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kabe1:
The TUSAS CEO confirmed this in an interview with CNN Turk few days ago.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYIBW1BahyY

I watched the thing and at 24:38 is when he says the chopper has been ordered by Philippines and then he mentions Nigeria. The bad auto-translate doesn't catch. The reporter ends by saying, "I hope it will go closer".

By the way, this is not how companies do major announcements.
I'll celebrate when there's a proper announcement.

Update: As I suspected, a Turkish speaker says the CEO was saying they've put in a strong proposal in Nigeria and they're hopeful.

kabe1:
Breaking News

TUSAS CEO Temel Kotil has finally announced the sale of 6x T-129 ATAK helicopters to Nigeria

Link to the announcement please. And shouldn't the vendor wait till the Nigerian govt has made its own statement?
Only mention anywhere is this:

lionel4power:
Wow... I remembered when this Sling aircraft guys started few years back. Impressive.

One thing I believe so much is consistency of effort.

Every 2 years since 2018, they seem to go to Oshkosh with a new product!

Throwback: USS Theodore Roosevelt in SA, 2008.
Look how tiny SAS Drakensberg and our frigate seem in comparison!

More here: https://www.saairforce.co.za/news-and-events/716/uss-theodore-roosevelt-visits-the-cape

Nemesis4you:

Methinks your Lilliputians would have claimed the maritime aircraft conversion as "indigenous" if the SA company had been the only one involved.
Just like their "indigenous" satellite, "indigenous" glide bombs & air-launched cruise missile and "indigenous" aerial refueling probes on their Mirage fleet.

GreenandGold:
Can we keep it, we're in need

Hardy my man, she finally left yesterday. She flew to Mozambique to refuel in Maputo for her trip back to Russia.

Rheinmetall Denel Munition to supply artillery rounds as part of massive Hungarian ammunition order

Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) will manufacture and supply artillery ammunition for the Hungarian military as part of a comprehensive ammunition deal awarded to Germany’s Rheinmetall Group that is worth several hundred million euros.

The order, announced by Rheinmetall on 30 March, encompasses ammunition for infantry fighting vehicles, main battle tanks, artillery, and decoy systems. Deliveries will start in 2023 and are to be complete by 2031. Most of the ammunition will be manufactured in Hungary, but the artillery rounds will be manufactured in South Africa by RDM.

The package includes three variants of 30×173 mm ammunition; 120 mm tank ammunition; and 155 mm artillery shells, including propelling charges and fuzes. Also on order are 40 mm and 76 mm decoy cartridges for the Rosy and Maske smoke/obscurant systems, plus 12.7 mm and 7.62 mm machinegun ammunition.

“We are extremely honoured that Hungary has once again entrusted us with the task of modernising its military”, declared Rheinmetall chief executive Armin Papperger. “We’re delighted to be cooperating with our Hungarian friends in another key military capability.”

Rheinmetall said the new order makes it one of the Hungarian military’s top ammunition suppliers as the Rheinmetall Group will be supplying ammunition for Hungary’s three main ground combat systems: the Leopard 2A7+ main battle tank, the PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzer and the new Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Hungary set the process of modernizing its army into motion in 2020 when it ordered 218 Lynx infantry fighting vehicles from Rheinmetall to replace ageing Soviet-era systems.

The Rheinmetall Group’s portfolio ranges from infantry and medium-calibre ammunition to tank cartridges and mortar and artillery shells, including propelling charges and decoy cartridges.

Rheinmetall Denel Munition produces a wide variety of ammunition such as the 105 and 155 mm artillery shells, 60, 81 and 120 mm mortars, 40 mm grenades and 76/62 mm shells, and mine breaching systems. RDM also builds ammunition filling plants for export and manufactures missile subsystems.

RDM is the sole supplier to the South African National Defence Force of large calibre artillery munitions, aircraft bombs, and naval ammunition as well as various mortars. It has been awarded numerous international 155 mm contracts in recent years, including from Australia and several unnamed international and NATO customers.

In November 2021 Rheinmetall received an order for illumination and smoke/obscurant shells from the Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation as part of a massive ammunition framework agreement between Rheinmetall and the Dutch armed forces, which could be worth up to 500 million euros. RDM is responsible for some of the rounds, with Rheinmetall in Germany manufacturing the smoke boat tail and base bleed ammunition.

RDM said its record-setting artillery rounds have sparked interest across the globe – at a test fire event held at the Alkantpan range in South Africa in 2019, Rheinmetall and Rheinmetall Denel Munition achieved several new range records for indirect artillery fire with various guns, attaining maximum ranges of up to 76 kilometres.

https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/rdm-to-supply-artillery-rounds-as-part-of-massive-hungarian-ammunition-order/

Rheinmetall Denel Munition awarded Spanish 40 mm grenade contract

Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has been awarded a contract to supply 40 mm grenade ammunition to the Spanish military.

