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Patchesagain:
You really want to de-rail this thread?

Lol

Henry240:
That's not even the point.


You don't start running basic drills in an elite COIN exercise. Every participant at Flintlock is an elite soldier. It is expected that the basic drills have been mastered before coming to do the exercise.


"Are we taking 2 steps backwards for every step forward?".

Exactly my point.

africaken:
Define basic drills ? the biggest problem with african male is pride and ego

That's not what I mean dude. Every skill is good, but there should be priorities.

If according to Africom, the aim of flintlock is to gather 'counterterrorism' forces, those basic drill(s) is a waste f time and resources. They are not regular infantry.

mzilakazi:
Why people shy off from the truth. SU-30 is a vigorous fighter but it has high RCS. Radars can detect it coming from far and hit it with BVR weapons. Junk Fighter has a poor radar to detect fighters with low RCS from safe distances and also itself has a little higher radar cross sectioning. With such a radar such as the one in the junk fighter you will get lot of surprises. By the time you realises there is a jet you would have been already on your way six feet underground.

You still don't get it do you? What's the point? OK,according to you, the JF 17 is a weak fighter, so? What point are you trying to prove?

mzilakazi:
Have you checked the radar and RCS as well? That's where your Junk Fighter of 17th century lacks behind.

Why are you so relentless? This thread is different from the other one. I hope the South Africans that their opinion actually matter don't think like the ones on NL,

believing they have the best of everything, when Uganda's su 30 popped up on this thread,nobody asked for your opinion but you guys started ranting the gripen was

better,Nigeria is getting JF17, you said the gripen is better,wtf! Like what you have to say matter. Very soon, you'll say the gripen is better than the egyptian rafale. OK

,continue ( in Patience Jonathan's voice). Now I believe the saying that" pride and arrogance run in the veins of saffers like HIV" (no offence)

I don't know why the Nigerians are arguing with the South Africans,like their opinion matters. When the JF 17 lands in Nigeria, you saffers can go and blow up the engine

Henry240:
President Buhari using the Eagle System to communicate with troops in the N.E theater in real-time

Finding solutions to our own problems, better days ahead

It seems the mag pouch was made from our new camo

(made in Nigeria), it's pretty decent, and would make a

lot of sense if the defense budget meant for kitting

was spent internally developing local industries

Henry240:
That's the Igirigi.

Good thing to know, we are going places

CyberGs, is that the Igirigi in the first pic(last vehicle)?

2nd picture is the Igirigi in Nigeria

This is so weird, but is that the IGIRIGI in the first picture

(last vehicle)

andrewza:
In a dog fight the gripen holds a edge in strike missions the SU30 is better as a aircraft for your air force the gripen out classes the SU30 by being cheaper, faster and easier to maintain.

Cheaper? Really?

It is quite sloppy to say the Gripen is better than the su-30 ..vice versa too

Funny how the topic changed from 'Gripen is better than

the su-30' to 'Gripen is as good as the su-30'

bidexiii:
NA SF WITH RUSSIAN BATCH

Guess some of them were trained in Russia afterall

bidexiii:
A second batch of 500 units where delivered . Another 5000 units not even 4000 units was to be delivered and even someone asked the same question on Beegeagles twitter page, yesterday....?

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40223:nigeria-receives-additional-beryl-m762-assault-rifles&catid=50:Land&Itemid=105

We are saying the same thing. As of today, we have only 1500 beryls on ground

bidexiii:
1000 1st batch + 4000 2nd batch :beryl riffles including mini-beryl riffles.

The second batch was 500 including 10 mini beryls . More may be

on order

www.janes.com/article/53541/more-beryl-m762-rifles-delivered-to-nigeria

bidexiii:
To some extent I disagree with you. They where the best until the NA SF frm russia arrived in the battle theatre. These new NA SF has being actively involved since they arrived.
The 72 Sf rangers........also are not left out, my question his how active are d abs commandos involved CTCION. ?

I think the Navy SBS are still the best 'All Purpose' trained fighters we have. the conditions surrounding the training of the army special forces make them 'limited'. Think of ops like underwater demolition,etc

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bidexiii:
The picture is not showing?

Oh!

According to Wikipedia, Nigeria uses the Ghurka F5..has anyone seen them?

Henry240:
The muzzle of the beryl the Nigerian soldier is carrying is similar to that of an AK-74m. Muzzle differences come with customer requirements in some instances.

