lebuhsi:
Activities being carried out by the Nigerian navy dockyard in Vitoria island, Lagos, extensive repair and refurbishment on the NNS aradu, 2x commbattante class fast attack crafts, and construction of 3 new vessels(water and fuel supply vessels, SDB III), in partnership with Habtob and dorman long.

did they import the steel and the engines used for the ship or are they made in Nigeria

Abohboy:


did they import the steel and the engines used for the ship or are they made in Nigeria

The engines are imported.

Nigerian army defensive position.

Kabe2:


Even from Across Africa, the South-African special forces operationally deployed in Burundi are not carrying side arms.

The main thing is tactics and can your special forces rapidly deploy.

Nigerian special forces in the last picture with a side arm.

I don't know how anyone can spot side arms from the pics you posted.
Anyway, some pics from the same Burundi mission.

Lurker4Long:


I don't know how anyone can spot side arms from the pics you posted.
Anyway, some pics from the same Burundi mission.

That's not the point I was making.

Can you confirm all South-African Special Forces soldiers carry side arms on operations.

Referring to publicly available pictures we have seen.

OutharryHIV:

Thank you Mr. Toju.. My conclusion was made through the pictures I see here, my eyes always go to their right thighs, but I don't see anything there. and my experience with the Nigerian Army 72 special forces battalion, Makurdi, Benue state, whom were placed on our security detail.. they looked like regular soldiers coupled with the Ak47 they were brandishing.. but I noticed that wherever we go and they introduce themselves, the other soldiers' there just light up with respect.
Btw, Thank you for the clarification.

We need a dedicated joint Special forces command- Tier one operators only.

Abohboy:


did they import the steel and the engines used for the ship or are they made in Nigeria

The Navy is arming up rapidly.

Kabe2:
Nigerian Navy Thwarts Hijacking of Chinese Fishing Vessel.

Nigerian Navy SBS arresting Pirates.

What this unit has become in 14years is nothing short of wonderful!

Kabe2:
Zambia Air Force aircraft.

One of the best procurement for small air forces in the continent

Kabe2:


Nigerian special forces are issued with 9mm pistols, but it is not standard issue.

A side arm is only useful as a personal defence weapon or when soldiers are conducting close quarters combat operations.

Apart from these 2 scenarios there's really no need for them.

I never fired it against anyone throughout my stay in the theatre, I will take an extra rifle mag anytime anyday.

Eta22seconds:

We need a dedicated joint Special forces command- Tier one operators only.

Haven't you heard of The Armed forces special forces (AFSF) under the Defense HQ
Those guys kitting are bad ass
Most of them are trained by Russia Most Elite special forces

Toju200:
Haven't you heard of The Armed forces special forces (AFSF) under the Defense HQ
Those guys kitting are bad ass
Most of them are trained by Russia Most Elite special forces

Are those guys still in the theatre of Operation?? We seem to rarely see pictures of the men and equipment as frequently as we did see back in the days.

CaptainStephen:
I never fired it against anyone throughout my stay in the theatre, I will take an extra rifle mag anytime anyday.

My Gee, much love have got for ya'

cutievik:

Are those guys still in the theatre of Operation?? We seem to rarely see pictures of the men and equipment as frequently as we did see back in the days.

I dunno the only time I know they were deployed was in 2017 possibly and still withdrawn that year.
BHT saw hell when they were deployed....

Toju200:
I dunno the only time I know they were deployed was in 2017 possibly and still withdrawn that year.
BHT saw hell when they were deployed....

Exactly brother, i followed up the trend back then, i really wish we could put such efficient special boots on ground again.

Libya civil war

LNA forces abandon Pantsir air defence system.

It seems the Pantsir is just all hype and no balls.

The Buk M2 have performed better, so has the Tor system.

@S400, why does this mean for Algeria.

From Syria to Libya, it has ended in tears for the Pantsir system.

Kabe2:
Libya civil war

LNA forces abandon Pantsir air defence system.

It seems the Pantsir is just all hype and no balls.

The Buk M2 have performed better, so has the Tor system.

@S400, why does this mean for Algeria.

