₦airaland Forum

Ezugwu MRAP 2

jln115:
Major service!! Also Nigerian ATRs had an ELINT upgrade not to long ago......and news outlets are stating they are there for maintenance not an upgrade...

Like I earlier stated, NAF press release will clarify.

jln115:
So how do you know they are there for an upgrade when news outlets are saying they are there for maintenance?

Besides Nigerian ATRs received a ELINT upgrade just a couple of years ago!

This aircraft just finished maintenance in Nigeria. Going to Germany would likely be for upgrades of surveillance equipment.

jln115:
Upgrade?? I thought they were there for maintenance....well that's what I read anyway!!

Any news on what is being upgraded?

When they come back to Nigeria, I'm sure the Air Force will release a comprehensive statement as they always do.

INSIDE THE WAR FRONT: NIGERIAN MILITARY TAKE OUT MAJOR BOKO HARAM BASES.

Ahmad Salkida

On March 27, 2020, HumAngle exclusively reported the elimination of 18 Boko Haram commanders in a series of air raids in Lake Chad between January and March.

And in April, HumAngle’s independent assessment of the war at the Lake Chad Basin and Sambisa Forest revealed major gains at the war front by Nigeria led Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF).

Although the Nigerian military declared that the army killed 343 insurgents in recent combat operations, investigations have established that there were probably heavier casualties suffered by the insurgents between March 18 and May 5.

Reporting the military operations to the media the Coordinator of Defence Military Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche said that “a number of air interdictions were conducted, which led to the destruction of several BHT logistics facilities and compounds housing some of their leaders, including Abu Usamah, and a number of their fighters who were eliminated.”

Impeccable sources knowledgeable about the conflict in the Northeast have revealed the exact locations of the MNJTF and the Nigerian military overrun most of the operational camps in Kwalaram, Ngilewa, Sabon Tumbu, Bukarmairam, Wulgo all in the Marte and Gamboru Ngala axis of Borno State.

Sources familiar with the war disclosed that the fighters fleeing the recent Chadian Military offensive in April were only about settling down in choice locations in Alargo and the Marte flank when the Nigeria Air Force and the MNJTF identified, targeted and bombarded scores of the fighters in air and ground operations.

Independent sources put the casualty figures that resulted from the air and ground raids above 500, an indication that the figure given by the military was probably understated.

Analysts who follow the insurgency in the Lake Chad Basin tend to place the recent audio message released by Abubakar Shekau which was exclusively reported by HumAngle in context and conclude that the message mirrors the bloody nose the insurgents are receiving currently in the war fronts.

In the audio message, Shekau alluded to the period of “trial” that his fighters were going through and urged them “not to relent in prayer.”

HumAngle sources have highlighted the loss of “no fewer than 60 war commanders” between March and May, in both the Chadian and Nigerian military operations, an indication that our earlier reported elimination of 18 commanders across Boko Haram factions was lower than the actual numbers.

Sources within the camps of the insurgents said that unlike the case previously, the fighters could no longer move in large groups in daylight. The Air Force, according to the sources, is likely to pick out two out of three large vehicular movements in the day.

Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province, (ISWAP) convoys have been intercepted by the Nigerian Air Force more regularly now than was the case in 2019. “Fighters now move from one location to the other mostly at night,” said a competent source.

“The offensive of this year can only be compared with what we faced in 2015 and 2016,” said the source, referring to the period when the previous administration mounted an all out military campaign before the general elections and the sustained momentum by the new administration thereafter.

A serving army captain who spoke with HumAngle in Maiduguri but would not want to be named attributed the renewed advances at the war front to “the current battle strategy of moving reinforcement while troops are still pushing against the insurgents”.

Ground troops have also intensified artillery fire, which comb parts of Alagarno and Sambisa forests.

The military operations in the territories have also resulted in overrunning insurgents’ camps in Durfada, Allafha, Timbuktu, Bulajibi and Gonikurmi in and around Sambisa, sources said , adding that “hundreds” of insurgent fighters died in battles in these camps.

However, sources said that the insurgents might have changed strategies fast by adopting remote operations and desisting from maintaining major operational camps.

A source embedded within the vigilante group corroborated the information on overrun insurgents’ operational locations. However, the local vigilante in the area said, “there are still problems in the operations.”

