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Mozambique.

Drakkies launching flares.
Interesting choice of weapons.

SA blue helmets.
Armed forces day demo.
Angolan "paratrooper".

TrueHeart365:
just saw a clip of south african task force stop a bank robbery. those robbers didn't even see it coming..

and it was very professionally executed. since i can't post videos i'll recommend you follow @specialforces_archive on instagram to view it. and also follow @war.footage for some recent battlefield clips from the middle east and around the world

They aren't supposed to.

Old pictures found on the net.

patches689:
This same thing pisses me off in SANDF

We didn't have many fat generals in the old days... But today everyone with the rank of Col and above has a beer belly

Americans and British don't have this problem

Not really.


Pot bellies are mostly found in what we call "office soldiers".

61mech:
groundshout recovery sespir

Prior to combat there's communication shutdown in vehicles.
There's also a 8 × 8 variant.

africaken254:
recent acquired Kenya police AW 139 helicopter a few hours ago crushed

Sad site. So unfortunate for your police.

Complete hull loss.

frumentius:
All things Casspir. Is there any variant I missed?

6 × 6 and command variant.

patches689:
Buddy
If a mouse farts in one of our armaments factories
The government and parliament will know how loud it was and what it smelt of.

patches689:
No

ANC fears the Jews

They may make statements from time to time, but they would never do anything more than talk

It would be suicide

In the backgrounds SA still maintains "lines of communication" with that country.

Henry240:
AAD 2016 should begin already, let's see the vehicles by Africans for the African market. I hope we get to see new vehicles.

I doubt we will see a lot of vehicles. As the army has put on ice the project to replace the Mambas and Casspirs in service. It is a similar situition with aircraft.

I'm just waiting for an update on the Raptor III.

Henry240:
The Reva FAV is a properly built recon/SF vehicle. It's like the Hornet, only more aesthetically pleasing to the eyes. I love it, i just wish we could get a sizeable number of units for Nigerian SF teams. Four(4) is the appropriate number for a recon vehicle, anything more than that, then the user should instead invest in an M-ATV or Plasan Sandcat.


It is properly armed, properly protected, air-droppable designed to do a job, can also do convoy protection, VIP protection. It doesn't need to handle a 20mm, that's overkill. A 14.5mm or 12.7mm is very appropriate. I'm sure the weapons mount for the commander isn't an issue, that's something that can be added. I'm just surprised at how simple the build is. I'm sure the Namibians would get a couple units. They got a very small, very progressive military.


I am biased towards the Reva FAV, I'm not a fan of vehicles like the Supacat or Reva Scout or Hunter. They blow up the idea of SF in flames. They are supposed to be scout vehicles, but i don't see how you can properly scout the enemy while looking as large as an elephant in the savannah. The Reva FAV fits the mould of what that sort of vehicle needs to do, i mean look at the French and their Panhard VBL in Operation Serval, and how effective those vehicles where.


The Reva FAV can be armed with an AGL, you can hit targets 2km away with a blast radius of up to 10 meters. It is armoured and comes with a ballistics shield for the primary gunner. Which is very important, unlike what we've seen with European/American vehicles. It is not a first line of attack, that's what Tanks, IFVs and MRAPs are their for.


Anti-tank, 60mm, 40mm defeats the purpose of a scout vehicle. If i were a policy maker, side by side, i'll go for the FAV over the Scout or Hunter.

60mm mortars, AGLs an 20mm cannons are effective in raiding missions.

ATGMs are also essential as you can see recently western sf units in the middle east avoid going around with them.

gottfried21:
The ANC government is a supporter of free Palestine no?...Comrades supporting comrades
I'm just saying

If that was SA's policy Chad, Rwanda and Sudan would be burning with well armed and trained rebels running out.

frumentius:
I'd love to know which of Denel's clients passed on our NTW-20 to a Hamas sniper in Gaza.

My bet is on the UAE.

The Denel PMP INkunzi strike weapon.

Wish this weapon can be used as the heart of a gun pod for helicipters and other light aircraft such as the Paramount Mwari.

