kabe1:
New Nigerian Defence innovation.

2 Nigerian companies ( Epail & DICON) collaborate to brings us this advanced border security installation.



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

Nice one.

This can only be effectively used for base protection tho and not border surveillance cos the range of 2km is quite small. I hope they improve on this to about 15km - 20km

Nigerian Navy joint training exercise with Italian navy.

Nigerian made NNS Karaduwa (P102) out training.

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Turkish army Main Battle Tank destroyed by Russian Air Force airstrikes during fighting in March.

MBT protection is vastly overrated!!

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Lurker4Long:


I am jealous of Navies in calmer seas; they can buy all these smaller vessels.
Because of our rough seas here in South Africa, we can't classify anything less than 80m as an OPV.

this Damen 1400 is 72 m long , and 1400 tons

itn't south africcan OPV , warrior class only 58 m , 415 tons ?

kabe1:
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The morale of the story (tanks). Don't take a gun to a missile fight.

Raaven:



this Damen 1400 is 72 m long , and 1400 tons

itn't south africcan OPV , warrior class only 58 m , 415 tons ?

The warrior class, which is being phased out, is woefully inadequate for our waters. They were built for the calmer waters of the Mediterranean and were acquired because only Israel was prepared to sell to Apartheid SA. The conversion from strike craft to OPV was always a temporary measure.

Look at the 3 new IPVs for example. 62,2 meters.

kabe1:
Turkish army Main Battle Tank destroyed by Russian Air Force airstrikes during fighting in March.

MBT protection is vastly overrated!!

Tanks were never built to survive airstrikes in the first plce and Turkey couldn't risk shooting down Russian Jets either. No matter how good your tank, its useless without air superiority, so this I believe isn't a very good example.

Mozambique gets Marauder MRAP's

NA soldier with an AGL

Raaven:



this Damen 1400 is 72 m long , and 1400 tons

itn't south africcan OPV , warrior class only 58 m , 415 tons ?

They are horrible OPVs.......as Lurker said the new IPV are 62m and new OPV would have been 80m+

jln115:
They are horrible OPVs.......as Lurker said the new IPV are 62m and new OPV would have been 80m+

I dont think those IPV's will be able to patrol the Mozambican channel when completed,it will be too rough,which means your frigates will continue to patrol those waters.That must suck,because you need them fresh for their Job. Conflict.
You basically bought a Ferrari (Frigates) and have been using it like an Opel(OPV) .
The sooner you get real OPV's the better for the frigates. I think your government is wary of arms deals due to the 1999 scandal, I may be wrong,but each day that passes pirate fishermen are making a killing. We already have a problem with them up here.

dragon2:


I dont think those IPV's will be able to patrol the Mozambican channel when completed,it will be too rough,which means your frigates will continue to patrol those waters.That must suck,because you need them fresh for their Job. Conflict.
You basically bought a Ferrari (Frigates) and have been using it like an Opel(OPV) .
The sooner you get real OPV's the better for the frigates. I think your government is wary of arms deals due to the 1999 scandal, I may be wrong,but each day that passes pirate fishermen are making a killing. We already have a problem with them up here.

The IPVs weren't bought to patrol the Mozambican channel, that would have been the job of the 3 OPVs ...........however that purchase has been deferred.

Rest of your post I agree with

jln115:
The IPVs weren't bought to patrol the Mozambican channel, that would have been the job of the 3 OPVs ...........however that purchase has been deferred.

Rest of your post I agree with

..and you need more than 3!! Your coastline is Ginormous . At least,2 at anytime undergoing maintenance,2 on standby and 2 patrolling that incredible coastline of yours.

dragon2:

..and you need more than 3!! Your coastline is Ginormous . At least,2 at anytime undergoing maintenance,2 on standby and 2 patrolling that incredible coastline of yours.

the defence review stipulated that we need six OPVs and 3 IPVs..... But we won't see that sort of acquisition in the foreseeable future.

Bumped into an old ad by Vektor marketing the R4, R5, R6 rifles with some 80s music. Interesting times


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC8p6W4xSnM

shadowprimezero:


Tanks were never built to survive airstrikes in the first plce and Turkey couldn't risk shooting down Russian Jets either. No matter how good your tank, its useless without air superiority, so this I believe isn't a very good example.

Modern Tanks are designed to defeat a number of threats, including top attacks.

What you see destroyed is a Turkish army M-60 Pulat Tank. It incorporates the latest Israeli countermeasures.

Generally Tanks are constantly marketed as some sort of all defeating weapon system, however the conflict in Syria has completely demystified tanks.

kabe1:


Modern Tanks are designed to defeat a number of threats, including top attacks.

What you see destroyed is a Turkish army M-60 Pulat Tank. It incorporates the latest Israeli countermeasures.

Generally Tanks are constantly marketed as some sort of all defeating weapon system, however the conflict in Syria has completely demystified tanks.

ATGM top attacks

You're probably the first one I'd see say this.

I see gottfried21 lurking! So long mate

Ghana police SWAT

paratroopers algeria

GHANA SWAT

Ghana police K9 unite

C130-J30 . tunisian AF

info : an easy way to make difference between the C130 H , B .. and last J versions .
the J version have 6-blade propellers , the c130 H only 4 .

NA soldier armed with a suppressed Orsis T-5000, topped with a thermal scope

VT-4 tank cockpit

Nigerian Army KIA KLTV

shadowprimezero:
Nigerian Army KIA KLTV

I just hope these vehicles were donated. Cos if not, they are just waste of money

shadowprimezero:
Nigerian Army KIA KLTV

It looks like a Humvee.

youghs:


I just hope these vehicles were donated. Cos if not, they are just waste of money

I don't really see the purpose of this vehicle.

The army should instead have gone for the military variant of PF 2.

Exclusive image of Nigerian army Unmanned Ground Bomb Disposal Vehicle