Henry24o:
Patches689,


As you can see, the Nigerian terrain makes it almost impossible to operate just wheeled armoured vehicles. The Reva is stuck in mud in the North, if it were in the Southern region it would be abandoned, LOL.


The Army operates both wheeled and tracked APCs because the terrain dictates so.

frumentius:
So, back in the day we took Panhard AMLs and improved them into the Eland 20, 60 (mortar) and 90 as long-range scout/reconnaissance platforms. However, the conventional war in Angola exposed the limitations of the "Noddy" car, hence its replacement by the Rooikat. We then sold all our Elands without factoring in their utility in the unconventional little wars popping up in some parts of the African continent. Those ex-SA Army Elands are still put to good use by the Chadians, Moroccans, Senegalese etc. We could have done with some in Bangui and Darfur.
Nothing against Rooikat, but hell we should've gone for the MC-90 as a replacement.

Look what the French and Panhard are proposing for their update.

Pic 1: Eland 20 and 90;

Pic 2: the MC-90 we didn't pursue;

Pic 3: the Panhard Crab;

Pic 4: Panhard Crab interior.

Henry24o:
The Nigerian Air Force Research and Development center also operates a State-Of-The-Art Wind Tunnel testing system.

chinese8107:


I think developing a UCAV with computer trajectory calculation gun pod is wellcomed in COIN

Henry24o:


Which company/country is doing that? Doesn't it make the UCAV more susceptible to ground fire?



Nigeria i think is working on a larger UAV, and the Air Force plans to arm it with rockets and missiles. The Air Force is also working on transforming soon to be de-commissioned trainers to UAVs.

chinese8107:


a 23-30mm gun or AGL is ok becasue terrorists usually have under 23mm gun

Henry24o:


What i'm saying is, a gun on a UCAV makes it vulnerable to ground fire. Terrorists can easily shot it down, as it has to come in close to engage targets.

africaken254:
off topic :things seem are not over there are reports of bomb ,footage of which i have seen on twitter Air Strike Reportedly Hits Coup Plotters At Airbase Near Ankara.

Please stop polluting the forum with all this off topic B.S. If its not African go post it in the relevant forum

Henry24o:
Hello Guys, here's another thread, a general, non-Africa specific, military thread we should also check out and participate in.



www.nairaland.com/3220297/technical-discussions-international-military-equipments

Henry24o:
Yahbon Flash 20 UAV, at least 5 units on order.


Yabhon Flash-20 is a Medium Altitude Long Endurance
(MALE) UAV, desinged and manufactured by ADCOM Systems


for strategic missions including:
• Near real time (NRT) combat assessment
• Battle damage assessment (BDA)
• Intelligence preparation of the battlefield
• Special operations, reconnaissance operations and
humanitarian aid
• Border surveillance and communications relay.
The ultra-long endurance of the Yabhon Flash-20 comes
from its glider-like, high aspect ratio wings. It can carry a
gimbaled camera platforms.

bidexiii:


Henry I don't believe my ear's

I u saying We r buying 5 units of yahbon flash 20 & ch-3A

Henry24o:
Yahbon Flash 20 UAV, at least 5 units on order.


Yabhon Flash-20 is a Medium Altitude Long Endurance
(MALE) UAV, desinged and manufactured by ADCOM Systems


for strategic missions including:
• Near real time (NRT) combat assessment
• Battle damage assessment (BDA)
• Intelligence preparation of the battlefield
• Special operations, reconnaissance operations and
humanitarian aid
• Border surveillance and communications relay.
The ultra-long endurance of the Yabhon Flash-20 comes
from its glider-like, high aspect ratio wings. It can carry a
gimbaled camera platforms.

Tinfoil:


Please stop polluting the forum with all this off topic B.S. If its not African go post it in the relevant forum

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi State Visit on 11 July 2016.

short documentary about the Egyptian air defence, including 9M317 missile on Buk loader/launcher

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY5Nvdz5eLY&feature=youtu.be

patches689:


Arrest quotas are nothing new, neither are police abusing their power. This has been a bone of contention for a long time now.

What is new, however, is mindless allegations of "institutional racism" and people rioting because two policeman shot an armed criminal who resisted arrest and then proceeded to reach for his gun - while ignoring the killing of an unarmed white boy, with no criminal record, who did not resist arrest in California.

What is new is rioting, for no real reason, and destroying black cities and black neighborhoods all while shouting "Black lives matter".

Lets talk about Baltimore.

- A black man was killed while in police custody.
- Before any facts were available, the people rioted
- They screamed RACISM!!
- In a city with a Black Mayor
- Which has a Black Police Cheif, whos Executive Command is majority Black
- A city whos Council has 15 seats - 9 are held by Blacks, all by Democrats
- A case that was investigated by a Black District Attourney (who refused to prosecute)
- And then by a Black Federal Prosecutor (who refused to prosecute)
- In a Country with a Black President
- Yet they still claim racism.

I am well aware of the "racial and sociopolitical realities".... there were over 2,000,000 arrests last year in the US. That resulted in less than 300 shootings of unarmed men - you have a greater chance of being struck by lightning than being shot by the police.

While furthermore, studies have shown that White Americans are more likely to be shot by US police (per capita) than blacks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/upshot/surprising-new-evidence-shows-bias-in-police-use-of-force-but-not-in-shootings.html

In a cruel irony, you have proven the very point I have set out to make - you have ignored the bigger picture, and the facts, and cherry picked a few incidents to suppliment your own bias.

If there is one thing on this earth that I cannot and will not tolerate; it is racism. To say a person is racist because of the color of their skin is the definition of racism. It disgusts me to the core of my soul.

If you want to continue this discussion we can use the "Who has the strongest..." because it seems to be dead now.

Henry24o:


We have to wait till daybreak, the situation in Turkey is still fluid. There are reports of possible insurrections within the army itself.

Henry24o:
AMISOM



Exquisitely kitted out Ugandan troops.