₦airaland Forum

NickleTheory:
We are going to grab Aleppo by the pvssy and bomb the shìt out of it.

And who's this "us".

Fighter internet pilots?

Henry240:
We face similar problems as Turkey, with far less support than Turkey, but we are doing way better than them and managing our situation far better than they are.

By support you mean support from western countries?

Like I said someone would say "There are countries in Africa which received their independence after Nigeria but are more peaceful".

Henry240:
Turkey has the 6th largest economy in Europe and the 3rd largest military. That country simply has no excuses for the level of insecurity.

For how long would they be fighting the Kurds at least ,that's a political issue, a political settlement could be reached.

With Turkey , it's either a Coup, suicide bombing, fighting with the Kurds.. ........ Just a general air of insecurity.

Someone would say the same about Nigeria.

Turkey shares boarders with unstable countries.

The Turkish military is holding the line in the fight against the Kurds until both parties decide to head to the negotiating table.

gees9:
So you mean it was approved because the new government thought they were evil units? I never picked that up. What I have always found ironic is that Eugene de Kock was rejected from the STF, which was supposedly his dream unit, but walked right into Koevoet. So STF has historically done purely police work.

They were demonized.

The opening up after 94 including docies was just a PR exercise. Remember most units were disbanded the SF had their names changed.

nemesis2u:

Why buy it! when your people can nationalize it.

Tinfoil:
Being African does not mean being black. Put your address here and Ill let my fist prove it to you

africaken254:
one issue with the earlier models is that they lack under belly v-shaped armoured hull,considering the IED threat we are encountering in our insurgency wars.recent articles report that china has started to build WZ-551 APC with under belly v-shaped armoured hull

Increasing the silhouette of the vehicle.

But it's performance hasn't been disappointing.

bidexiii:
Beautiful pics.

Any body ah av idea how effective these Chinese wheeled IFV effective.

They have proved effective so far at a lower cost.

DRC, Somalia etc.

giles14:
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standby force?
ECOMOG is better

pls just inform the CoAS to get ready to deploy 1 brigade.
the only problem i see is transportation of men and hardwares.

Senegal ,ivory coast , Niger can contribute 1 battalion each

Liberia ,Togo, Benin ,cape Verde,Guinea, Sierra Leone and Guinea Bissau can all contribute atleast 1or 2 company each.
then Ghana can come with their engineering company.. (sentry duties)

Mali and Burkina Faso are exempted due to their own security struggles.


for me west Africa don't really need the standby force we have always had one

You realise the Nigerian military is overstretched?

GreenandGold:
Of course any tank hit by a missile wouldn't last... I see no point in this.

Effectiveness of any tank will be judged on it's performance against another main battle tank.

The Egyptian carrying their suite cases proved effective against Israeli tank in 73.

gees9:
Yes! And I stand to be corrected, but the actual operators probably wouldn't mind. I mean even Spetsnaz is all over the internet and what I don't get is that the last documentary was made in 1996, plainly it's ridiculous that we can't get an insight into STF operations.

Because they were "bad people"!

PR exercise! Similar docie was made of the SASFB.

chkil:
What are these sticks used by some high-rank officers in your army ?? They used them for what ??

nemesis2u:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeSQpg2xriE
Russian Spetsnaz in Syria
watch at .20s awesome hit

Awesome!

Once upon a time in the middle east!
G6 self propelled howitzer and "The truck".

frumentius:
Mate, please remove this photo as I've already acceded to a take-down request -as promised - on account of its graphic nature.

COME ON! I didn't get to see the pictures.

frumentius:
The Carte Blanche thing came about because an enlightened commander - Gen Mgwebi, the "fighting general" - approved it in his position as MONUSCO Force Commander. Prior to that, as CJOPS he approved the trips and reports on CAR and FIB ops in DRC by the Sunday Times team of Hofstatter and Oatway. And because retirement age beckons, to this lowly planner he remains the best CSANDF we never had, thanks to politics.

