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Nigeria’s New LST Leaves SA To Continue Maiden Voyage Home



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GylMCP4xX_w

Buschlaid:
This is not true at all, even Wagner himself admitted the Mi-8AMTSh was Russian and was destroyed by Ukrainian TB-2.
Why the hell would Ukrainians shoot down their own Mi-8 on island that was occupied by Russia?
Link: https://twitter.com/NotWoofers/status/1523265429531410432?s=20&t=_rUdwEvWRB5USQK6H_JZKA

There is even video of the Mi-8AMTSh flying to Snake Island: https://twitter.com/Caucasuswar/status/1523321956786917376?s=20&t=_rUdwEvWRB5USQK6H_JZKA

Besides, didn't Russia claim that Ukrainian Air Force was destroyed in the first days of war?
This is 2nd month into this war and yesterday I saw a ton of videos of Ukrainian jets and airplanes, but the helicopter on Snake Island clearly wasn't Ukrainian.

I have corrected my initial error, as the source I saw the dispute from now confirms it's was a Russian helicopter that was struck by a TB-2.

Lurker4Long:
Any idea why only Nigerian military media were allowed to film and take photos on board?
All other media, Nigerian or otherwise, could only use photos and footage supplied by the NN. Contrary to past practice when access has always been granted by your High Commission whenever NN vessels dock here.

Spoke to 3 media mates - SA, UK and Singapore- who say the Nigerian Defence Attache promised access, but later were told no by the High Commission.

So this was the reason why we didn't get more high quality pictures from South Africa.

However we still got proper photos of NNS Unity and NNS Centenary when they visited RSA a couple years back, but none from inside both ships though.

The only reasons I can think of are taking photos of sensitive parts of the ship might be prohibited, as such the Navy is trying to control that at source.

The Navy is trying to pass off a message that only Nigerian crew are onboard, and publishing photos of Damen staff that accompany the ship might water down this choreographed image.

shadowprimezero:
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Everyone was expecting to see them all destroyed on the ground, in the opening hours of the war and consequent Russian air superiority and crippling electronic warfare, but yet here we are. A few units have for sure been shot down over the past couple of weeks, but definitely not at the scale we thought we'd see.

I agree with this.

shadowprimezero:
No one was saying Ukraine was going to win this war because of a few Turkish drones. Even with the steep casualties, the Russian war machine is still advancing, albeit at a much slower pace.

With that said however, discounting the sheer effectiveness of the TB-2 so far against Russian forces would be a baseless argument. The TB-2 has more than proven itself, even unexpectedly against Russia by a wide margin.

There hasn't been a sheer effectiveness of the use of TB-2 Drones against the Russian army, at least not in the strike role.

The TB-2 has been effective in 2 significant operations against Russia, the attack on the Helicopters in Kherson and the reported attack of oil facilities in Russia.

When we compare the use of TB-2s in the war in Armenia, as against this war in Ukraine there's a visible effectiveness difference.

What the conflict in Ukraine has shown is, countries like Nigeria must continue to accelerate the induction and use of various types of Drones and UCAVS.

The TB2, Orion, Orlan 10, Forpost and DJI Drones are the future of combat in the battlefield. Also a downed UAV offers really insignificant propaganda value, while a strike from a UCAV offers effective propaganda.

shadowprimezero:
So far, I've seen TB-2's striking Russian tanks, APC's, IFV's, frikkin' NAVAL assets, air defences and helicopters. 2 months into the war and Russia is still struggling to ground the TB-2 fleet with ineffective AD and EW. Someone was talking here two days ago at how TB-2's were useless against Russia. Lol

Striking individual assets when they continue losing swaths of territory, especially when we consider Russia hasn't launched it's anticipated offensive in the east of Ukraine.

The Aircrafts we are seeing are recently delivered there's evidence online to support it.

The area where the TB2 has been really effective is in carrying out ISR.

Turkish partners continue to churn out "Bayraktars" like hot cakes and send them at an accelerated pace directly from the assembly line to Ukraine to be used against the Russian army.