Boko Haram does not rely on heavy equipment and hardware, so it is easy for them to change locations in a matter of hours, said the source, pointing out that military manoeuvres were different and put the insurgents on their guard.

Informed sources said that it was difficult for the military to maintain presence in the operational locations they overrun because of the shortage of personnel. In these camps that were overrun, Boko Haram elements have regrouped, they said.

The sources said that in less than one week after Chadian forces chased ISWAP fighters and the sub-faction of Boko Haram away from several fishing islands in Lake Chad, the insurgents regrouped and took up positions in some areas.

HumAngle further learnt that in the Alagarno flashpoint, ISWAP fighters were returning to some of the areas the Nigerian Army successfully overran in the past weeks. The areas are Mattari, Mada, Sansan and Gurzum where soldiers overran and moved on to other battle grounds.

Sources said there were not many security officials to man and retain every community or camp reclaimed from Boko Haram by either the MNJTF or the Nigerian Army.

“Currently, the situation is one soldier for every five kilometres in the Northeast,” this is what we are dealing with,” said a senior Nigerian government official.

“There are more than 300 camps that host dozens, in some places, hundreds of fighters and their families in territories within Borno and Yobe states,” said Ali Gwange, a local vigilante in Maiduguri.

Gwange added that “only less than half of these camps have so far been attacked by the military.”

Multiple sources point out that there are peculiarities with operational camps used by the insurgents which tend to include secure entry and exit points for them.

The sources explained that such camps tended to provide for them the advantage of surveying any advancing threats from a reasonable distance and provide cover, notably heavy foliage, against airstrikes.

A Boko Haram defector recently disclosed that with every impending military raid on the camps “we quickly leave and return the next day.”

Although there is a positive turn of events in the campaign against the insurgents, sources within the intelligence and diplomatic communities have, however, expressed concern that without resetting the counter-insurgency strategy, the terror groups might still recover and resume their violent campaigns against the military and civilians.

Investigation reveals that one area that remains untapped in the counter-terrorism measures by state actors in Nigeria is a seeming failure to penetrate and crack Boko Haram, and especially ISWAP’s elite Aminiyat group or intelligence unit.

It seems that from their operations the Amniyat elements are well embedded and untracked in several communities in the northeast of Nigeria and the Lake Chad region as a whole, HumAngle learnt.

The Amniyat adherents monitor troop movements and operations, handle logistics, fundraising and assassinations while providing intelligence reports to its central body, sources said.

Persons familiar with the situation are worried about the seeming single focus by state actors on insurgents who carry arms without a corresponding interest on those who always keep the insurgents ahead.

Knowledgeable military strategists also caution that as much as the presence of the Chief of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, in the war front is boosting troops morale, the war strategy ought to move past the momentary victory into a final push to finish off the insurgents before the rains fully set in.

Field information available to HumAngle suggest that Boko Haram in Southern, Central Borno and parts of Cameroon with its sub-faction in Niger-Nigeria axis can still muster no fewer than 2,000 fighters inspite of their mounting fatalities while ISWAP is in a position to muster nearly double the number.

Without breaching the elite Amniyat and cutting off the insurgents’ economic streams and networks, it might be that the current advances at the frontline would not fully count for much in the end, security experts warn

More pictures of NAF ATR-42 in Germany

jln115:
I wouldn't right it of so quickly.......Its a brilliant platform!!

It's a good platform but it doesn't stand a chance against the A-29. Anyway this tender would be good marketing for the aircraft.

Nigerian Air Force ISR/SIGNIT platform due for delivery after major upgrades in Germany.

LagosWahala:
Off budget spend takes Nigeria to at least 4.5 billion IMO.

NIMASA, NNPC, NLNG and the IOCs all heavily fund the military.

Never mind occassional security vote donations of soft skin vehicles and light arms by the governors to formations in their states.

If agree, but some of these spendings are one off. However it can't be as high as 4.5 billion.

Ezugwu MRAP 1 in the frontlines

Proforce ARA 1 in the front lines.

rka2:
Maritime Security: FG Set To Deploy Integrated Architecture – Amaechi

In an effort to comprehensively tackle insecurity on Nigeria’s territorial waters and exclusive economic zone, the Federal Government says it is set to deploy its integrated maritime security infrastructure. The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, stated this Monday in Lagos while briefing the media ahead of the launch of the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, also called the Deep Blue Project.

