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GreenandGold:
I can see he's wearing the snakeskin.. But which unit is he?

Presidential protection unit.

jakeporeshenko:
In that case I misunderstood, why name thesame plane a second time because you stuck bombs on it Was it not designed from the start to have light strike capabilities ?

Different capabilities and marketing strategy!

No, the ARHLAC doesn't have the light strike capability it more of a boarder policing, Police, Trainer etc aircraft.

Therefore the military version is named the Mwari!

jakeporeshenko:
watch the video, Ivor The executive chairman - paramount group said production of the mwari begins in few months.

Remember! They are promoting the aircraft.

Flute tests, weapons integration etc unless they roll ARHLACs then upgrade them to the Mwari standard later.

jakeporeshenko:
SA booth at IDEX 2017

Mwari Paramount Group light reconnaissance aircraft SMART precision strike South Africa IDEX 2017


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezH-OL1PqzA&t=23s

Productions to begin in a few months time

The initial production might be for the AHRLAC.

As the Mwari still has to undergo weapons integration etc.

nemesis2u:
first public pic showing DRDO SAAW PGM which will be equipped with EMP warhead (DEW version)

Nationalized Spice.

africaken254:
so they should install ejection seats to suit your class !?

Conclusion: There are better aircraft in it's class.

africaken254:
because AH-64 Apache has an ejection seats and what the difference between attack and gunship helicopter you were so enlighten to quote !?

Nope.

The Air tractor doesn't have ejection seats like others I it's class.

Should have said dedicated attacked helicopter.

Utility helicopters mounted with weapons to attack ground targets like the Oryx gunship.

tdayof:
Do your assignments well. Air tractor won't get to Nigeria. The super Tucano is the best we can get knowing fully Nigeria also signed a MOU on UAV production with a Brazilian company then the reason for going for the Tucano is obvious.

To me the Air tractor is a flying coffi...n doesn't even have ejection seats.


I'd rather acquire more attack or gunship helicopters.

Frumentum:
Speaking of Denel in the Middle East, someone in the armed forces of the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Iraq has some answering to do. Denel weapons sold to them keep ending up with the Kurdish peshmerga in Kurdistan. First the Y3 and now the PAW-20 with the EAHK CT Unit, a Kurdistan Special Operations unit. I must add I'm a great admirer of the Kurds and their cause and at least with them, these weapons will be put to proper use.

PIC 1: the PAW-20; and

PIC 2: the earlier pic of the Y3.

Someone once said we must isn't rule out the idea of these guys being foreign SF units.

Foreign units have been observed wearing uniform of units they support.

nemesis2u:
anti-dinosaur rifle

In an urban entertainment a direct hit isn't even required to make a kill.

Frumentum:
The Ranger who posted the pic said it was taken in Botswana.
Did you see the pic I posted of the Hornet with the 20mm cannon and the 60mm mortar ?

You forgot the machine gun(GPMG) !

I wonder why in the world the Browning is still in service.

Frumentum:

The Yanks procured the anti-dinosaur rifle for evaluations by their special forces.

The picture might have been taken some where in SADC though.

1. Denel GA 1 20mm gun with a seat for installation on choppers similar to the Rhodasian K-Car. The Mexicans use them.

[quote author=africaken254 post=53713012][/quote]Old pictures?

nemesis2u:
weapons configuration for LCA MK1A

note the 2 pods

one is the litening pod

another is the lite shield pod (EW AND JAMMING ETC)

The MK1A doesn't have an eternal EW system?

Henry240:
Anybody can write a book, ex-military or not. It doesn't mean your opinion on a matter is fact. It's just what it is.............. An opinion.

I've presented facts, including photos by correspondents who were present. They are undeniable, irrefutable proof.

Heitman, just like every other person is entitled to his opinion.

Funny how you are moving away from your military fan boy comments.


What photos and facts?

Where's the west African whom likes asking about those jumpers boots.

Henry240:
Heitman is a military fanboy, no different from you and I. He's a civilian expressing his opinion on military matters, his comments are not facts.

I want even respond to your random gibberish on multi-billion dollar, multi-national news corporations. I'll just attribute your gibberish to your constant overdose of Pap.

Like i said, he is only known in the African military threads in this forum and in South-Africa. Your post has done nothing to change this position.

Here we see you labelling him "military fan". He's a former officer with multiple books. Don't know what you are talking about.

Rubbish you spewing here mate!

Henry240:
Heitman is a military fanboy, no different from you and I. He's a civilian expressing his opinion on military matters, his comments are not facts.

I want even respond to your random gibberish on multi-billion dollar, multi-national news corporations. I'll just attribute your gibberish to your constant overdose of Pap.

Like i said, he is only known in the African military threads in this forum and in South-Africa. Your post has done nothing to change this position.

Former SADF officer!

NO internet warrior.

tdayof:
Bia, carry your frigate dey go. 3+ mill USD for a missile? Can't we use different missile systems on it?
Chinese, Denel, etc?

Denel doesn't offer such missiles.

Will likely offer the short ranged(As a AsW system) Mokopa missile with an anti-ship warhead.

nemesis2u:
yeah doctrine is there , but there is no such thing as a perfect doctrine, enemy will always adapt

my experience tells me that in CT ops deterrence is the linchpin , the doctrine has to revolve around it be it offensive or defensive .

u dont know when the enemy is going to hit u most of time , so preemptive deterrence is the best solution IMO.

anyways there r many ways to a solution.

