First Project Biro vessel to be handed over next month

The first multi-mission offshore patrol vessel (MMIPV) being acquired for the South African Navy is currently undergoing sea trials and will be handed over in late March.

Armscor said Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) was contracted in January 2018 to deliver three Biro vessels, with the first (P1571) to be handed over to the Navy in March this year, followed by P1572 in June 2023 and P1573 in September 2024. Deliveries were originally scheduled to start from mid-2021 – the first keel was laid in February 2019.

SAS Sekhukhune (P1571) has concluded most of her sea trials and, according to Armscor, exceeded specified performance. Sea trials would have concluded earlier, but were delayed by international travel bans due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Final crew training has commenced and will be completed in March – the vessel is due to be handed over to the SA Navy on 24 March.

The hull of P1572 (SAS Adam Kok) is 75% complete and 33 of 46 main equipment factory acceptance tests have been completed successfully. Fabrication is underway of eight of the 21 sections that make up the third vessel (SAS Shaka), and a quarter of factory acceptance tests have been completed.

https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/first-project-biro-vessel-to-be-handed-over-next-month/?fbclid=IwAR1yZJEwGRZLeXWxbHhkg7AACVpVLIEHgtatFyxjExqEscD4bVR5uGs1lKQ


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baGQE-sgGoc

Spotted in a province up north.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X21zIQs6qgk

Project Hotel survey vessel to be delivered in 2023

Sandock Austral Shipyards will deliver the South African Navy’s new hydrographic survey vessel (HSV) in April next year as part of the larger Project Hotel that is seeing the renewal of the Navy’s hydrographic survey capabilities.

https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/project-hotel-survey-vessel-to-be-delivered-in-2023/

Nemesis4you:


Yes true but what about the ammo ?

A soldier can carry only so much isn't it ?

Personally i would choose type depending on the combat situation I am going into

If it involves running around chasing tangos wearing BPJs I will take 7.62 x 39

Chasing tangos without BPJs I will go with 5.56 nato

If missions requires me to do minimal movements I will take 7.62 nato , great for defence ( and attack too provided constant resupply is guaranteed till last mile )

True but too much noise is made about the weight of 7.62 NATO, 400 rounds of which weigh 10 kg as opposed to 5 kg for same amount of 5.56 mm. Frankly its a cardio issue! With proper training a trooper should be able to handle this ammo load on his LBE while jogging 12.5 kmh for 40 mns.

To complete training and as part of an annual test of their fitness, legionnaires must complete the 8 kilometres TAP ("Paratroopers 8 kilometer" of 8 kilometers (5 mi) loaded with rifle, helmet and a 12 kilograms (26 lb) pack in under 40 minutes, and a night march of 25 kilometers (16 mi) in three hours with a load of 18 kilograms (40 lb).

[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_march#:~:text=To%20complete%20training%20and%20as,hours%20with%20a%20load%20of/url]

Nowadays every ordinary nigga with a grievance has level 3 body armour needing 7.62 NATO penetration-these are Talibs and Mexican sicarios. I can swear I've seen Iraqi ISIS and Libyan jihadis similarly equipped.

Lurker4Long:
First Project Biro vessel to be handed over next month

The first multi-mission offshore patrol vessel (MMIPV) being acquired for the South African Navy is currently undergoing sea trials and will be handed over in late March.

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GreenandGold:


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Nigerian Navy NNS Oji (P275)

Seaward Defence Boat 3 is a 45 meters long vessel locally designed, built and delivered to the Nigerian Navy.

The vessel is armed with a 30mm Remote Weapon Station, 4 units of 50 caliber Heavy Machine Guns and a 40mm Grenade launcher.

The Nigerian Navy intends to mass produce this class of ship, with 2 additional units currently been built at the Dockyard.

Lurker4Long:

Can you explain to me the different levels?
Like what does level A mean and so on?

Secondly, can you then tell me the level of the ESAL simulator in SA?

Lastly, do you think something commissioned in 1993 stays the same? How would it work exactly for a pilot flying today's Super Puma, to use a simulator with 1993 cockpit controls? Does that even make sense?
I think that everybody -military and private - using ESAL simulators should immediately demand refunds from those rascals at Airbus Helicopters.

Am sure you have internet. Google all your questions? The answers are very clear. Even the answer to how much upgrade a 1993 stimulator/cockpit controls can receive.

I see what you did there .
Well done

GreenandGold:


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GreenandGold:
get a wife, taste the breast of a woman and move on.

Vain and shallow try at sarcasm

Some of us can't even remember when we paid bride price. You must be new to the club or perhaps you are tasting one without honor wouldn't be a surprise seeing your disrespect for women on a public fora how irresponsible.