The contract covers the supply of 40×53 mm high velocity grenades for SB Lag-40 and Mk 19 grenade launchers in service with the Spanish Armed Forces. Deliveries will take place over four years, starting in 2022.

The acquisition covers High Explosive (HE) grenades, High Explosive Dual Purpose (HEDP) and Practice Ammunition as well as Practice-Tracer Rounds.

“RDM, as part of the Rheinmetall Group, is proud to be selected by another NATO user for the supply of ammunition from South Africa into the NATO community, confirming RDM’s status as the ‘System House for Indirect Fire’ providing innovative and reliable solutions supported by self-developed technologies,” the company said.

RDM’s 40×53 mm high-velocity (HV) ammunition reaches a velocity of 240 m/s and has a maximum effective range of 2 200 metres. According to RDM, the HEDP is a dual purpose round producing a high level of fragmentation and shrapnel for anti-personnel applications, combined with a shaped charge that gives a high penetration capacity against armoured steel (50 mm against Rolled Homogenous Armour) and fortified bunkers.

Rheinmetall Denel Munition is a well-known international supplier of 40 mm ammunition. Rheinmetall Denel Munition manufactures the full range of Low Velocity (40×46 mm), Medium Velocity (40×51 mm) and High Velocity 40 mm ammunition and has proven compatibility in a wide range of different 40 mm weapons. The 40 mm Medium Velocity rounds are capable of ranges up to 800 meters from shoulder-fired grenade launchers.

https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/rheinmetall-denel-munition-awarded-spanish-40-mm-grenade-contract/

Rheinmetall Denel Munition awarded Asian 40 mm ammunition contracts

Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has been awarded contracts to supply 40 mm grenade ammunition to two customers in Asia as it continues to grow its customer base.

Rheinmetall said that one of the orders is from a new customer that is getting 400 000 rounds of 40 mm low velocity ammunition, to be delivered by December 2022. In the other case, an existing customer ordered 100 000 rounds of medium velocity grenades. These are to be delivered between December 2022 and February 2023. In total, the order is worth about 25 million euros.

“With these two contracts, we are expanding our customer base in Asia,” said Jan-Patrick Helmsen, CEO of Rheinmetall Denel Munition. He added that negotiations are already underway to increase the quantities.

The orders come on the heels of a large contract for 40 mm grenades signed recently with Spain. RDM will supply 40×53 mm high velocity grenades for the Spanish military’s SB Lag-40 and Mk 19 grenade launchers. Deliveries will take place over four years, starting in 2022.

Rheinmetall Denel Munition is a well-known international supplier of 40 mm ammunition and manufactures the full range of Low Velocity (40×46 mm), Medium Velocity (40×51 mm) and High Velocity (40×53 mm) 40 mm ammunition, and has proven compatibility in a wide range of different 40 mm weapons. The 40 mm Medium Velocity rounds are capable of ranges up to 800 meters from shoulder-fired grenade launchers. Rheinmetall claims this is 200 metres more than comparable products on the market.

The 40 mm Low Velocity ammunition has a range of up to 400 metres. Both types of ammunition use a High Explosive Dual Purpose projectile. This combines fragmentation and shaped charge, which has a high penetrating power. It can be used against bunkers and armoured targets and can penetrate 50 mm rolled homogenous armour (RHA).

https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/rheinmetall-denel-munition-awarded-asian-40-mm-ammunition-contracts/

Paramount to convert two more maritime patrol aircraft for Pakistan

Paramount Group is converting additional Embraer jets to maritime patrol aircraft (MPAs) for Pakistan under its Sea Sultan project.

In July 2021, Defense News reported that Pakistan contracted Leonardo to convert three Embraer Lineage 1000 aircraft into long-range maritime patrol aircraft for the Pakistan navy as part of long-term plans to replace the country’s P-3C Orion fleet. Paramount Group has been tasked with handling the pre-conversion maintenance, repair and overhaul of the aircraft.

Defense News reported the initial tender went out in November 2020, with Leonardo beating Rheinland Air Services and Turkish Aerospace Industries. A $190 million contract was subsequently signed with Leonardo in June 2021.

The Pakistan Navy inducted the first Lineage 1000 in September 2021, at a ceremony at Pakistan Naval Station Mehran in Karachi. This aircraft (ex B-3203, cn 19000453) is unmodified and used for crew training.

At the beginning of July, The Intel Consortium reported that Pakistan had secured two more Lineage 1000 airframes for Sea Sultan conversion, including A6-HHS (cn 19000296), which at the beginning of June was tracked by RadarBox flying around Pretoria.