Can deterrence be the strategy when dealing with "motivated" or should I say crazy fighters?


If you are good in how you fight and what you fight with is good then they'll be moved from trying to openly pick up a fight with one to engaging soft targets(infrastructure, civilians etc).

tdayof:
Which Chinese aircraft do you suggest?

The Hongdu L-15 ofcourse.

Type acquired by the Zambian air force.

nemesis2u:
base defense must be stepped up albit this time little more emphasis must be put on how to stop vbieds from coming close , since it is clear even if the vbieds r stopped they pack enough power to damage if near to the base/soldiers.

also good idea to equip with inexpensive LAW type weapons. even the ancient malyukta ATGM will do

remote controlled mines (buried deep) , spikes on probable/improbable ingress points r good option.

point being like the medieval times these terrorists r using the vbieds to act as shock/breaching weapons , if u manage to disable the vbieds from far half the battle in base defense is won (kind of)

Regarding the base.

It is not equipment but doctrine. How they fight.

tdayof:
What about Kenya F-5? Can't b they be configured to drop free bombs like our A-jets? About man pads, they should invest in ECM.

Kenya if she is limited by funds should acquire Chinese LIFT aircraft.

Airborne360:
Air support varies according to situations to determine if they are primary or secondary in as much as the goal of neutralising your enemy is achieved, yes it cost more however no amount of investment can bring back the life of your personnel should such ocvohr.
In this case I believe as soon as the enemy was spotted, action should have been the taken asap.it is glearing they were outgunned via high caliber weapons I believe they were aware of from the drone footage.at least 30mm staging sef would have discouraged them from attacking

Don't forget to add salt.

[quote author=africaken254 post=53470894][/quote]Al tariq guided bomb kit bound for Libya?

cstr55:
And how is Nigeria responding to the obvious threat that a budding homegrown south african defence industry pose to Nigeria's strategic economic and political interests on the continent?
Is it until when there is a confrontation like we have nearly had in the past with the xenophobic south africans before Nigerians know what is up?
A political and economic rival on the continent already develops indigenous capable missiles, and helicopters and you are just there looking?

South Africa has been developing missiles since the 70s.

I don't see how that is a threat to Nigeria.

kikuyu1:
Thanks for the video! What is Dada's ethnic group? Which is this N Asian looking Arunachal Pradesh people?
My lurking on defence.pk has convinced me Pakis are endlessly spoiling for a fight with you guys despite 3 losing wars and being outnumbered 7 to 1. They honestly dream of replicating the mass slaughter of their Mughal forefathers. You do know they killed tens of millions of Hindus?
They even named their missiles after these Mughal mass murderers!?

They know conventionally they can't take on and defeat indi that's why they invest in assymetrical capabilities.

tdayof:
In what way does a JF17 look like a raptor?? You didn't even mention the F16.

Jf17 in no way looks like the raptor in terms of design or whatsoever. How can a single engine aircraft look like a twin engine?

Moreover, F22 is more advance compared to the F35. Better avionics etc so it's for the US alone.

Ignore the tr......l

Xbee007:
BIDEXIII, where u dey na? Hope all is well.



NA seize Shilka gun truck from BHT!


https://www.nairaland.com/3606156/troops-recover-shilka-gun-truck

Colonel Lucky Irabor said NA doesn't have the Shilka gun in its inventory. So BHT probably got it from the middle east possibly Libya.

He's a Major General.

africaken254:
one more photo of the DRC MI-24/35's that crushed

Can be brought back to a flying condition.

But this is Africa.


Hopefully they'll get some from surplus stock of European countries.

Henry240:
Buhahahahahahaha, look at this fool, we turned your Special Forces into mechanics in Nigeria. That is what we do in Nigeria.

We turned the Koevoet operator into a mechanic.

I'm sure the Recce operators were used in toilet cleaning duties. Keeping the Nigerian military toilets clean and neat.


"Leon Lotz, a former South African Defence Force Koevoet operator.

Lotz is reportedly from KwaZulu-Natal, and was engaged in the support
and care of vehicles used by the Nigerian military in their current
onslaught against insurgency."

https://politics.naij.com/401378-south-african-contractor-mistakenly-killed-in-nigeria.html

That's how we roll!

Koevoet were not Special forces.

Aren't qualified to be called "operators".

overhypedsteve:
it can't? If the operations that brought down the Administration of Khadafi had been a joint diplomatic and military intervention by leaders of the region do you think Khadafi wouldnt have negotiated for a deal instead of having himself slaughtered on the streets of a county which he single he helped built,like a goat. A regional effort on the Libyan situation would have included plans for a successful and peaceful democratic change of Government like we supported in Gambia. But no, it was an ECOWAS operation so we have nothing to learn from it, even if a 22 year long Dictatorship was taken down without one shot fired. If simple Military exercises can find their way into textbooks on strategic studies as key examples on particular reference areas why do you think this "very successful" ECOWAS led operation cannot be applied. I can lost a thousand and one already messed up scenarios where this could have been applied. Even the OAU cannot carry out a Diplomatic and military operation simultaneously with this kind of success.

Can't be applied anywhere!

Where division sized ops are required.