I'm curious: have we ever had a qualified SF operator rise so high up the ranks?

Remember the first CJOPS? He's not the best?

There are a couple at the rank of Major General though.

patches689:
The last batch of MK or SADF or homeland troops were from 1994,

18 in 1994 is only 39 years old. Sadly lots of young men from both sides got left out of the rainbow nation... not much use for gunmen after a "peaceful" revolution, so they turn to crime.

Usually high-end, high-risk, sophisticated crime like cash-in-transit heists, bank robberies or ATM bombings

Some liberation fighters where actually under 18.

Henry240:
That's a Tavor bro! My favourite carbine. Welcome to the club. The Tavor-21 is Africa's most widely used carbine.


That is either a CTAR-21 or an X-95. The list of countries carrying this iconic carbine has grown some more, as well as the GSU-Recce here are the others who extensively use the Tavor.

Nigeria

DSS (Nigerian secret police) - the Tavor-21 replaced the Uzi as the DSS primary Carbine in 2005.

Navy SBS - entered service in 2011

Nigerian Air Force Regiment - entered service in 2013

elements of Nigerian Army Airborne troops - 2015.

Nigerian immigration service - the Tavor-21 joined the immigration service in 2015.


Senegal

Senegalese Army Commandos

Tchad

Elements of Chad Special Anti-Terrorism Task Force.

Cameroun

Battalion d'Intervention Rapide (BIR)

Uganda

Elements of Ugandan Army Special Forces

Ethiopia

Ethiopian Presidential guards

Kenya

Elements of Kenyan elite GSU-Recces.

You forgot Angola.

patches689:
Before and After

Pic 1: SADF 1973
Pic 2: SANDF 1983

First picture: Parabats prepping to counter the coming armoured Cuban unit during the battle of Cassinga.

bidexiii:
Ngamboru Ngala standard.....
Care to join ........

Wrong!
decimating wildlife.

frumentius:
Right, the unimaginative invective bores me now. My original point stands, moving on.

Pictures of the single launcher(MANPADS) are rare.

jakeporeshenko:
This sh*t creepy

War was never a grown man's business

africaken254:
Oshkosh M-ATV MRAP's somewhere in Somalia

UAE's?

giles14:
you south Africans cannot be trusted,your dealing with GEJ shows you are just the west puppets

GEJ acquired MRAPS, Tanks, brought in contractors etc.

He did a lot.

Henry240:
You clearly are totally ignorant of the core values of vehicles like the M-ATV, and the arguments i've been making with them.


High performance, High protection, Flexible for the
mission.

The M-ATV Vehicle fits into an array of
mission requirements, force structures and threats.
Whether a fleet has narrowly defined missions or
expansive tactical demands.


It is what vehicles like the M-ATV offer, not a comparison between vehicles in it's class. First understand the argument.

Widow maker!


What "high protection"?

Henry240:
I agree it has had an awful performance in combat, however you need to take into account the scale of munitions that has been used against it.

It's peers have performed better under the same circumstances at times worse.

Henry240:
Your 'lab rat' has sold over 10,000 units till date.

Come up with a better argument.

Lab rat.
Awful performance.

Vanquay:
That honor falls to the M182 SEP.

Everyone has an opinion.

chinese8107:
german leopard 2a7 https://www.hinews.cn/pic/0/13/18/40/13184063_287938.jpg

Best tank in the world.

chinese8107:
german leopard 2a7 https://www.hinews.cn/pic/0/13/18/40/13184063_287938.jpg

Best tank in the world.

Henry240:
This is why the M-ATV exists today.

Lab rat.

Henry240:
While the South-African vehicle provides frontal protection against 7.62mm, it lacks space for a continued and sustained deployment.

The Namibian vehicle provides no protection whatsoever, but it has enough space for additional supplies.

The Proforce leopard on the other hand, accommodates all the features of both vehicles, with added advantage of all round light weight protection.

Trailers.

Can the Leopard be airlifted by a helicopter using a sling?