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Recce C Company


Pic 1: is enduarance training
n 2: preparation of an air insertion

Ammo made by Kenya Ordinance Factory Coop

7.62x51mm Ball- Linked
5.56x45mm Ball Linked
7.62x51mm Ball ss-77/1
7.62x39mm Ball
5.56x45mm
.308 KOFC Target Master
9.19mm Parebellum
7.62x51mm Blank Star
5.56x45mm Blank Star


Spent shell casing of a bullet made at KOFC, KDF and Police all get their bullets from KOFC

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EMW01:
It has all to do with price, the aw139 is cheaper than the mi-17(its main competitor in africa) whose cost has increased significantly over the past few years. Based on 2013 costs a new aw139 was approximately 12m USD while an new mi-17 was around 16-18m USD. The American and French medium helicopters are out of price range for most Africa countries.

But isn't the Mi-17 more reliable/Durable - Even the Presidents oficial chopper is an Mi-17


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEJajRFuPS4


Unless they bought them purely for aesthetics for VIP transport I don't see how that price difference would outweigh the advantages of an Mi-17..... especially in compbat operation, I dont expect to see the aw139 doing this in Somalia , I would rather they had bought it for the Navy for sea patrol and search and rescue far away from the hot and dusty environments..

DaV8King:
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Image in link shows one of the new NAF A109 E Power on a test flight by NAF personnel in Varese, Italy.

Whats with the obsession with Agusta, AW109,139 --- At this rate we should force them to bring an assembly plant to Africa
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Notice the numbers on the side window and also the serial numbers at the tail, they are not far apart

KDF engineers outsmarted by high-school science project - IED detection concept ..... Although practically the concept won't work, but still...Some useful applications could come out of it if money is made available for RnD ..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuZut5dcpvU

KDF

Artillery KDF

Kenyan and Ugandan Presidents used the train to travel from Mombasa to Nairobi a distance of approximately 480km and Recce squad couldn't hide in their tinted SUVs as the usually do.

Kenya police air-wing

Pic 2 is a supply run in Lamu County on the edge of the vast Boni forest that lays between Kenya and Somali border in the south

GSU-recce

kikuyu1:
What we need ideally is a tribunal for EVERYONE with clear simple rules! In a week or two max,your application is approved or denied-shotties,pistols,rifles and auto weapons but nothing military grade,ie above .50 BMG. If misused even once heavy jail time and permanent blacklisting.

I think in the revised rules application for a licence is 2k and will be paid online through the E-citizen platform just like you would when applying of passport, or certificate of good conduct which is also required to get the licence, and also a Drs leter from a public hospital declaring that you are sane(ish).... If all goes week it shouldn't take more than 2 months...

I am however curious about how you go about once you have a licence and want to order your gun from outside the country...

The president just acquired a gun licence (smart card), under the newly revised gun ownership rules, I should probably get my own RPG !!

The Kenya Army Corps of Artillery and Engineers are about to conclude a six-week sensitization exercise for residents of Samburu County on UnExploded Ordnances (UXOs).
The sensitization exercises on UXOs and their dangers are ongoing at Larisoro in Samburu County forms the better part of 375 sq km of land allocated to KDF for training in a gazette notice in 1977

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Senior Sergeant James Kiprotich, an Explosive Ordinance Disposal Expert sensitizing students of Gig Gir Primary School on Undetonated Explosive Devices (UXOs).

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Larisoro residents present during the sensitization program going through teaching aids offered by Kenya Army sensitizing them on UXOs

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Kenya Army personnel conducting search of UXOs along the Larisoro firing range

so sad what happened to the Ethiopian plane crash https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/ethiopian-airlines-plane-crashes-with-deaths-and-casualties-unconfirmed/news-story/bed7d1e1a89f6fc015fa795817b914d3

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A member of Kenya airforce QRF taking over a situation from regular KDF inside an FOB in Somalia.
Why do special forces units have different ways of handling/positioning their rifles compared to regular troops. Aren't they all supposed to shoot as quick as they can get to the trigger, and if the SF's way is better shouldn't that be the standard for everyone else? Or do they just like to look different/cool

That, punishment, lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgECFnhm9TQ

KDF

Krak:
He needs his freedom.

He shouldn't have taken the job if he wanted his freedom.. What if he goes missing or gets into an accident , That new weed brand he's smoking is too strong for him (everyone in Kenya knows that he sometimes smokes weed )

Once again, the presient has been caught driving himself around town, one of these days it wont be a laughing matter

........ The president has lately formed a habit of abandoning his aides and security team for impromptu car tours. Last month at the Kisumu International Airport, he surprised his security team by getting into one of his official vehicles, a black Toyota V8 with a civilian number plate, and followed ODM leader Raila Odinga.
https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/news/uhuru-gets-a-taste-of-citys-messy-traffic-during-secret-tour

Not even a month has passed after he did this https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001310166/why-uhuru-left-his-plane-s-engine-running-in-kisumu

Odunayaw:
If there's a video please share too

it's one of those promotional videos that try to show evething at once, basically they took bits and pieces from other existing videos , you won't see much of the action from that screenshot..

iI will try to find the original video of that footage in the screenshot..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dboKOloXqn4

Cont

KDF - Excuse the quality

Somewhere in Laikipia near KAF airbase

Danooz87:
Recce wore black shirts. And then there were also these guys below, saw quite a number of them in green landcruisers....Any ideas

Here are screenshots of the land-cruisers with tactical ladders I took from a video, they were like 8 of them so its not some small unit

Danooz87:
Recce wore black shirts. And then there were also these guys below, saw quite a number of them in green landcruisers....Any ideas

I noticed them too, At first I thought there patches on the shoulder looked like KDF insignia but there green landcruisers had 'Police' written on them...


Anyway, I noticed the cyalume illumination sticks on his vest, I gues they used them to mark areas they had already cleared
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#AMISOM Sector II Commander Brig. Joakim Mwamburi yesterday met with @Jubaland president Ahmed Madobe in Afmadhow.



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Its nice to see a Somali National Army commander (on the left) working with the govt of the Autonomous jubaland region, Those guys used to not geet along

Construction of a military Base in Garissa County for Desert Operations which will be home to the newly formed 17 Kenya riffle battalion

Modika Barracks in Garissa County. Modika Barracks is now the new home for the 17 Battalion, Kenya Rifles & other military formations. #DesertRangers

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Danooz87:
Yep they are under AP command. I do have more pictures, but I should first seek permission from elsewhere before posting them here

blur the faces of you have to, you don't even have to explain the where or when they were taken... I've seen some officers post selfies on some Facebook groups I don't think ppl get in trouble for that as long as it's not sensitive posts that jeopardize operations or embarrass the institution..

Danooz87:
2nd Picture is RBPU Special Unit...If you need further proof dm me....

I have had of the unit... (They are under Administration Police Commandant right?) Do you have more pics ?

One of those pics that don't come with a date or explanation..

1:GSU recce with US Swat or Secret Service.
2: GSU training with Israeli SF

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