Nigerian Air Force MI-24v attack helicopter



So, someone was asking what is the difference between an MI-24v and MI-35p. Here it is, the most visible difference is the guns each type flies with.

- The MI-24v has a chin mounted, quad barrel 12.7mm gun. 4 x 12.7mm. It's from Ukraine.

- The MI-35p has a double barrel, twin auto-cannon 30mm. 2 x 30mm, side mounted. It is the export version of the Russian MI-24.

- The MI-35m on the other hand has a chin mounted, twin barrel, 23mm cannon. It also has an X-shaped tail rotor, fixed landing gear, night vision and a fiber main rotor.


All 3 types are in service with the Nigerian Air Force.

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These are reposts, I'm posting them again here because they most have been lost in the arguments of yesterday.

Rafale with air-to-air missiles

jakeporeshenko:
just a little google search and this chap would've seen the evidence he wanted.

Well .

Watch this video, you'll see that the C295 is the best option to replace our G-222. 6 units to replace our 6 units of G-222.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmBQ8O3net8

lionel4power:
threat level is dynamic and changes rapidly.

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before we had the boko haram issue.
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before we had sea pirates issue.
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before we had niger delta issue.
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now we have fulani herdsmen issue.
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boko haram has been dealt with sufficiently.
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sea pirates has been dealt with sufficiently.
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niger delta crises is ongoing and it seems negotiations and dialogue is the route the FG is taking.
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fulani herdsmen is a police and DSS job. no need for military input for now.

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but guns will still flow from libya into niger then nigeria because we didn't enforce our resolve enough. niger, chad dont care.

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am I wrong or right?

Let me take it further back for you. Before we had all those, in the 1800's we had Usman Don fodio, the Civil war in the 60s, in the 70's we had Mastastine, in the 80's Kano riots - till today and the ones you've listed.

Based on these, we can say our threat assessment comprises serious threats to National Security, which are primarily internal and unconventional in nature. As such our defence posturing has to reflect this reality. Now, we are talking from the 1800s - till today, over 120 years at-least.

Based on this threat assessment, Nigeria is the most equipped country in Sub-Saharan Africa to deal with conflicts of this nature. This all there is to it, whether in the Air, on land or on the sea.

Now, the secondary posture which is conventional, we have all that is required, however in various state of disrepair. Infact, I have posted tons of photos which prove that are conventional capability is been built up. Our Combattante missile crafts would soon be out of the docks, NNS Damisa, NNS Ayam and NNS Ekun.

Our mine hunters are currently are out of the docks and out to sea. The Nigerian navy has a revised-Navy plan which clearly states a need for a Submarine, 4 missile crafts and new Frigates.

... The fact about the matter is, we would not spend on Frigates and Submarines when we have billions of dollars stolen in Crude oil theft and one of the world's most dangerous waters. It is not possible, for this threat, we have invested in 6 OPVs, NNS Thunder, NNS Okpobana, NNS Prosperity, NNS Centenary, NNS Unity, Seaward Defence Boat III would be 50 meters long, so I'm including it.

We have purchased 36 IPVs, and more than 600 IPCs. We have done this because we have a threat, a serve threat to National Security. There has been a threat assessment, you think if South-Africa was facing the same threat as Nigeria they would go take a 7 billion dollars loan from banks to invest in conventional threats, it's not possible. Today, South-Africa is struggling to buy vessels for Project Biro for years.

Nigeria is militarily involved in 9 different countries apart from our own. No country in Africa has troops this deployed. Our neigbours are too punny to be a threat to Nigeria. Niger can barely feed, how is the country going to stop arms, even at that we constituted and lead the Lake Chad Basin Authority which is based in Baga and headquarted in Bosso or Tchad.


I agree we need a credible deterrence, but are you saying we should neglect and abandon our current national security threats to have a credible Conventional deterrence at whose expense, when for the past 150 years our threats have been unconventional. It's not possible.

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Lionel4power