bidexiii: Honestly u r right, and as I av always nothing works in a corrupt society. Nigeria army as the second largest army after egypt, it will take time to get rid off, of all those rusted ak's and I think its high time we stop the production of the obj0006 or what's is it called ? We should get a patent right for an israeli ', russian ak or even the beryl riffle that's how to build,sustain and equip an army. I was happy wen I heard dat the 72 mobile strike force are already with d beryl riffles but wen the pictures started emerging they r not with the rail sight which is very bad what's d essence on spending such amount and they do not come with basic asseceries ! But on the issue of the NA with tarvor riffles aav seeing a lot and I think I'll post NA special force with tarvor riFfles wen I av time I might check my archive ?
Pictures shows Nigeria air-force personnel's carrying out technical and mechanical checks ,loading and arming of the jets before they go on air raids . These is a routine check that they carry out on every mission. But honestly I think its high time we do away with these old relics, if chad who is not in our class operates Mig' 29's then what's wrong with US ?
Corruption bro... thats what is wrong with our military
bidexiii: Nop these are regular soldiers , Nigeria special force"army,airforce & navy" carry tarvor riffles especially for navy and airforce SF and army SF uses beryl and tavor riffles !
Even in the airforce and navy regular combatant soldier they carry tarvor riffles now but the issue with NA is the the number of regular force is large, so let's hope over time that things are got to change !
No bros @bidexiii I disagree with you on this one. Army SF don't use tavor 21, they only use the outdated version of polish beryl which is not even fitted scope rail. its only fitted with folding stock...
Nigeria Army 72 special mobile strike Force; I think the government and our red necks can do better by equipping these guys well with Tactical Ballistic Helmet (TBH), proper webbing and most important The new Rail Attached Communications (RAC) headset . And why on earth these beryl riffles are not fitted yet with. Dot/periscope sights
this brand of polish beryl used by 72 strike force is toy and modernised OBJ006-AK47. their range is same 300mm. the polish army stopped using that version since the 1990's.... Even if its fitted with Dot/periscope sights, it will still not go far because of the velocity of 7.62×39mm ammunition, it cant go more than 300mm which is still same with OBJ006-AK47, it can't fire more than 11 magazines for 330 rounds 10.12 kg. the only difference is the recoiling issue... they should have purchased the latest one widely used by the polish army which is about 5.45×39mm ammunition and the range is 1000mm.
bidexiii: Nigeria customs service men with Steyr Stg.77 AUG assault rifle.
gother services have upgraded seriously, only the army is left behind see custom, immigration and DSS... look at the NN and NAF, NA is still lagging behind . THEY should better drop that obsolete OBJ0006-AK47 for NSCDC or even neighbourhood vigilantes to be usin...
bidexiii: Nigeria customs service men with Steyr Stg.77 AUG assault rifle.
other services have upgraded seriously, only the army is left behind see custom, immigration and DSS... look at the NN and NAF, NA is still lagging behind . THEY should better drop that obsolete OBJ0006-AK47 for NSCDC or even neighbourhood vigilantes to be using...
komekn: This is the Polish Beryl M762 chambered with 7.62 X 39mm its essentially an upgraded AK47 with a picatinny rail and an improved butt stock, that should considerably control the recoil and allow for better accuracy. However that will not increase the range or change the impact or velocity of the 7.62mm bullet even with an optical sight. The effective range in battle condition remains the same no more than 150 metres in the hands of an experienced operative.
Consider that the Beryl Karabinek wz. 96 5.56x45mm was adopted in the late 1990's to replace the AK47 and is Polish army standard issue for its armed forces. Here we are 25 years later still talking about the virtues of the AK47 that most countries including eastern block have left behind.
Its like saying that a Peugeot 404 pick up is better than a Toyota Tundra V8 5.7, because it's easier to maintain, that would be irrational sentimentality.
Superior equipment particularly precision arms give you clear cut overriding advantage and increase your survivability in the battle field. The casualty rate of the NA is simply way way too high amongst other issues is our reliance on the AK47 that doesn't give out troops any clear cut advantage over the enemy. Operation Serval with 4000 French soldiers in Mali literally ousted the Islamic insurgency in a few weeks in an area possibly bigger than the whole of Nigeria. To date French casualties stand at no more than 14 after 2 years and 5 months not even a single officer has been killed.
I am afraid to speculate on how many brave gallant officers have been lost to Boko, hundreds and NCO's its probably at least a thousand.
Costings the Beryl we procured will not be more than $450.00 per unit, however add the possibility of egunje and it will be near $600, Poland has big issues with corruption and our top brass will find them very compliant to sharp practices.
To procure the German super reliable Heckler & Koch G36 will with good diplomatic bargaining cost no more than $500 dollars with twin optical sights per unit, that means 20,000 units will cost $10million add to that a transfer of technology licence 0f $3/5million and we can produce them locally with at least 70% local product content.
