₦airaland Forum

Henry240:
The ship would be off the Coast of Gambia. If things escalate, which I doubt would happen the boat stands ready to support with 76mm's.

It's hard to say, out at sea is more like it.


It seems 2 Nigerian Alpha jets and a Survelliance plane would soon depart for Senegal. Unconfirmed at this point.

Hrmnn:
Hi all.

I recently found these photos of what appears to be a Ratel with a very unusual gun-turret. Looks to be much larger than a 90mm, perhaps a 100mm or 105mm? Any relation to the iklwa?

As I have not seen this variant before I was wondering if some of you Saffer okes could shed some light on it. Apologies if it's been posted before.

I assume it's an export model by Denel or something, as the crew posing next to it in the second picture don't appear to be wearing SANDF uniforms.

BOST as "demanding but rewarding,” combining surveys of the physical condition of the ship with tests of the crew's readiness for deployment, including a warfighting and damage control scenario. The objective is to ensure the ship is at the right level of operational capability to progress to multinational, task group training. This is not the first time Amatola has participated in the RN BOST work-up inspection, as she was the first South African ship to do so when she underwent the same rigorous exercise in 2007.

jteku:
Off Topic


CAPTION This pix.

Guys, that's not quite what we had in mind when we said you were going to be a wingman.........

Henry240:
I kinda agree with you. We have at least 450 tracked AFV/APC that are due for a replacement . An up armoured vehicle like the warrior would be a great replacement.

My preference for a wheeled vehicle is because I don't think Proforce has shown the capacity to build a tracked vehicle.

Nok234:
Im ok with you but this is down on my list

1. Nigeria is taking here place as the real GIANT OF AFRICA
2. No french or western countries in African affairs
3. we are taking our futur in our hands
4. Jammeh is single minded and Gambia deserv to go forward

chkil:
some culture off topic .... north african maghreb celebrate today Yennayer, Berber New Year 2967 in berber calendar ! 12 january linked to the enthronement as pharaoh of the Amazigh berber king "Shoshenq I" after defeating "Ramses III " [believed to have happened in 950 BC]"

and we have snow start fall in algeria from yesterday to celebrate this yennayer

BlackBaron:
The interesting thing about this is if it is successful, Nigerian Air Force would be only the second airwing in the world to have privately built an aircraft on its own. The other is Pakistan.

gottfried21:
Interesting

iblawi:
UN peacekeeping mission is not a war. Rooivalk are used mainly as escort. Thugs looking For UN food is what you claim to be fighting with Rooivalk?

Brightwood:
Why do you people post pictures and videos? To compare militaries? To admire Machineries or Boredom?

IbnSultaan:
DROP YOUR CRAZY ARGUMENTS


N POST PICS .

tdayof:
Price isn't always a sign of inferior product.

kabe1:
Dude, anybody can edit Wikipedia. Even a not so smart individual like yourself.


Like i stated previously, your comments make no sense. With the KA-50 and MI-28, yet Russian Aerospace Forces (VAKS) continue to buy additional MI-35M's. Both the KA-50 and MI-28 were developed for a number of reasons, all of them are attack helicopters.

giles14:
please stop deceiving urslf.


ur rooivalk is in pair with the Mi24 series.
its not even up to the Mi35p.

rooivalk is an old bird.

tdayof:
Mi-28

iblawi:
The MI-28 and KA-50 are not in the same league with Rooivalk.

We can only compare Rooivalk with MI-35 which have different variant

iblawi:
The Rooivalk have old avionics, they are expensive and the French are not giving any guarantee for the key spares which are not even produced in South Africa. These are the reasons why no one is interested in Rooivalk. Even the SAAF is playing safe and it's not just about the money.

http://m.engineeringnews.co.za/article/what-went-wrong-with-the-rooivalk-2007-06-08-1/rep_id:4433

tdayof:
Mi-28

iblawi:
The MI-28 and KA-50 are not in the same league with Rooivalk.

We can only compare Rooivalk with MI-35 which have different variant

tdayof:
Patches is anti - Russian to the core . He'll never be real with you on this.

kabe1:
Nice vehicles, but your project Biro is taking too long to actualise. Are we going to see any by 2020 at all.

jakeporeshenko:
Senegalese soldiers at the range

andrewza:
to much DAKA is a thing

Henry240:
RPG from Russia is simply class. Nothing compares to it.

bidexiii:
If it's not made in Russia then the other replica are just joke......

What about the war-head/rockets; that's what makes the RPG deadly. There various rockets for different purpose & use made by Russians that are more devastating like the "vampire" that has caused serious loss of the makeva MBT during the Second Lebanon War with Hezbollah in 2006.Tel-Aviv confirmed the loss of eight Merkava tanks. The Vampire is now actively being used in Syria by both armies.

Don't also forget the PG-7VP, has a tandem charge; the first acts as a decoy for the tank’s reactive armour, while the second punches through the armour and also the thermobaric rounds.

The RPG 7 is a product design of the 80's and it's still a treat to any modern MBT till date. So why compare it with something recent.

andrewza:
Just to put this out there. The tank losses in Syria have nothing to do with the tank and every thing to do with the crew and the infantry and the officers in charge. Tanks fighting in cities with out a infantry screen to escort it will lead to there deaths.

kikuyu1:
Imo, this shows the need for a working APS in Western armour.

TrueHeart365:
still a copy. but i understand you're western as5licker.