The Minister, who addressed the press conference alongside all the heads of agencies under the ministry, also explained the government’s decision to end the secure anchorage project, a private security initiative run outside the country’s port system. He insisted that all ships coming into the country must anchor at the national ports under the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).     

The Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), while expatiating on the Deep Blue Project, said 80 per cent of the assets required for the takeoff of the total spectrum maritime security architecture would be deployed by June. 

Amaechi, who briefed the media after a high level security meeting with maritime stakeholders, restated the President Muhammadu Buhari government’s determination to tackle maritime insecurity head-on. He assured that the Deep Blue Project, when fully operational, would drastically reduce piracy and other crimes within Nigeria’s maritime domain and the Gulf of Guinea.

The Minister stated, “Recall that we secured an approval from the Federal Executive Council to introduce a maritime security architecture, which is coming to fruition. We engaged the Homeland Security International (HLSI), who are only to provide training and equipment, while the Nigerian Navy would lead the Police, Nigerian Army and Department of State Services, among others that would run the equipment.”  

He stated that the security of the maritime sector needs a more holistic approach, hence the need to involve other arms of the country’s security services to support the Nigerian Navy working with NIMASA.

Giving a breakdown of the assets being installed under the Deep Blue Project, Dakuku revealed that a good number of the assets had arrived the country, including six interceptor boats and a special mission vessel, saying a second one will come in before the end of February.

The Director-General also disclosed that the first special mission aircraft will be in the country before the end of the first quarter of the year, while six armoured aircraft were already in the country, and the first unmanned aerial vehicle would come in before the end of February.

Dakuku stated, “We expect the first helicopter in the first quarter of this year. Almost all the communication gadgets are in the country as well as the Personal Protective Gear (PPG). The C4i centre is fully operational in Kirikiri, the NIMASA Research Centre. Those are the assets we have on ground.

“However, between now and June this year, over 80 per cent of the assets would be in the country and they would be manned by Nigerian military.”

Dakuku stated that the training aspect of the project had since commenced in phases. He said the first set of training for C4i operators and intelligence officers had been concluded. Basic infantry training for soldiers who would fight on land around the littoral areas has also been concluded and the soldiers awaiting deployment, according to him.

“These trainings would continue over time as we try to integrate the intelligence officers with the C4i and those operating the special mission vessels and aircraft,” Dakuku said.

Isichei Osamgbi

Head, Corporate Communications,

NIMASA

isichei.osamgbi@nimasa.gov.ng

February 3, 2020
https://sundiatapost.com/maritime-security-fg-set-to-deploy-integrated-architecture-amaechi/

Everything should be ready to go now we are in May

Some of the deliverables for this project have already started coming in.

Lurker4Long:
New Team Pitches South Africa's Bronco II Light Attack Plane To American Special Operators

U.S. Special Operations Command wants to buy up to 75 light attack aircraft, starting with five in the next fiscal year.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33277/new-team-pitches-south-africas-bronco-ii-light-attack-plane-to-american-special-operators

Congrats to South-Africa, but I think the Super-Tucano will win this Tender.

Nigerian Air Force Super Tucano in the paint shop

marvin906:
can funds for the NA be outsource from other means cause that paltry budget is a disgrace to the NA..
I blame obasanjo sha

We don't make enough money. Military spending is not a walk in the park. There could be other budgetary means but until then, we'll have to make the maximum use of our resources.

With our current capacity, the procurements made by the 3 services have been sensible.

However we really need funds.

Toju200:
I promise y'all proforce will roll out something like this Middle next year...
Let's bet it

I don't think they have the expertise. A wheeled vehicle, yes, Tracked I'm not sure.

Russia's main counter terrorist unit. FSB Alpha.

These guys have fought in Syria.

Nigerian army light Tank & Reconnaissance vehicle, the Scorpion.

South-African Army Tank

marvin906:
it will take close to 10 years for the NN to be up to the Algerian Navy and at that point the Algerian Navy would have gone far ahead

I don't think it's accurate to compare the Nigerian Navy to Algeria. Algeria has a big Defence Budget of 11 billion dollars a year.

Nigeria Defence budget is always at 2.2 billion dollars, at most 3.3 billion dollars.