And possibility replacing the French NC-621 20mm cannon offered as part of the Paramount FLASH system.

Maybe the Rooivalk external fuel tanks can used as the pod. Giving the attack helicopter a new weapon system.

Henry240:
Building the Reva FAV Recon/Special Forces vehicle. The Reva FAV is a very easy build, it shouldn't take more than a 2 weeks to build and deliver a unit.

With many countries on our continent in the process of benchmarking and establishing SF capability I believe there's a market for this type of vehicles.

africaken254:
Russia signs contract to deliver over 100 T-14 Armata main battle tanks,britain is in a dilemma after the recent brexit considering it had plans to upgrade its challenger 2 tank with german Rheinmetall L/55 120 mm gun.its tank(challenger)is becoming obsolete with new threats emerging.i also just a video of ISIS destroying two turkish tanks one after another with ATGMs,one even had ammo cook-off

Armoured warfare = Germans.

Wondering if they'll go ahead with the new 130mm Rheinmetall gun.

When you see tanks being destroyed by ATGMs in the field compare it to infantry evaporating cause of kinetic ammunition dropped by aircraft.

fabselad:
OK I would do my best to paste as much as possible.

Awesome!

We have Nigerians(Obviously), Kenyans, Ghanaians and some of us from SADC countries(Namibia, SA & Zimbabwe).

And oh we also have terro...rists.

Henry240:
Nigeria COIN

Army losses


Nigerian Army Piranha IFV charred in flames after engagements with BHT late 2015

Complete kill.

ViceAdmiral:
the last para is not Namibian looking at the plane his jumped from i suspect he's from Botswana or another SADC country

Looks like a BDF C-130.

jteku:
Oga henry lets say its was a wrong caption, so who could those ladies be......NAF personnel's

Family.

We can't even rule out the possibility of them staying in the base.

jteku:
Oga...how does protecting elephant population or endangered animal species concern military discussion here, we are talking about protecting human lives here

Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos.


Is the topic.

patches689:
A funny (and real) story from WW2

“The 75mm main gun is firing,” Lt Giles recalls, breathlessly. “The 37mm secondary gun is firing, but it’s traversed round the wrong way. The Browning [machine gun] is jammed. I am saying, ‘Driver advance’ on the A set, but the driver – who can’t hear me – is reversing.
“And as I look over the top of the turret, and see 12 enemy tanks, just 50 yards away, someone hands me a cheese sandwich.”

How the british keep winning wars... I will never know

The queen has the best soldiers in the world.

africaken254:
china is the new kid on the block,even american can't protect neighbours.thats why japan choose to change its constitution,being a pacifist is no longer sustainable with a rising china

Some would say it was over arms sales.

bidexiii:
Yeap. They do laundry and wash/clean utility vehicles and other hard wares like MBT & light tanks. As you can see in the video.

Why ask.....?

I'm from the Southern tip of Africa and curious.

africaken254:
UPDF MI-17 helicopter

M7's flying home.

bidexiii:
Yeap they are digging for water and that process of them doing is that they are gathering and purifying the water .

That particular place is known because of its oasis so troops to watch these cloth, take there bath and wash military vehicles. I av posted a video where soldiers do stop at that particular, it's a popular stop inside Sambisa forest to get water.

They don't stay over there because there are no trenches or defensive, they only do watching/laundry there and leave.

They wash their uniforms?

Henry240:
Let's hope the Air Force releases photos. I just have a problem of Leo Irabor, a Nigerian army commander in-charge of operations in the N.E, not a GOC or COAS going to inspect Air Force assets in Adamawa.


It's a little strange.

He was the chap you sent to SA to get clarifications on the Rooivalk.


Maybe they are out under his command.

@nemesis2u can you give us your analysis of that video. Since you love these things.

andrewza:
A sport played by men that don't roll on the floor at one trip but instead have to be orderd by a doctor that no you have to come off since you have a broken bone.

nemesis2u:
Patria AMOS heavy mortar vehicle dual mortars

Like the fact that it can be used as a direct fire weapon.

Sometimes you just have to keep quiet and take notes.
Somethings are painful to take and learn.