Damen Shipyards Cape Town delivering the 2nd Warrior-class MMIPV for the SA Navy to Simonstown, to begin sea trials. When commissioned in October, she will be known as SAS King Shaka Zulu.

this is not a criticism.

can anyone say why the CPSO to President Tinubu is wearing police badge of a city in USA?

the former and current IG of Police also wore badges and i am sure that NIgeria Police officers dont have metal badges

whats going on?

Egypt donates vehicles, howitzers and other hardware to Niger

Egypt has donated a large amount of military hardware to Niger’s military to help it combat jihadist terror groups operating in the region.

The consignment was handed over on 7 July and according to Niger’s Ministry of National Defence, included 30 BRMD-2 armoured reconnaissance vehicles, 12 122 mm M-30 howitzers, 12 mortars, 50 AK-47 assault rifles, 300 assault rifles (apparently FN FALs), 1 900 pistols, and a significant quantity of ammunition.

Jane’s reported that the mortars appeared to be Egyptian-made 82 mm Helwan M-69s, and some of the small arms included Port Said submachineguns, and Egyptian-made RPG-7 rocket launchers.

Nigerien Defence Minister Alkassoum Indatou said the delivery of weaponry was a significant move in light of the difficult security context of the region and would strengthen Niger’s armed forces to deal with its many current challenges. He added that “this very important gesture” by Egypt shows its solidarity with Niger “in a very difficult security context” in the Sahel region.

During the handover ceremony at the Central Equipment Department (DCMAT) in Niamey, Indatou noted that Egypt is also training special forces from the Nigerien army.

Egyptian Ambassador Sayed Mohamed Ahmed Elsalahey said Egypt intends to improve military cooperation with Niger, including training, research and military industries.

Niger has received or ordered a variety of military hardware over the last several years as it battles terrorists, including from Boko Haram. Last year, for example, Niger ordered armoured personnel carriers from Turkey’s Nurol Makina, in addition to several Bayraktar TB 2 unmanned aerial vehicles and Turkish Aerospace Industries Hurkus turboprop trainer/light attack aircraft.

In another donation, the German military in November supplied fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicles, offroad vehicles and other equipment to Niger’s armed forces. In September, the United States handed over eight OTT Puma M36 vehicles to Niger, along with 43 Toyota Land Cruisers and other equipment worth $13 million.

In January Niger received a third and final C-130 Hercules transport aircraft from the United States and last year accepted two Gazelle helicopters provided for counter-terror operations by France, as well as two AB 412 helicopters from Italy. Two more AB 412s are scheduled for delivery this year.

https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/egypt-donates-vehicles-howitzers-and-other-hardware-to-niger/

Off-topic

@Lurker4Long

I know the inland snow craze has settled, everyone was talking about the Highveld getting snow, but seeing it overlooking Nelpruit was something else.... my pic being the last one...

GreenandGold:
Off-topic

@Lurker4Long

I know the inland snow craze has settled, everyone was talking about the Highveld getting snow, but seeing it overlooking Nelpruit was something else.... my pic being the last one... potato camera, I know

Madness, I tell you. You're practically at the border with tropical Mozambique; should never ever snow around your neighbourhood.

A Nigerian Air Force FT-7NI trainer aircraft has crashed in Makurdi

US Marines X Ghana Marksmanship training

jteku:
A Nigerian Air Force FT-7NI trainer aircraft has crashed in Makurdi

Haaaaaah, another one. The airforce needs complete replacement of the F-7Ni jets with JF-17s.

Lurker4Long:

Madness, I tell you. You're practically at the border with tropical Mozambique; should never ever snow around your neighbourhood.

Crazy times

....but what's interesting about the mountain is that Boer Commandos used it as a location to fortify a 155 mm Creusot Long Tom canon to break apart advancing British formations.