Below a video from Andy McNab former somewhat rogue SAS officer widely acknowledged officially and unofficially on the merits of the optical scope and its advantage even for him as an 18yr old combatant in first fire fight in Basra Iraq. Its possible you may consider my anonymous view as being without authority.
bros 5 bottles of orijin for u abeg..... if say u be woman, i for toast u... very clear cut analysis... some people will come up here and still be praising the use of obsolete OBJ006-ak47 by our army which is even used by rag tag rebels in africa. if u call the army rag tag now them go vex... why are they still using that thing with $2-3billion defence budget?!! thats the corruption in the army we are talking about!!!
"But then again approaching a lady who looks good, classy and flashy. (I.E High maintenance babes. ) requires confidence" BROS this your analysis is very wrong. what do you call high maintenance babes? looking flashy mean nothing, anybody can look flashy. what will it profit you to date a flashy and good looking babe with an empty brain, who will end up embarrassing you when you take her out to a function. i prefer babes who are classy up stairs..... .
kastonkastrol: sometimes I used to think oby is going overboard and her bbog campaign is blown outta proportion. Even though the C-in-C is a monumental failure, that doesn't mean some of us(anti-pdp, anti-gej/transformation) will support madam due-process's gross zealousness in undermining the Nigeria Armed Forces.
Cool down oby, allow the military to their job. Stay bless madam
We need people like OBY to keep this guys on their toes, up and running. our sercurity agnecies and govt are known for their lackadaisical attitude towards issues, u need to put them under pressure to perform and OBY is doing just that....
ujoinme: At last Nigeria gets its first quaternary hospital, To god be the Glory, and congratulations to Akwa Ibom people who will now enjoy the state of the arts medical facility.
THATS MY GOVERNOR!!! AKWA IBOM ado-ok..... amanam sir
EVarn: New camo?..its indeed an encouraging development. However,none of our terrain or weather matches that camo shade,except if those guys belong in the navy or SF. I could be wrong though,i'm opened to correction.
EVarn: Yet we hail the visionless leaders who initiated this whole sinister hurricane of continental disaster,we enshrine them as heroes and elevate them to the status demi-gods. I once heard a speech given by Alh. Sir Amadu Bello{Former Premiere of Northern Nigeria},and I was shocked at the religious/tribalist vituperations and incitive statements that composed the bulk of his speech: "The new entity called Nigeria is an estate of our father Uthman dan Fodio...."{an excerpt from the speech given by Alh. Sir Amadu Bello} . This were the people who plunged our continent into the blazing cyclone of destruction and serial backwardness it is today,yet we hail them as heroes
my brother..please let Sir Amadu bello be... he did his best and so did Nelson Mandella but look at the mercy the present crops of politician called leaders has left of africa that our fore fathers and national heroes bled for. the only way forward is for africa to unite!!!!!!!
EVarn: Yet we hail the visionless leaders who initiated this whole sinister hurricane of continental disaster,we enshrine them as heroes and elevate them to the status demi-gods. I once heard a speech given by Alh. Sir Amadu Bello{Former Premiere of Northern Nigeria},and I was shocked at the religious/tribalist vituperations and incitive statements that composed the bulk of his speech: "The new entity called Nigeria is an estate of our father Uthman dan Fodio...."{an excerpt from the speech given by Alh. Sir Amadu Bello} . This were the people who plunged our continent into the blazing cyclone of destruction and serial backwardness it is today,yet we hail them as heroes
my brother..please let Sir Amadu bello be... he did his best and so did Nelson Mandella but look at the mercy the present crops of politician called leaders has left of africa that our fore fathers and national heroes bled for. the only way forward is for africa to unit!!!!!!!
EVarn: An unbiased patriot. Perhaps you could do a fair job of constricting your understandable verbal rebukes to a more secluded medium,But I must admit that it is quite rare to encounter people who are not distracted by misguided attacks against their ideology and personality.
@ervan... what we africans face today is as a result of the failures of african leaders... we need to distance ourselves from their failures. i strongly condemn this kind of argument, its unhealthy. Africa is faced with "Xenophobic" attacks in south africa and this kind of argument won't help us at all.
Thiza: SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY DIVERS....SOON WOULD BE HELPING NIGERIA
@thiza... u need more than this(clean stream and kits) a make a good diver... wen it comes to the sea, NN has it. they are not even up to the amphibious hit men in the nigerian army. this guys up in those pix cant survive the gulf of guinea. so just base your arguement on your army, there you have more power..
stillchris: oga, stop claiming what you are not. the Niger delta crisis problems is not secret. everyone knew the level of sabotage the army faced then and they still faced it in the north until the saboteurs were weeded out and court marshalled.
you don't sound like an experienced militant. i've met them and you don't sound like one. period. #faker
that is why people like you keep being stupid!!! u dont knw anything about we niger-deltans!! just keep ur silly mouth shut....we embraced peace and let the pipeline be but look at the economy situation now, it's worst than when militancy was still existing...
