ActivateKruger:


With a spree of cash-in-transit heists taking place around the country, we need more of these guys.

Yes, but more importantly we need a functioning and depoliticised crime intelligence unit which is the most important component with regard to CIT and other high risk crimes.

GreenandGold:
Man and woman who just finished the TSU tactical course.

An old Taakie from that legendary STF documentary, Wimpie Espag works here right?

frumentius:
gees9 , is this the CSIR pic you were looking for?

Yep that's the one, I actually went and read that whole CSIR dossier, after you posted the initial photo, wow mind blown

jln115:

Hornet RDRV(Rapid deployment recce Vehicle) do you understand the bolded?? Nothing you said above has any relevance to how the Hornet RDRV is actually used!

The Hornet is a SFs vehicle NOT and i repeat NOT a troop transport!! We don't use soft skin vehicles to transport troops......That's why we have thousands of Mamba and Casspir!!

Bangui was an example of how the Hornet should NOT be used......as was said 1000s of times, However saying that it still preformed extremely well and not a single SFs operator was injured in Bangui!

According to Battle of Bangui by Helmoed Heitmann three SASFB operators including their commander Lechoenyo were injured in the intial skirmishes with Seleka?

Frumentum:


Not quite. The guys at Parliament were from W MPR - Western Military Police Region. The 7th Provost guys at Durbs are the Combat Ready Provost Company, to give them their official name.
Think of it as regular SAPS and the STF.

Ah thanks for clearing that up

ActivateKruger:
I'm watching the whole thing on Facebook Live... The action is in Downtown Durban.

Frumentius, I saw some troops using black unmarked Mercedes Vitos "assaulting" some insurgents in a white Mercedes Sprinter....are these COIN units or Military Police?

They are the unit that was outside parliament that caused all the consternation

She's clearly in Durban, but can't make out which of the frigates it is however the main gun is visible so it can't be Isandlwana.

Frumentum:


Amatola is in Europe; Mendi still laid up in Simon's Town; No idea where Spioenkop is ; Isandlwana is going for refit and has had all its guns removed.

A civilian snapped one of the frigates in off the north coast of Durban. Will try upload the photo

frumentius:
Meanwhile, in the DRC: the lads decided to get in the spirit of Armed Forces Day.

(and now I'm off to Durbs, folks.)

Wow awesome photo!

chkil:


not only nelson mandela , many african futur leaders have been trained by Algerian liberation army.


in the pic algerian liberation national army military camp 1962 ,we can see:
5- Ahmed benbella (futur 1st President of algeria )
15- nelson mandela (futur 1st President of South Africa )
16- Agostinho Neto (futur first President of Angola)
17- Samora Machel (futur 1st President of Mozambique )
number 2 could be luis cabral (futur 1st President of Guinea-Bissau) not sure from the source

2 looks like Nyerere to me

africaken254:
alshabaab has just released Kulbiyow attack photos,i have completely lost hope in sub Sahara Africa

Any accurate and verified reports on casualties?

Were the SASFB still using the Browning Hi-Power? @frumentius

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46599:sa-special-forces-seeking-sig-sauer-pistols-quad-bikes&catid=7:Industry&Itemid=116

Henry240:


Your politicians know better, that's why an invasion hasn't even crossed their thoughts.

Let's leave it at that, we are going to derail the thread.

What exactly would Nigeria's interest in Zimbabwe be?

Henry240:


I only asked one question, why are the South-African commandos wearing pink boots? I'm still awaiting the answer, which you South-Africans can't seem to be able to provide.


Not the hullabaloo nonsense you guys are spamming my mentions with.

Not pink, but a very bright red. One of the boffins will have to take this further just know it's their traditional boot with non-marking soles??

Patchesagain:


I am legit jealous

Mate! Maybe something will materialise this year

frumentius:
Cousins, out of the blue like that!




More here:
http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46505:denel-vehicles-and-weapons-going-to-namibia&catid=50:Land&Itemid=105

Love these vehicles, hope SANDF get some to replace Mambas

gottfried21:
Caption this

This his son? Looks just like him

jteku:
Off topic.

Nigerian police presidential outriders are just the best.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdk9ENF7pkM

How in the hell does he stand that long

frumentius:
SAS Amatola departing Simon's Town on her 2-month voyage to the UK, Germany and West Africa.

@ballballo and obostone, she'll be in Tema from 30 March to 03 April;

@Gottfried21 and viceadmiral, Walvis Bay from 17-19 April.

We expect pics gentlemen.


PICS: Courtesy of http://www.saairforce.co.za/forum/viewforum.php?f=18

Comparing the main gun to the one on the Algerian Meko makes me shiver bon voyage!

jakeporeshenko:
SAAF oryx in CAR?

Must be DRC if in UN colours, but not 100% sure

frumentius:


Least I can do is post the clean pic. By the way, helmet has been shown in public before. At the SF Brigade's stand during Armed Forces Week in PE. Any other thing work it out yourself.

