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newafricaken254:
we are talking about armoured personnel carriers (APC) not Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP's)

MikeCZA:
The frequency of flights?

Like saying why SA Gripens haven't crashed while others have in Europe.

newafricaken254:
all of them are cheap sh@t

nemesis2u:
just wanted to ask out of curiosity

has there been any crash of Algerian su30 till date

if yes what was the reason for it after court of inquiry


thanks

Henry240:
Guys, I'll be taking a little break from Nairaland.com for a while.

See you guys when I'm back posting photos and videos. You'll have a nice one, cheers!


Nigerian Air Force EC-135 and pilots.

Henry240:
I'd rather not comment, but seeing that ignorant comment offensive aircrafts. You can easily fact check and verify yourself.

*But then, even insane individuals are entitled to their own opinions. That's the beauty of a democracy.

frumentius:
Actually, it's Henry and Frumentius. I'd make the same argument even if it were not Denel Aviation and some company in say Morocco, were Lockheed Martin's only African accredited service centre.

Odunayaw:
umbrellas up folks
here it comes again

giles14:
he is simply asking a question.
the type 056 vs gowind who will get the upper hand

lionel4power:
we already know that its an OPV due to its assumed role. The P18N was derived from a corvette. just like NNS Okpabana is a Patrol cutter but we still call it a Frigate anytime we want to refer to it.


your responce is annoying because it is not needed since we all know its an OPV. it shows that you prefer argument over logical discussion.

the question was 'what is the armanment like?' SIMPLE AND SHORT.

chkil0:
can you list the armament , radars , systems of NNS centary , NNS unity ?

chkil0:
The new Gowind 2500 class corvette for egyptian Navy

102 m , 2500 tons , command of 4 corvettes

The Gowind 2500 capitalizes on DCNS's expertise in vessel stealth. The vessel is equipped with facilities for an embarked helicopter and drones. It is armed with:

1 × OTO Melara 76 mm main gun
2 × Nexter Narwhal 20 mm cannon
16 × VLS for VL Mica surface-to-air missiles
8 × MBDA MM40 Exocet antiship missile launchers
2 × triple torpedo launcher

Electronic warfare & decoys for Egypt's Gowind 2500:

Vigile 200 Tactical R-ESM System
Altesse Naval C-ESM
Sylena MK2 decoy launcher system

abiodunalasa:
All of you quoting me since morning... u think u are doing me, u are doing ur sef.
I am a Corp member in Edo state, my immediate elder bro is the Lieutenant.

Una don fall for scam... I am here reading comments and ROTFL

nnamdi1998:
A lieutenant that does not know the meaning of COIN

overhypedsteve:
lol. he told an officer to go and watch cartoon. finally "Nemesis" has caught up with Vikkie.

abiodunalasa:
I av bin a sideliner on this thread since 2015...and FYI u just break sword with a Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army Mechanised Infantry Division, Kaduna.

Henry240:
So I have caused so many people sleepless nights.

My ribs are hurting!!

Choi!!!


Nigerian Air Force cockpit

Henry240:
It doesn't help when your military men don't know what they are talking about and require schooling from a civilian.

When they are largely ignorant. I find that to be quite problematic.

Henry240:
This is post I responded to.

Where in this post is performance even mentioned?

Henry240:
Do you people have working brains in your heads at all?


I did not compare the IPV with the Polaris ATV. You're even talking about off-road performance which i never brought up. I've made this comment over 100 times, perharps i should translate it to Afrikaans.

Get this into your thick skulls! How many times would i have to repeat myself, are you daft?


In Afrikaans.


Het jy mense werk brein in jou kop nie? Die vraag gevra was slegs sowat grondvryhoogte.
Ek het die IPV nie vergelyk met die Polaris ATV. Jy selfs praat oor off-road prestasie wat ek nooit grootgemaak. Ek het hierdie opmerking meer as 100 keer gemaak, perharps ek moet dit vertaal na Afrikaans.
Kry dit in jou dik skedels! Hoeveel keer sal ek myself herhaal, is jy dom?

Henry240:
It seems some of you have a reading deficiency. My comments to Odunayaw were primarily in response to ground clearance. He (Odunayaw)
complained that the ground clearance needed to be higher, in response i said the ground clearance is standard, using the Polaris to buttress my point. Going further to say even ours carry 2 guns.

Instead of responding to that, I see tons of ignorant comments with no correlation to my original comment on the matter or my follow-on.

Are you sure some of you guys are mentally okay?


This is what i want to know.

"Some of you cannot expect me to believe you're mentally okay".