We are in charge of the Operations! No foreign fighters in Nigeria. I speak from the NE theatre ... you drivel based on unverified, false stories written by enemies of Nigeria in the media.
NA rolling ... Ukeme trolling!
which NE theatre? how did u access nairaland from there when communication has been cut off. mumu!!! u can only do that when u are in maidugri!!!! Young man, i never said that SANDF is more superior to NA mind u. am only quoting as at NA present situation the govt left it... it can't challenge other african power house for now... rough but simple truth!
calebbintus: Nah. Scraap it. Bcoz some men discovered oil in their backyard that will now make us slaves to them for life? The Amnesty Program sef, is it supposed to last forever? They have the Niger Delta Ministry that is more than Enough. Quote me and Die.
your own mumu no get grade!!!! sharapp!! if u no know wetin to talk!!
Gbawe: Thank you. What did Nigerians vote Buhari for if not for him to initiate sweeping reforms that will reverse the damage the PDP has done everywhere for 16 years? Did Nigerians vote Buhari to tolerate or continue with the horrid status quo? I was personally nauseated by the antics of the Nigerian Army under GEJ. So called Professional soldiers became mercenaries for hire and self-aggrandizing looters because of the culture of greed and wanton dereliction of duty the PDP had created. The worst was the Captain.Koli leaked Ekitigate tape where Obanikoro and Fayose et al were bullying and intimidating a professional soldier of high rank. God will punish these Tandroids and Jonathanians who find it difficult to wish Buhari well and come here in bitterness everyday. I have always said it that Nigerians are the biggest enemies of Nigeria. Nigeria needs to be reformed from top to bottom. All well-meaning Nigerians must give Buhari their support to do this. The biggest losers will always be ordinary people when political leadership fails. Some bitter and hateful people should remember this.
now this is the more reasons why we voted for Sai Baba..the peoples general..and why we voted out this outgoing lay-about and never-do-well PDP led FG. they are always keep deaf ears to corruption...
Tallesty1: It is a fact of life that men enjoy certain physical advantages over women. On average, men are stronger, taller, faster and less likely to be overweight. But none of these attributes seem to matter over the long haul. For whatever the physical virtues of maleness, longevity is not among them. Women, as a group, live longer than men. Even across the industrialized world, women still live 5 to 10 years longer than men and recent research revealed that among people over 100 years old, 85% are women.
These Are The Few Reasons Men Live Shorter Lives
1. The Burden of Natural Genetic Deficits. While every cell in a woman's body has two large X chromosomes, men have one X and one smaller Y chromosome; the Y is half the size. The "spare" X chromosomes allow women's bodies to compensate when faced with damage in ways that men's cells cannot. In addition, mutations are three to six times more likely in a Y chromosome than an X chromosome.
2. The Big Delay: This is a one big advantage women have over men in terms of cardiovascular disease, like heart attack and stroke. Women develop these problems usually in their 70s and 80s, about 10 years later than men, who develop them in their 50s and 60s.
3. Hard Drugs and Alcohol: Althou women indulge in this too but the rate is higher in men. A lot of men have done horrendous damage to themselves over time with smoking and drinking.
4. The Testostereone Storm: This is the time in the live a guy when the levels of the hormone can be quite high and changeable, and that can induce some pretty dangerous behavior among young men. They start taking risks; they drink too much alcohol; they can be aggressive with weapons and so on and so forth. These behaviors lead to a higher death rate.
5. They Take Risks: Men are biologically more prone to risky behavior, this is sometimes caused by the slower development of the area of the brain that governs judgment and sometimes by the presure the society put on us. For instance, when there's a burning house, the man has to be the one running back in to save others and risk his life!
6. Self-Reliance: It is always good to be able to do things for yourself but there are things you cannot accomplish on you own and some men don't seem to reason that way. We have this mentality of I can do it all on my own. I don’t depend on anybody. I can’t depend on others in society to take care of me, so I need to rely on myself. And because others like my family are depending on me, I really need to take care of myself. This is good to an extent but the disadvantage poses a great risk to our health
7. Men Don't Pay Attention To Their Health: Men pay more attention to their wives' health than their own. When a woman complains of sickness, the man will either take her to the hospital or ask her to see a doctor but when he falls sick, he will take paractamol and wave it off as nothing. Even when we do fall properly ill, we still laugh it off, and pretend it’s nothing so that we don’t look weak - or even risk losing work. There’s a lot at stake if you admit to illness.
8. Some Men Hardly Rest: This group of men are always at work, from morning till night everyday. There is nothing like rest in their dictionary. They work all the time.
9. They Live With Women: No Explanation is needed here.
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9. They Live With Women: No Explanation is needed here[/b]. na wah ooo
Look at this thief called otedola, he thinks nigerians are fools... he is part and parcel of the oil cabal holding this nation to ransom that we cant refine our own oil and have gas to power up our homes
Foreign Affairs › Re: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by ukemeramat(m): 3:39pm On Jun 10, 2015
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