Oh, I grab

Henry240:
Beryl wz2004.


The rifle in your photo is an earlier Beryl, ours is the very latest variant of the rifle.

The muzzle did not change in both models

Henry240:
It's the Beryl.

I don't think so..the muzzle is so different

bidexiii:
RANDOM PICTUEES

1st pic are NA troops inside a transport aircraft, airborne.
2nd pic is a NA paratrooper ,whose cute is just about opening.
3rd & 4th pic are steps/classes of NAF SF batches.

What is the difference between 'special forces' and 'commandos'?

Nigerian Army SF RDV

Patchesagain:
Also the barrel mounts are wrong... they dont have "wings"

Are you a military engineer?

Nigeria does not need mercenaries in its fight against Boko Haram, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said yesterday. The country has the capacity to handle the insurgents on its own, Acting Director of Defence Information (DDI) Col. Rabe Abubakar said. Abubakar was reacting to some foreign news agencies’ claim that Nigeria is planning to hire South African mercenaries to prosecute the anti-insurgency campaign. The former President Goodluck Jonathan administration was criticised for secretly engaging the services of some South African meceneries. The foreign news agencies claimed that the Buhari administration is also planning to hire merceneries to help the military to crush Boko Harm by December, the deadline given the armed forces to crush the sect. Some reports yesterday quoted an anonymous top military source as saying that Nigeria has engaged South Africa-based private contractor Specialised Tasks, Training, Equipment and Protection (STTEP). Five persons were yesterday arraigned in an Abuja Federal High Court for the October 2 Nyanya and Kuje bomb explosions. Their arraignment followed their parade at the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) Abuja Headquarters. Also in a statement in Abuja, Force spokesperson Olabisi Kolawole said Boko Haram members “use iPads and laptops to make bombs”. According to the agency, STTEP is deploying 250 personnel and equipment, including fighter jets in Operation Fire Force, to help Nigeria crush Boko Haram insurgents in the Northeast. Describing the report as part of a deliberately orchestrated covert action and propaganda aimed at setting Nigerians against their government and the military, Abubakar said they were part of the blackmail and disinformation from Nigeria’s enemies. The issue is being given added significance because shortly before he came into office, President Muhammadu Buhari had declared the Jonathan administration’s hiring of South African mercenaries as a big shame. “”It is a shame it can’t secure 14 out of 774 local government areas in the country”, Buhari had told elders of the Arewa Consultative Forum in Kaduna in May. Speaking on the telephone yesterday, Abubakar said: “The issue about mercenaries lacks substance; I want you to note that for the past months, the military has been fighting this war more and more effectively and all Nigerians, irrespective of where they live, have come to understand that we are making tremendous progress. “So, why should some people bring up this idea of bringing in mercenaries? Which mercenaries, from where and to do what? “You see, all this is part of the usual antics of blackmail by the enemies of Nigeria – those who do not want the progress that the Nigerian military are making and those who are not happy with the successes we are recording. “They are trying to derail by inciting Nigerians against the Nigerian armed forces. “There is no nation in the world where such thing (hiring mercenaries while winning a battle) happens. “We are doing our best and achieving effective results; we don’t need to say it because Nigerians see it and appreciate what we are doing. We will continue to use our soldiers, our officers and all our domestic resources. “The Nigerian armed forces is doing its best to ensure that we surmount the Boko Haram issue and other allied criminalities; so, such disinformation or blackmail will not deter us from doing what we are supposed to be doing. “It is not just a lie; it is completely unfounded and baseless. “We will continue to do our part and our armed forces are capable of dislodging Boko Haram. “We have done it elsewhere and we will do it in our country”, he said.
http://thenationonlineng.net/dhq-no-mercenaries-for-fight-against-boko-haram/

With regards to the circulating information about the renewal of the contract with a Private Military Company, STTEP

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/dec-deadline-again-nigeria-hires-mercenaries-to-battle-boko-haram/

the leader Col. Eben Barlow posted this on a popular defence blog. Picture after the cut

https://beegeagle./2015/10/20/multinational-joint-task-force-commences-operations-against-bokoharam-participating-contingents-to-operate-in-their-home-countries/#comments

Col. Eben Barlow (head of STTEP)

Henry120:
Nigeria COIN

Now that's what I'm talking about @ 1st pic