deter would-be erring personnel and to mete out punitive sanctions to defaulting personnel. There is a court martial in place at 7 Division where erring personnel have been tried and the verdicts of their trials made public. Accordingly, the court has tried and sentenced some service personnel found guilty of various offences in a bid to deter others. Some of these verdicts are as follows;
a. A soldier who shot and killed 5 rescued civilians without just cause was tried for the offence of murder. At the end of the trial he was found guilty, convicted and sentenced to death.
b. Another soldier maltreated a minor whom he suspected of stealing his money, as a result of which the minor had his right arm amputated. The soldier was tried for causing grievous body injury, found guilty, convicted and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment and dismissal from the service.
c. While on deployment at one of the FOBs, a soldier lured a minor girl and defiled her in the process. The soldier was arraigned for defilement of a minor and he was sentenced to dismissal from service with ignominy and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment.
d. A soldier was arraigned for shooting and killing an innocent civilian at Konduga without just course. The soldier was convicted for murder and sentence to death.
e. A certain boy in one of the areas where the military are deployed was suspected of stealing soldier’s handset upon which 2 soldiers tortured him to death the soldiers were arraigned for the offence of murder but the court found them guilty for man slaughter. They were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
6. We must clearly point out here, that the Military has zero tolerance for indiscipline and in addition assures members of the public that it will not treat any report of rape or any other form of gender based violence with levity, if such report is made.
7. On the issue of sex for food, it must be clarified that troops are not in charge of distribution of food and other relief materials in the IDP camps, rather, other agencies at the state and national levels, statutorily shoulder these responsibilities and are custodians of relief materials. Troops cannot access food that is not in their custody and cannot therefore trade food for sex. Aside, our troops are centrally fed in any location they are deployed, hence possessing dry rations (raw food) is near impossible and therefore does not provide them with any opportunity to trade food for sex. Our role in any IDP camp is clearly in the outer cordon of the camp and not inside the camp. Our troops are not involved in the administration of the camp, except where they are occasionally called upon by the camp authorities to maintain order, after which they return to their duty posts. Their interaction with the IDPs is therefore very limited and consequently does not avail them opportunity for sexual exploitation.
8. As the Armed Forces shares in the emotions and sympathize with the unfortunate situation the IDPs in the north east have found themselves, we urge members of the public to be rest assured that we are here to alleviate their suffering and not the contrary. We are paying the price to protect the good people of the north east and to ensure their safety even at the expense of our own lives.
9. Just yesterday, troops of 271 Deployed in Operation LAFIYA DOLE Ran into an improvised explosive Device and lost 5 personnel in the incident. These are among the many other incidences encountered by the troops while securing the people of the north east. We have also gone out of the line of duty to provide aids and life support to the people. Furthermore, the Armed Forces have rescued women, children and men from Boko Haram captivity, brought them to safety and liberated their communities. We are working round the clock to fight terrorism and insurgency.
10. Thank you and God Bless.

JA AGIM
Brigadier General
Ag Director Defence Information

PRESS RELEASE
OPERATION LAST HOLD: COMMANDER TASKS TROOPS ON DISCIPLINE

1. Troops of operation LAST HOLD have been urged to exhibit high level of discipline in other to have a successful operation. The Commander Operation LAST HOLD, Major General Abba Dikko made this statement recently in Azare, Bauchi State while addressing troops at the concentration area.

2. He further emphasised that discipline would remain the bedrock of military professionalism, urging troops to abide by the tenets of the profession at all times. He called on them to take their pre-deployment training serious as training in peace time brings about victory in conflicts.

3. He also identified the key tasks of the inducting troops to include:

a. clearing the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists especially in Nine (9) Local Government Areas of Northern Borno State.

b. Facilitate the return of internally displaced persons back to their ancestral communities to enable them resume their traditional vocations.

c. Preparing an enabling environment for the conduct of this year’s Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL) 2018 scheduled to hold in Northern Borno.

4. He noted that the nation relies on the sacrifices of members of the Armed Forces in various theatres of operations to suppress insecurity and bring about peace in the country. He charged the troops to emulate the discipline and uprightness of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai and brace up for the challenges ahead of them.

5. He affirmed that discipline was a great asset which determines success in battle, adding that operation LAST HOLD which entails the deployment of additional maneouvre Brigades, other critical assets and fire power will ensure the destruction of Boko Haram terrorist camps as well as strong points in the Lake Chad Basin general area. He pointed out that, it will also facilitate the rescue of hostages and pave way for the return of Internally Displaced Persons to their communities.

6. The Commander stated further that, troops drawn from Army formations and units across the country are in Azare for concentrated, mission specific and pre-deployment training.

7. In view of the above, you are please requested to disseminate this important information to the general public through your reputable medium.

8. Thank you for your usual support and cooperation.

TEXAS CHUKWU
Brigadier General
Director Army Public Relations

#Egypt- Sa'ka forces and naval commandos in North #Sinai with SIG516/M-4, ARX160. Interesting appearance of the not very common combat shirt and MARPAT-woodland. Also- left guy on last pic seems like he has an interesting knife.

#Algeria- ANP discovered weapons cache in Bordj Badji Mokhtar, along the border with #Mali, containing 2 RPG-7s, 1 PKT, 1 PK, 3 AKs, 9 rifles & ammo.

Everything looks remarkably clean, almost brand new! very unusual.

#Libya- #LNA photos from the frontline at #Derna.
AFVs: Ratel 60, T-54/5, T-62

#Egypt- Egyptian Army armed with M-24 sniper riffle

#Libya- #LNA photos from the frontline at #Derna.
Artillery: M-1938 (M-30), D-30, and BM-21
.

Nice pic of #LNA Panthera F9 APC and M1938 (M-30) 122 mm howitzer near #Derna #Libya