On March 21, 2022, this particular device was only conducting test flights over a plant in Turkey, and on May 7, 2022, it was used to strike Russian equipment on Serpent Island

Nigerian Navy LST departing Capetown today.

Nigeria has purchased an unspecified number of Songar armed UAV from Asisguard ��.
In an interview Mustafa Barış Düzgün, the general manager of Asisguard confirmed the sale to an undisclosed African country.

jl115:
@kabe1 I believe its a 30mm RWS...

That's not a 30mm gun. It's most likely a 57mm cannon.

MAN1960ii:
This is how it looks like

Thanks.

MAN1960ii:
I love this ship, it's capable of taking troops into hostile territories. Especially it's naval gun

I've never really noticed, the ship has a large Naval gun.

Is that a 76mm naval gun or 57mm, it's not clear to me.

lionel4power:
I have a feeling this ship will be used for a lot of humanitarian activities and disaster relief missions.

That's it's secondary role. However a ship of this nature would have played a significant role for Nigeria during our initial Gambia deployment.

Buschlaid:
Is there any way how to search for pictures or certain key words on this forum? I don't want to go through every single page of all 2700 pages, specially when there is heated debate on every third page

You can search keywords. There are a couple military photos from Zimbabwe and Angola, but I really doubt you'd see much for the DRC.

Nigerian Navy Ship, Kada

Nigerian Navy expeditionary capabilities enhanced with the arrival of LST 1314.

Nigerian Navy Warship, NNS Kada

GreenandGold:
I waited for the SBS with my homeboys at the Cape Flats, is the party still coming?

The party was coming, truly.....but it's seems the Nigerian Navy chief and SA Navy chief are close pals.

So, a hostile takeover in such a friendly atmosphere might proof counter productive.

Instead of a 'shock and awe', I'm getting a braai and wine vibes from the invading party.

DaddyGoo:
Beautiful.....but why is the aircraft registered in Israel?

It was bought and modified in Israel. It's not a new aircraft.

kabe1:
COURTESY VISIT BY THE CHIEF OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY VICE ADMIRAL MOSUWA SAMUEL HLONGWANE TO NNS KADA FRIDAY 6 APRIL 2022

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COURTESY VISIT BY THE CHIEF OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY VICE ADMIRAL MOSUWA SAMUEL HLONGWANE TO NNS KADA FRIDAY 6 APRIL 2022

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COCKTAIL WITH NHQ DELEGATION COMPLEMENT OF NNS KADA AND SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY ONBOARD NNS KADA AT CAPETOWN PORT SOUTH AFRICA THURSDAY 6 MAY 2022

Nigerian army combat UAV pilot.

Nigerian troops

Buschlaid:
No, from Czech Republic, but I'm interested in armies from around the world. And Africa has some of the most interesting ones, though little is known about some.

Ok, great!

Military equipment from the DRC is very difficult to find. Apart from Nigeria, Egypt, Algeria, South Africa, Tunisia, Morocco, maybe Kenya, it's difficult to get military photos of other African countries.

Military photos from the DRC is particularly difficult to find.

COURTESY VISIT BY THE NHQ DELEGATION TEAM TO THE FLAG OFFICER FLEET OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY AT THE NAVAL BASE IN SIMON TOWN ON THURSDAY 5 MAY 2022

Buschlaid:
I haven't seen any DR Congo pictures in this forum, so I'll share some from my folder of vehicle park. Here, Republican Guard T-72AV

If you have any pictures outside of parades, please share them, I'd be very grateful for them. Any pictures of DR Congo military vehicles are rare for me

Are you from the DRC?

Just asking for curiosity sake.

GreenandGold:
I have faith in the Cape Flats gangs

NNS KADA ARRIVES CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA AFTER 13 DAYS SEATRIP FROM MOMBASA AS PART OF HER 56 DAYS HOMEBOUND VOYAGE TO NIGERIA ON 3 MAY 2022

GreenandGold:
When you mention "SBS" why do I hear Niger Delta pirates laughing in Igbo

Until you lose your home in the Cape flats.


You better be serious!!

Nigerian Maritime security personnel