As you can see, no room for comparison.

Tobiloba2407:
Coming from yankee, I'm willing to bet grey, like the c130 .

Grey would be really nice, but I suspect the Nigerian Air Force will go for their desert cammo pattern.

On to other interesting matters, Nigerian Air Force A-29 already in the paint shop.


I hope we would get a sweet cammo pattern though.

youghs:
can't proforce or DICON just mount this 57mm naval gun on an 8×8 armoured vehicle

I don't think any of the defence manufacturers in Nigeria can do that. Besides it would be an overkill.

The 30mm is the most acceptable and widely used caliber gun in use.

Nonetheless the Russians have started to use 57mm guns on some of their Infantry support vehicles.


For educational purposes see attached video.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb11zZhiIko

Toju200:
Permission Kabe1 to add this
PF ARA MRAP

PF 2 Armoured vehicle

Tsaigumi UAV

Andonni class naval patrol craft

Karaduwa class naval patrol craft

Innoson G12 military vehicle

DICON light armoured tactical patrol vehicle

Ezugwu MRAP

DICON infantry patrol vehicles (mk1 and 2)

Epenal armoured Gunboat

Almarine armoured Gunboat

SeWa Gunboat

DICON ballistic vest and helmets

Proforce ballistic vest and helmets

DICON Demining System.

JC-6 rocket pods

30.1mm Ground to air rocket

TUWASCO TWS Gunboats.

OTHER SECURITY AGENCIES

Tekowi tactical patrol vehicle

Innoson vehicles.

Proforce armoured patrol boat.





ONGOING PROJECTS

43meters naval vessels (SDB3)

Replenishment vessel (fuel and water barge)

Ichoku combat drone

NAFSA eagle aircraft

Unmanned hexacopter.

Bion helicopter

DICON Special forces helicopters



EXPORTED HARDWARE

Epenal armoured Gunboat:Chad

PF ARA MRAP: Chad



PLANNED EXPORT

Innoson G12:serria Leone

PF range of armoured vehicle:Niger.

Even you too, you forgot the PF Wizard and the WOLF SOV.

One of the unintended benefits of the insurgency in Nigeria is that it has allowed Nigeria grow to become a significant defence manufacturer in Africa, the 2nd largest in Sub-saharan Africa, and the 3rd largest in Africa behind South-Africa and Egypt.


It's a thing of joy when you read internationally recognized defence news outlets like Jane's Defence, Airforce Monthly and they refer to a military equipment as Nigerian made or Nigerian exported.

I swear, e dey sweet for body!!

The economics side of building your defence equipment locally is almost immeasurable. Jobs, cost savings, technology transfer.

Look across the board, you'll see the remarkable design progress Nigerian made military equipments have made. From Tekowi Vehicle, Igirigi APC, Proforce MRAP and LAV, bulletproof vests made in Nigeria, UAVs made in Nigeria and so on and so forth. In fact I never imagined a day will come that I'll get exhausted from calling Nigerian made military equipments. Wow!!!


With this new ship, we can already see the future, what a future Nigerian made OPV would look like. We would soon be able to sail in rough seas and high winds in a Nigerian made naval ship.

Nigerian Navy Shipbuilding

Seaward Defence Boat III

It's armed with a 57mm Naval gun.

Nigerian Navy SBS commandos with a fan.

Commando from the Nigerian Navy

shadowprimezero:
The results from the latest offensive are in.

https://humangle.ng/inside-the-war-front-nigerian-military-take-out-major-boko-haram-bases/

This is massive, and I'm sure it doesn't include those killed yesterday at Pulka.

500+ dead insurgents.

I read 20 insurgents were killed when they unsuccessfully ambushed the Nigerian army.

Tekowi Tactical Vehicle

Another Nigerian made vehicle deployed in the North East theater of operations.

Tekowi Tactical Vehicle.

Built by an Ekiti based armoured vehicle manufacturer, the Tekowi Tactical Vehicle is used by Police special forces and counter terrorist units.

The Nigerian President recently launched 20 units for operational use.

The Infantry Patrol Vehicle 1

This Nigerian made vehicle is the most widely used locally made vehicle in the service of the Nigerian army.

Nearly 300 units have so far been built and deployed by the army.