This is what I saw at the CSIR stand at AAD, didn't notice the cammo wasn't standard though. Pretty intriguing and on that particular poster the helmet had those DEVGRU type night vision goggles. Hopefully no unrest in Lesotho soon.

tdayof:


Lol I know the guy. He Is a BMW top dealer dato. I love his personality.

You can get a police escort if you need one so far you can pay. However some people are automatically qualified for it.

Yeah he's a funny guy lol, so can you get home security too from police if you can pay?

Henry240:


It's an avenue for the police to generate income. In Nigeria you can hire a police team for a period of time. We don't have armed private security guards here. Although there are many private security companies operating in the country, they aren't armed with lethal weapons.

The actual big guys, those Nigerians who employ thousands of Nigerians in their firms get security from the state .

It's not actually a status thing, and there jobs they aren't allowed to do.

Ah I see, but I saw a recent interview with Femi Otedola and he had his own private security from what I could tell. Even the daughter had her own private security in Lagos. So they wouldn't be armed? Is there a reason why they aren't allowed weapons. BTW that guy on Instagram handle is @inspiredautos and he doesn't appear to be incredibly rich and the reason I thought it might be linked to status was because he uses the police sporadically, but thanks for clearing that up.

jteku:
Even E Money has a mopol escort assigned to him

Is this a status thing with rich ogas? Even a guy I see on Instagram that imports cars to Naija at times has a police escort/driver, so what's the deal here? And is it a prevalent thing?

ssaengine:
http://m.timeslive.co.za/?articleId=2102481

A South African soldier was killed on Monday in a rebel attack in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Another critically injured South African National Defence Force soldier was evacuated to hospital in Goma with a colleague who sustained minor injuries.

Four rebels were killed in the gunfight that broke out when members of the Mayi Mayi and Allied Democratic Forces groups attacked the SANDF position near Butembu around 6.30am‚ said spokesman Brigadier-General Xolani Mabanga.

RIP hope they snuff out the rest of those rebels.

africaken254:
i love south africa armed motorcycle police with their BMW motorcycle,reminds me of judge dredd. which was actually filmed in south africa

Didn't know this until today, will have a look at the movie

kikuyu1:


THAT SELECTION IS HARDCORE BY ANY STANDARD! Even military much less police. I doubt any law enforcement org anywhere trains like that.

I just passed the Special Task Force IN ACTION by a Shell garage just off the Samrand off ramp in Tshwane! Some were dropped off by a chopper and others by vehicle, seems like a CIT heist to me as there were atleast 8 suspects sprawled all over the scene. Although couldn't tell if any were shot. A lot of onlookers from local businesses, jisses! Apologies for lack of photos as I was in car, so passed the scene in a hurry. Definitely spotted the unmistakable STF cammo

MikeCZA:
Because they were "bad people"!

PR exercise! Similar docie was made of the SASFB.

So you mean it was approved because the new government thought they were evil units? I never picked that up. What I have always found ironic is that Eugene de Kock was rejected from the STF, which was supposedly his dream unit, but walked right into Koevoet. So STF has historically done purely police work.

GreenandGold:


They should mount a GoPro just for a single shoot out, the video would go viral.. We're hungry for action. These guys bust brains open and don't get to show us. Not fair.

Yes! And I stand to be corrected, but the actual operators probably wouldn't mind. I mean even Spetsnaz is all over the internet and what I don't get is that the last documentary was made in 1996, plainly it's ridiculous that we can't get an insight into STF operations.

Odunayaw:
you should be proud...these guys make hunting look good
but wait...they r just 99? really?

Frumentius cleared this up, definitely not 99, but lets say less than 100

frumentius:


At the height of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, yes. Recruitment by private military contractors depleted the ranks but the situation has somewhat stabilised since then. Can't divulge figures but let's just say this: used to be Jozi and Cape Town bases which had full complement and operators had to fly if needed elsewhere.

Now it's bases in most of the metros. We're still losing operators to PMCs (and to the bloody PPU CAT, which doesn't want to train its own! -my STF mate insists I put that down) though, across all of our elite units.

Thanks for that insight, I took that figure from an article about Marikana. Believe a colonel disclosed that number some years back. Wish they could do even a 10 minute documentary for old times sake

giles14:
what an irony.one of the best in the world and you can't lower your country's crime rate(one of the highest in the world,internationally known).

and pls if you check my post I never mentioned Nigeria. what i mentioned is Algeria and Tunisia.

so when it comes to ego nobody do it better than you south Africans(we are best in everything) .

They number no more than 99 across the country in a police force of over 150 000 officers, so naturally they'll never intercept every common crime let alone every CIT/ATM heist, but they're incredibly proficient at their work. They're well resourced and led by great leadership however the wider police force has serious personnel issues. But for ordinary SAfricans like myself successes like these make me proud.