Henry240:
Seleka rebels could not be happier

It was a South-African open season, a full grade baazar.

The fleeing South-Africans provided Seleka with whatever was required.

You want a base, the South Africans got it

ATVs all yours

Armed South-Africans technicals, no issues, we got it.

What about battle vests....... All yours bro.

Henry240:
This is were the Rooivalk aka half-french helicopter is most effective...............



Posing for the cameras at an airshow.

Henry240:
I woke this morning, logged into Nairaland.com, only to find the tears, and anguish of pained South-Africas all over my mention. Nigeria sure does give you guys a terrible heartache.




I'm loving it!!!

Only one country is active militarily in 9 African countries, that's Big Brother Nigeria.

"Do you know, the level of political and military prowess that is needed to achieve that?", offcourse you don't , your soldiers ran away from the CAR after waving the white flag, they have also ran away from Sudan, as expected. I can feel the South-African pain, i don't envy you!

The tears of pained South-Africans is like fuel to my soul!!

Henry240:
Her post also claims that Nigerian army Cobra's do not have military grade armour. Well that's just not true.


Here are photos of completely battle scared Nigerian army Cobra's which are still deployed in combat operations.


As we can all see, these vehicles have taken massive beatings. They are completely riddled with bullets, yet they are still going strong. One has it's headlight completely busted out.

I doubt if it's stones that did that.

Odunayaw:
Nigeria COIN
122m MRLS sending glad tidings at night
NN SBS operator

iblawi:
UN peacekeeping mission is not a war. Rooivalk are used mainly as escort. Thugs looking For UN food is what you claim to be fighting with Rooivalk?

tdayof:
Ceiling
SU 27: 62,523 ft
SU30: 56,800 ft
Mitsibuishi F-2: 59,000 ft
Rafale:50,000 ft

Climb rate:
SU 27: 59,000 ft/min
SU 30: 45,275 ft/min
F-2: 48,000 FT/min
rafale:60,000ft/min
Range
Su27: 3,530 km
su 30: 3,000km
f2: 4,000km
rafale: 3,700km


If you can justify rooivalk to be the best AH in terms of performance with the above, then the SU27 is the king among the above aircrafts.

lionel4power:
you guys should just forget everything you know about Attack helicopters, all those specs (hot 'n' high, service ceiling, range e.t.c) are just marketing strategy.

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in the real world those specs truelly dont mean jack. AHs are not fighter jets, they dont plan before going off on an op, they just patrol, search then 'attempt' to destroy.

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All AHs perform the same function. theres really no special skill in helicopters. personally the only skill that matters is SURVIVABILITY. Can I get hit by a manpad or a 25 mm and still RTB Alive?

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BTW THE US ARMY APACHE CAN CARRY ATLEAST 2 EXTRA CREWMEN OUTSIDE ITS CABIN AS STANDARD. THAT DOESNT MAKE IT LESS LETHAL NEITHER IS IT AN 'ASSAULT' HELICOPTER.

ALSO THE SU25 HAS A CARGO POD FOR CARRYING EXTRA EQUIPMENT AND MECHANICS BUT THAT DOESNT MAKE IT A TRANSPORT PLANE.

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THE MI35 HAS INSANE ARMOR COVERING, I MEAN ARMOR THAT CAN WITHSTAND 20 MM AND 25 MM AA ROUNDS. MOST APC AND IFV WILL PRACTICALLY SHRED APART. IT IS NOT CALLED A FLYING TANK FOR NOTHING.

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THE ONLY REAL EDGE IS
1) THE CALIBER OF WEAPONS CARRIED
2) THE RANGE OF WEAPONS CARRIED
3) DATA FUSION AND PROCESSING
3) DATA LINK.

MANEUVERBILITY DOESNT REALLY COUNT
BECAUSE HELICOPTERS ARE NOT DOGFIGHTERS,
THERE LARGE MAIN ROTOR MAKES THEM
NATURALLY UNMANEUVERABLE I.E THEY ARE
INHERENTLY STABLE BY DEFAULT.
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IF YOU ARE FLYING AN ATTACK HELICOPTER
AND SOMEONE FIRES A MANPAD OR SAM UP
YOUR ASS... IF YOUE FLARE AND CHAFF DECOY
DOESNT DEFEAT IT JUST BAILOUT OR SCREAM
MAYDAY.
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FLYING UPSIDE DOWN WONT DO YOU MUCH
GOOD..
LEAVE THAT FOR THE AIRSHOWS AND SAFFERS
PHOTOGRAPHERS. (NO OFFENCE)