From Syria to Libya, it has ended in tears for the Pantsir system.

Isn't this what the Cameroonians are buying...?

Toju200:
Isn't this what the Cameroonians are buying...?

Is Cameroun buying an air defence system? I didn't know that, can you post a link?

Anyway the Pantsir has proven to be an inefficient, ineffective overhyped air defence system.

It has proven to be a total failure in Syria and Libya.

cutievik:

Exactly brother, i followed up the trend back then, i really wish we could put such efficient special boots on ground again.

Yeah...
Perhaps they should form Nigeria version of Seal Team Six to hunt down Shekau and Rescue Leah Sharibu.
Defense HQ knows where she is..
According to them they are trying to be careful in order for ISWAP not to do something stupid E.g kill her

Kabe2:


Is Cameroun buying an air defence system? I didn't know that, can you post a link?

Anyway the Pantsir has proven to be an inefficient, ineffective overhyped air defence system.

It has proven to be a total failure in Syria and Libya.

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://googleweblight.com/i%3Fu%3Dhttps://www.defenseworld.net/news/25698/Cameroon_to_buy_Russia___s_Panstir_S1_Anti_Aircraft_System%26grqid%3D0_As_8IF%26s%3D1%26hl%3Den-NG&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjgoJbm4L3pAhWxWhUIHbgcDZIQFjAAegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw0h0yTzmnInWVCV5-gKPLOz

Toju200:
Yeah...
Perhaps they should form Nigeria version of Seal Team Six to hunt down Shekau and Rescue Leah Sharibu.
Defense HQ knows where she is..
According to them they are trying to be careful in order for ISWAP not to do something stupid E.g kill her

..The intelligence agency needs to up their game. Seems the NAF ISR is doing do much than all arms of the Intelligence services.

Toju200:
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://googleweblight.com/i%3Fu%3Dhttps://www.defenseworld.net/news/25698/Cameroon_to_buy_Russia___s_Panstir_S1_Anti_Aircraft_System%26grqid%3D0_As_8IF%26s%3D1%26hl%3Den-NG&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjgoJbm4L3pAhWxWhUIHbgcDZIQFjAAegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw0h0yTzmnInWVCV5-gKPLOz

from your link nothing suggests they are getting it, what was said was "eyeing", which means they only showed interest same way we showed interest in su34

Kabe2:
Libya civil war

LNA forces abandon Pantsir air defence system.

It seems the Pantsir is just all hype and no balls.

The Buk M2 have performed better, so has the Tor system.

@S400, why does this mean for Algeria.

From Syria to Libya, it has ended in tears for the Pantsir system.

That means nothing .the weapon is not the problem its how you use it ,

In syria the pantsir that was destroyed was in rest position, radar off after he had fired all his missiles and destroyed his targets , the crew remained on the spot while waiting for the support vehicle ( big error for a mobile air defense system in operation area) , thats why it was destroyed .

For libyan haftar clown militia , what can i say , poeple shared the videos of the pantsir delivry convoy live on social media's .. the turkish drone followed the delivry of the pantsir system from delivry until the base and detroyed it . without been even detected and pantsir was also not activated ، thats just too stupid .

Pantsir is a very good air defense system specially when used with other middle , long range air defense systems and radars . dont think it will change its use in algerian , syrian or russian armies

pacretus:
from your link nothing suggests they are getting it, what was said was "eyeing", which means they only showed interest same way we showed interest in su34

S400:


That means nothing .the weapon is not the problem its how you use it ,

In syria the pantsir that was destroyed was in rest position, radar off after he had fired all his missiles and destroyed his targets , the crew remained on the spot while waiting for the support vehicle ( big error for a mobile air defense system in operation area) , thats why it was destroyed .

For libyan haftar clown militia , what can i say , poeple shared the videos of the pantsir delivry convoy live on social media's .. the turkish drone followed the delivry of the pantsir system from delivry until the base and detroyed it . without been even detected and pantsir was also not activated ، thats just too stupid .

