shadowprimezero:


Quite possible. The Dongfeng has a weird looking skeletal RCWS so its possible thats it in its uninstalled version

RiceProducers:


That's not an RWS or an RWS chassis. Dongfeng Mengshi has manual turret and automatic grenade launcers.

It is possible, Nigeria Army bought a few recce versions that have RWS like in this picture below but we are not sure. I actually doubt it.
It is 12.7mm gün and some AGLs that we know

youghs:
The dongfeng APC has a nice mobility but it's protection is kinda wack. Armour protection of 7.62mm ball at 100metres is pretty much worthless in the advent of an ambush.
It's better than our soft skin Hilux tho and it will be very useful for the special forces.

youghs:
The dongfeng APC has a nice mobility but it's protection is kinda wack. Armour protection of 7.62mm ball at 100metres is pretty much worthless in the advent of an ambush.
It's better than our soft skin Hilux tho and it will be very useful for the special forces.

shadowprimezero:


The picture you posted is on the heavy IFV variant which we don't know if Nigeria got. For context, the is the "skeletal" 12.7mm/40mm RCWS we were talking about. You can also see it operation in this video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=308cDCJJTCc

shadowprimezero:


The picture you posted is on the heavy IFV variant which we don't know if Nigeria got. For context, the is the "skeletal" 12.7mm/40mm RCWS we were talking about. You can also see it operation in this video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=308cDCJJTCc

RiceProducers:


These systems are $180k at the very least. The vehicle on its own is just about $220k. I am not sure Nigeria would have gotten one RWS per vehicle. I acknowledge the advantages of RWS for laying cover fire from inside the vehicle during ambush and ability to work in a sniper infested battle field that pins down most manual gunners but I think RWS should be one per six vehicles

SuperSixSeven:


This is a mechanical operated poor mans RCWS, much like a periscope with a Gun attached. Not a real RCWS in common sense but the Gunner can operate the system protected from inside the vehicle. A electric operated RCWS starts from 150.000$, which is exceeds the costs of an armored 4x4 - sadly not an option for the NA at this point.

Algeria accuses Morocco of ‘murdering’ three Algerian civilians

A war is brewing between Algeria and Morocco. After a year of inflammatory statements from both sides, Algiers accuses Rabat of bombing three Algerian civilian trucks on 1 November.

On 3 November, Algeria’s presidency – via a statement – denounced “the murder of three Algerian nationals” who, according to it, had been victims of a bombing attack on 1 November “while travelling between Nouakchott and Ouargla,” aboard their trucks.

“Several factors indicate that the Moroccan occupation forces in the Western Sahara carried out this cowardly assassination with sophisticated weaponry through this new manifestation of brutal aggression which is characteristic of a known policy of territorial expansion and terror". Algeria’s presidency said in the statement.

Algeria’s presidency, which has opened an investigation into this “ignoble act in order to clarify the circumstances”, already seems convinced of Morocco’s guilt and promises that “this assassination [of the three truck drivers] will not go unpunished. ”

Flanker:
Relations between Algeria and morocco have become increasingly tense this days .




Source : France24

This last months algeria cut its diplomatic relations with morocco, banned all moroccan flights from its airspace to , and even cut off the gas passing over their land to spain, depriving them of algerian gas . And with this murder of algerian civilians on repulic sahraoui territory the situation will be worst .

Some people expect Algeria to heavily arm the Sahrawis so that they harass the Moroccan army

Flanker:
Relations between Algeria and morocco have become increasingly tense this days .




Source : France24

This last months algeria cut its diplomatic relations with morocco, banned all moroccan flights from its airspace to , and even cut off the gas passing over their land to spain, depriving them of algerian gas . And with this murder of algerian civilians on repulic sahraoui territory the situation will be worst .

Some people expect Algeria to heavily arm the Sahrawis so that they harass the Moroccan army

kabe1:
Exercise UKUTHULA || South African Army Combat Training Centre || 09 November 2021.

kabe1:
Exercise UKUTHULA || South African Ary Combat Training Centre || 09 November 2021.

kabe1:
South-Africa's Special Forces participate in Exercise UKUTHULA

Karis1:
All you've said is true and very impressive, but I still believe there is greater potential in Nigeria..I'm Kenyan btw so I say this from the perspective of an outsider looking in with no bias

On defense industry, government's role should be facilitative..provide a condusive environment for private sector to thrive and offer support through bulk purchases, low interest or zero interest loans to companies on collaborative projects and assistance in marketing to foreign clients through soft power diplomacy.. Government should be no where near manufacturing, and that's a trend we are now witnessing in Kenya. Though the current leadership of KDF is progressive and efficient and geared towards manufacturing, what happens when leadership eventually changes and those in power become tools of the political elite..that is why most government run industries and companies are terribly inefficient, conduits for nepotism and never break even always begging for taxpayer funded bailouts.

Back to Nigeria's case, with all the conflicts the country's military has faced both internally and externally, such experience coupled with proper private sector RnD could lead to production of military hardware that best suits the environment at hand. This would offer the country an advantage in export to neighbouring countries as the selling point would be it's worked for us and we face similar situations to you, so it's also guaranteed to work for you. It may sound as an offensive cliche but there are literally Nigerians in every field in almost every country on earth..provide them with a condusive environment to bring their expertise back home, you won't have to be like Turkey and hire foreign expertise..plus improve your relationship with South Africa in RnD and everything else..that way you won't be like Turkey having to delay or even cancel export contacts because of sanctions on parts because you choose to diversify your partnerships
Call me overly pessimistic but if Africa's great powers don't collaborate in the military sphere..this continent will become the new middle east in terms of conflict and Anti-Terrorism operations this decade and we will all be forced to buy foreign military hardware to maintain strategic partnerships just like the UK has become a vassal and client state of the US, purchasing equipment from them that they can very well manufacture themselves just to keep the Americans happy..let's make our own equipment from our own experience and unique environment to solve our own challenges
It may be tedious but not impossible
African solutions to African problems