The two aircraft were formerly owned by Falcon Aviation Services in Abu Dhabi and flown to Pretoria for conversion work. It is believed they will be fitted with search radar and weapons stations for torpedoes, sonobuoys, depth charges and other weapons.

The second Lineage 1000 owned by Falcon Aviation Services is, according to Scramble magazine, A6-IGT (c/n 19000362), but it is not certain if this airframe is involved in the deal.

https://www.defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/paramount-to-convert-two-more-maritime-patrol-aircraft-for-pakistan/

Senegal receives new military hardware, including Puma M36 APCs

Senegal’s armed forces have taken delivery of a batch of new military hardware, including Puma M36 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) as the country continues to strengthen all branches of its military.

The hardware was received in Dakar by Sidiki Kaba, Senegal’s defence minister, and Chief of Army Staff Brigadier General Cheikh Wade on 24 June. The shipment included at least 11 Puma M36 APCs as well as heavy machineguns, mortars, recovery vehicles, assault rifles, riot shields, a dozen Toyota Land Cruisers equipped with pintle-mounted heavy machineguns, combat ambulances, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and riot helmets.

The equipment acquisition is part of President Macky Sall’s Emerging Senegal Plan that aims to enhance the country’s armed forces. Impending deliveries include LG1 105 mm towed howitzers from France’s Nexter, and three OPV 58S offshore patrol vessels from Piriou.

Kaba said the military has never received so much equipment at once, and the new hardware is a qualitative and quantitative leap that will greatly enhance the capacity of the military.

It has also been revealed that Senegal’s Gendarmerie is operating Urovesa Vamtac ST5 armoured personnel carriers, fitted with what appear to be Truvelo 12.7×99 mm anti-material rifles. At least three vehicles were seen in service from 2019. They are operated by the Gendarmerie’s rapid reaction unit, formed under the auspices of the European Union to enhance security in the Sahel.

Senegal already operates OTT Puma APCs – according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), 84 of these were delivered between 2014 and 2020, but it is not clear how many Puma M36s have been delivered in the most recent batch.

In addition to Islamist terror groups in the Sahel, Senegal is dealing with separatists in its Casamance region, the location of one of Africa’s longest-running conflicts.

https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/senegal-receives-new-military-hardware-including-puma-m36-apcs/

Lurker4Long:
Indian Army inducts Bharat Forge Kalyani M4 Monocoque Hull Multi Role Mine Protected Armoured Vehicle in Pune

The Kalyani M4, which will be built at the company’s Pune plant, is a multi-role platform, designed to meet the requirements of the armed forces for quick mobility in rough terrain and in areas affected by mine and IED threats.

It has ballistic and blast protection from up to 50 kg TNT side blast, or IED or roadside bombs due to its design that is built on a flat-floor monocoque hull. With a thrust speed of 140 km per hour, the vehicle has a payload of 2.3 tonnes and an operating range of about 800 km.

The M4 is an original product of the South African arms firm Paramount Group but has been fine-tuned for Indian conditions by Bharat Forge.

The two firms have also signed a deal to join their technologies, capabilities and expertise to manufacture armoured vehicles in India.

Paramount Group said it wanted to position the M4 as the “future of protection” in all markets across the world.

https://www.theigmp.org/2022/04/indian-army-inducts-bharat-forge-kalyani-m4-monocoque-hull-multi-role-mine-protected-armoured-vehicle-in-pune.html?fbclid=IwAR17F84VbOwzjrRdvamAe034Vxng4Y5B74S-MnQBRNF28v7R-V-COif9WvY

They're wasting no time churning these out!

Senegalese Gendarmerie with Truvelo 12.7mm CMS rifles (2022)

Suppliers refuse to fuel Russian Antonov

A giant Antonov AN124 cargo plane registered in Russia was stranded at OR Tambo International Airport this week after the fuel suppliers there refused to fill it up for the flight back to that country.

https://www.news24.com/citypress/news/suppliers-refuse-to-fuel-russian-antonov-20220717

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Lurker4Long:
SAMIM Pays Tribute to a Fallen SA National Defence Force Soldier in Mozambique.

On 12 July 2022, the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) Forces paid tribute to a fallen South African soldier, Staff Sergeant Johan Andries van Rooyen, who passed away on Saturday, 09 July 2022 following a short illness. The solemn ceremony was held in Pemba, Cabo Delgado in Mozambique.
Staff Sergeant Van Rooyen was born in 1971 in Bloemfontein, Free State. He joined the South African Defence Force (SADF) in 1993.
He has served with 14 United Nations and African Union Peacekeeping Missions – in Burundi, Sudan, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Staff Sergeant van Rooyen arrived in SAMIM on 24 March 2022 for a six-month service. He was part of Combat Team Alpha Engineer Troop, deployed under Operation VIKELA, South Africa’s contribution to the SADC Mission in Mozambique. He is survived by his wife, Hannetjie, daughter Elverna and granddaughter. His mortal remains were flown to South Africa, where he will be laid to rest.
Article by Captain Anelisiwe Tamela and Photographs by Corporal Olerato Malatlha.