Pantsir is a very good air defense system specially when used with other middle , long range air defense systems and radars . dont think it will change its use in algerian , syrian or russian armies

I agree that the Libyan crew and fighters have been very incompetent.

However, your claim that the Pantsir is a very good air defence system is not accurate. The Pantsir has proven to be very ineffective, even when manned by Russian crews.

The problem is that the much hyped Pantsir has been a flop. No proof of any Pantsir kills has ever been presented and Israeli airstrikes consistently destroy their targets, even when Pantsir is present and firing lots of those Tunguska missiles.

In the drone attack on Russian air base in 2018, The older Tor-M2U system used its missiles successfully to shoot down the UAVs while the more recent Pantsir-S1 missiles all missed.

The main problem with Pantsir-S1 is that in combat it doesn’t work. Failures have been reported at least three times since 2007, and all occurred in Syria. Two months after Syria received Pantsir-S1s in 2007, Israel bombed a Syrian nuclear weapons development facility. The Syrians were very dismayed at how ineffective the new Pantsir-S1 systems were during the Israeli strike. The 2007 failure was attributed to Israelis figuring out how to blind these systems electronically. In 2017 Pantsir S1 again failed during an Israeli attack and the excuse this time was that the Pantsir-S1s were not turned on. The 2018 failure was with operational Pantsir systems firing missiles at UAVs and missing while Tor-M2U systems detected UAVs and regularly shot them down with missiles.


The Pantsir as we have seen has been very terrible in combat. Russia needs to do away with that system or radically upgrade it so it becomes effective in combat.

The Pantsir is giving the Russian defence industry a very bad image.

Abeg does anyone knows whether proforce is building a battle tank or planning on building?

youghs:
Abeg does anyone knows whether proforce is building a battle tank or planning on building?

sir pls don't bring the topic back o
I was eaten alive when I told them

youghs:
Abeg does anyone knows whether proforce is building a battle tank or planning on building?

There was talks of this but We haven't seen any renderings or otherwise yet.
They'll need considerable government support. Tanks are considerably expensive at millions of pounds/dollars per unit (excluding research costs).

Nigeria also needs considerable advanced industries that can support during the build stage. It's not impossible though.

Kabe2:
I don't know when Nigerian army will buy new 155mm artilleries. Even if we can get 40 units.


Ceasar 155mm artillery set up and firing in just over 1 minute.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFSZigjP5ew

I prefer the Swedish Archer or South African G6

Kabe2:
Nigerian Navy Thwarts Hijacking of Chinese Fishing Vessel.

Nigerian Navy SBS arresting Pirates.

Fishing vessel all the way from China? I hope they have permission to fish cos they themselves could be stealing.

S400:


That means nothing .the weapon is not the problem its how you use it ,

In syria the pantsir that was destroyed was in rest position, radar off after he had fired all his missiles and destroyed his targets , the crew remained on the spot while waiting for the support vehicle ( big error for a mobile air defense system in operation area) , thats why it was destroyed .

For libyan haftar clown militia , what can i say , poeple shared the videos of the pantsir delivry convoy live on social media's .. the turkish drone followed the delivry of the pantsir system from delivry until the base and detroyed it . without been even detected and pantsir was also not activated ، thats just too stupid .

Pantsir is a very good air defense system specially when used with other middle , long range air defense systems and radars . dont think it will change its use in algerian , syrian or russian armies

I have to strongly disagree on this. The Pantsir has proven to be an extremely poor piece of hardware. All the excuses you gave for the system have been debunked by the Syrian Air Defence. In videos released during the Idlib offensive by Turkey, we clearly saw multiple footage of active Pantsir systems even with their radars spinning. Footage of Israeli Daliah missiles also showed the same.

Even with electronic jamming by Turkey's Koral systems, I find it hard to see how an active Pantsir with live radar couldn't detect or engage slow and low flying Turkish Bayraktar drones.

Algeria simply got done in by Russia for an inferior air defence system. It unfortunate, but it happens to even the best.

S400 I love your inputs on this thread...
buh for the pantsir system am sorry buh that system is sh.it utter rubbish coming from Russia am disappointed
the Patriot and pantsir are dragging the worst defense system I know