Btw your aforementioned "escape moniker" -- everytime you guys are caught in a corner and can't make any substantive rebuttal but rather chase the fluffing wind and forming emotions
-- must have done something to your head and those of your ilk. Evidently that guy deserves a national honor for advanced psychological warfare. North of 20 years on Nairaland and y'all Southies still can't get a good night's sleep because of PsyOps induced PTSD by a very proud patriotic Nigerian. Ask for help.

kabe1:
Nigerian Navy NNS Oji

Seaward Defence Boat 3 is a 45 meters long vessel locally designed, built and delivered to the Nigerian Navy.

The vessel is armed with a 30mm Remote Weapon Station, 4 units of 50 caliber Heavy Machine Guns and a 40mm Grenade launcher.

The Nigerian Navy intends to mass produce this class of ship, with 2 additional units currently been built at the Dockyard.

The sky is the limit from here. Fair winds NN.

NA captures dangerous terrorist enclave


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w3ZIee__FE

NAF Fighter Pilot Low & Fast


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI3H2aHhapw

Africa's most powerful President has landed back in Abuja FCT aboard Nigeria Air Force 1

South African Navy Inshore Multi-mission Patrol Vessel.

Thieves in high places will not be sleeping well tonight!
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/feb/20/credit-suisse-secrets-leak-unmasks-criminals-fraudsters-corrupt-politicians?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

The crew was incredibly lucky to come out of this unscathed.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhHg4lvdeH8

SAAF 87 Helicopter Flying School conducting mountain flying training at Dragon's Peak, Drakensberg Mountain.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ut9M6rfHSc

What juju is this?.... Must be photo shop

Some more juju....there are currently 5 Rooivalk deployed but only 4 serviceable

Lurker4Long:
The crew was incredibly lucky to come out of this unscathed.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhHg4lvdeH8

Around 94 or "5 I was on the Nakuru highway behind a truck when it lost it's centre bolt. The exact same thing happened. It capsized on its left but luckily didn't rollover.

Lurker4Long:
Thieves in high places will not be sleeping well tonight!
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/feb/20/credit-suisse-secrets-leak-unmasks-criminals-fraudsters-corrupt-politicians?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Chicken feed to protect the real heavy weights! The CEO Antonio Horta Osorio, a Portuguese is obviously of the Spanish noble Osorio family.

The House of Osorio is a Spanish noble lineage of the Crown of Castile. They descend from count Osorio Martínez, a prominent nobleman in the first half of the 12th century who was member of the Flagínez family and husband to a granddaughter of king Alfonso VI of León. It was from his grandson, Osorio González, that the family derived its patronymic surname.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Osorio

At this level of trade and finance the Nobility and Royalty, or they proxies dominate.
I once met a pal of a pal high up in the Swiss banking biz. As a private banker for some of the Rothschild clan, IIRC they were 2 and 3rd cousins he let slip some unforgettable details. He handed several accounts each minimum 150 BN $ TO 200 BN $!?

A Battalion Combat Group (BCG) finally being sent to Mozambique.
60 to 80 armoured personnel carriers (Casspir and Mamba).

Explains all the allied air lift that's been flying in and out, besides the normal weekly SAAF C130 flights to Moz and DRC.

Lurker4Long:
A Battalion Combat Group (BCG) finally being sent to Mozambique.
60 to 80 armoured personnel carriers (Casspir and Mamba).

Explains all the allied air lift that's been flying in and out, besides the normal weekly SAAF C130 flights to Moz and DRC.

I see inactive SAS Spioenkop also going..... What juju is this

jl115:
I see inactive SAS Spioenkop also going..... What juju is this

Abububu be like: The SA Navy is dead
The SA Navy: We are commissioning new vessels

also;

Abububu be like : The SAAF cant fly anything
The SAAF be like:

#CounterTerrorism
#Nig
#402SF Bg

Proforce Nigeria to exhibit

Toju200:
Proforce Nigeria to exhibit

If you think about how we made fun of Nigerian vehicles a decade ago, this is actually impressive.

Toju200:
Proforce Nigeria to exhibit

May they continue to thrive.

GreenandGold:


Abububu be like: The SA Navy is dead
The SA Navy: We are commissioning new vessels

also;

Abububu be like : The SAAF cant fly anything
The SAAF be like:

oh shit another 2 rooivalk..... So 5 deployed and 2 flying at armed forces day... What juju is this!!!!

jl115:
oh shit another 2 rooivalk..... So 5 deployed and 2 flying at armed forces day... What juju is this!!!!

I think the 5 referred to these 2 plus the 3 deployed in DRC.
We were being told only 4 flying.

jl115:
oh shit another 2 rooivalk..... So 5 deployed and 2 flying at armed forces day... What juju is this!!!!

Are these Rooivalks? How did they get here? It must be juju