Staff Sergeant van Rooyen's mortal remains arriving in SA and being handed over to his family, at Waterkloof Air Base.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNoPwle9ypk

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SAMIM Pays Tribute to a Fallen SA National Defence Force Soldier in Mozambique.

On 12 July 2022, the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) Forces paid tribute to a fallen South African soldier, Staff Sergeant Johan Andries van Rooyen, who passed away on Saturday, 09 July 2022 following a short illness. The solemn ceremony was held in Pemba, Cabo Delgado in Mozambique.
Staff Sergeant Van Rooyen was born in 1971 in Bloemfontein, Free State. He joined the South African Defence Force (SADF) in 1993.
He has served with 14 United Nations and African Union Peacekeeping Missions – in Burundi, Sudan, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Staff Sergeant van Rooyen arrived in SAMIM on 24 March 2022 for a six-month service. He was part of Combat Team Alpha Engineer Troop, deployed under Operation VIKELA, South Africa’s contribution to the SADC Mission in Mozambique. He is survived by his wife, Hannetjie, daughter Elverna and granddaughter. His mortal remains were flown to South Africa, where he will be laid to rest.
Article by Captain Anelisiwe Tamela and Photographs by Corporal Olerato Malatlha.

kikuyu1:
REALLY? Link!

Over here the Mail & Guardian ( https://mg.co.za/article/2020-05-01-exclusive-the-us-militarys-plans-to-cement-its-network-of-african-bases/ ) and the Daily Maverick ( https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-08-28-revealed-the-cia-and-mi6s-secret-war-in-kenya/ ) covered the issue.

Algerian Navy firing the Denel Dynamics Mokopa ATGM (range: 10km) from a Super Lynx MK-140 (2022).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT26rB4H0Jk

Odunayaw:
I'm sure he has Nigerian roots

How was your journey

Ex-Paramount but I'm sure he's laid roots by now!

It was an interesting time to be in Angola, with the death of dos Santos and all. I've always loved Luanda, which, like Mindelo in Caboverde, Lagos, Accra, Havana, Salvador do Bahia, New Orleans, Dakar and my own beloved Cape Town, constitute the great cities of the Black Atlantic.
Gabon was my first time and felt weird. I have a week there in August and that might allow me to start forming an opinion.

Odunayaw:
Yo beauty!!!

We've come a long way

Say that again. Well pleased for Proforce.
[We interrupt this broadcast for some vawulence: the Head of Engineering has the glorious Nigerian surname of Botha! ]
Hiya man?

kikuyu1:
IIRC at least one missile Ratel variant was taken out by a 14.5 milly in Angola.

I suspect you're mistaken on the Ratel variant.
As far as I know, the ZT3 Ratels took out some tanks with nary a scratch to the troop.

kabe1:
Proforce Fury Special Forces Vehicle

Now that is impressive!
Man I wish Henry and Frumentius were still here.
The back and forth between them on these types of vehicles is legendary.

Angola and Gabon loading...3 years since I was last in Luanda and first time in Libreville.
My client just needs to add Sudan and Egypt to their operations and there's a contiguous line from Cape to Cairo!

Kikuyu1, with all the Algerian Independence Parade pics, where are all the mouth-breathing small-team tactics fangirls who usually jerk off about "all these assets represent outdated warfare"?

Odunayaw:
I think I'd love snow.

When I was crazy about going to our NDA here, my friends thought I was mad not to pick the Navy.

They were all yapping about the uniforms and the adventure. Probably the SBS made me give it 2nd thought.

7yrs later and I'm the one laughing at them. I'm on land, they're floating away their twenties between Onne and Lagos

No water for you then!
What outdoors activity appeals to you then?
When you come to the "Fairest Cape in all the circumference of the World", some indoor climbing might just be the thing!

Odunayaw:
Just return the machines.

I wouldn't even wilfully go into a pool. Seaside ke

Jesus wept!

kikuyu1:
Actually I've noticed the Argies have really upped their game this past decade. I'm not the only one:
https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/34611387

That was 2015-now they're potential WC winners!

The advantages of regularly playing strong opponents. Getting invited into the Rugby Championship was the best thing ever for Argentine rugby.
Were they to come play SA domestic rugby, Kenya, Namibia and Zim would be unrecognizable in 10 years time!