I guess that gave birth to South Africa's obsession with artillery

Pic 1) A 155 mm Creusot Long Tom mounted in Mafikeng
Pic 2) The replica overlooking the Lowveld

opicgif:
this is not a criticism.

can anyone say why the CPSO to President Tinubu is wearing police badge of a city in USA?

the former and current IG of Police also wore badges and i am sure that NIgeria Police officers dont have metal badges

whats going on?

Wannabe American cop

opicgif:
this is not a criticism.

can anyone say why the CPSO to President Tinubu is wearing police badge of a city in USA?

the former and current IG of Police also wore badges and i am sure that NIgeria Police officers dont have metal badges

whats going on?

We have metal badges used from CP cadre (DCP/ACP/CP) up to INGENPOL.

Didn't know the Super Tucano can be so noisy like the WW2 fighters

jteku:
Didn't know the Super Tucano can be so noisy like the WW2 fighters

Guy are you in kaduna?

Because since Friday the Super Tucano, has been giving us free and beautiful, close by passes

opicgif:
this is not a criticism.

can anyone say why the CPSO to President Tinubu is wearing police badge of a city in USA?

the former and current IG of Police also wore badges and i am sure that NIgeria Police officers dont have metal badges

whats going on?

amongsts his medals....??
and....

GreenOris:

Guy are you in kaduna?

Because since Friday the Super Tucano, has been giving us free and beautiful, close by passes

Yeah am in Kaduna

DaddyGoo:


We have metal badges used from CP cadre (DCP/ACP/CP) up to INGENPOL.

okay, that's good to know

Odunayaw, another one! Will be available shortly.

Malaysian Army Firepower Exercise 2023 with the Denel G5 Howitzer and the AV8 Gempita IFV armed with the Denel LCT30 turret and Ingwe ATGM.

...last.

As some of us said a few months ago, Putin will NOT be coming to the BRICS Summit in SA.
And not because he feared arrest, but because it was strategically stupid to place the SA govt in the position of having to choose between breaking SA law and placating Russia, our inconsequential 58th largest trading partner. Especially when Russia needs all the friends it can get currently.

https://www.thepresidency.gov.za/press-statements/south-africa-finalises-15th-brics-summit-format

The Summit will be attended by the leaders of Brazil, India, China and South Africa.

By mutual agreement, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation will not attend the Summit but the Russian Federation will be represented by Foreign Minister, Mr Sergey Lavrov.

Lurker4Long:
As some of us said a few months ago, Putin will NOT be coming to the BRICS Summit in SA.
And not because he feared arrest, but because it was strategically stupid to place the SA govt in the position of having to choose between breaking SA law and placating Russia, our 58th largest trading partner. Especially when Russia needs all the friends it can get currently.

https://www.thepresidency.gov.za/press-statements/south-africa-finalises-15th-brics-summit-format

guy,even going to brazil,even if the event is in brazil,putin should reconsider....
this western nations are behavin very strange....sense doesnt make sense to them....

and i dont trust those boers....

DCD launches new vehicle as it celebrates its 125th anniversary

DCD Protected Mobility launched a new weapons platform vehicle at its fourth military attache and advisory corps (MAAC) demonstration day, which witnessed its armoured vehicles fire weapons and take landmine hits during demonstrations at the Paardefontein test range outside Pretoria.

The 2023 MAAC Day, held on 19 July, celebrated the 125th anniversary of the establishment of DCD’s predecessor in 1898. The company began manufacturing armoured vehicles during World War II and now DCD Protected Mobility focusses primarily on its Husky route clearance vehicle and Springbuck armoured personnel carrier. Twenty-five countries are using DCD vehicles, including 15 for the Husky, which has survived some 7 500 mine/improvised explosive device hits without direct casualty.

The Springbuck is available in multiple configurations, including ambulance, command and control, explosive ordnance disposal, border patrol etc. Eight countries in Africa are using the Springbuck for African Union or United Nations missions.

The latest addition to the Springbuck fleet is a weapons carrier version, and this was unveiled to dozens of guests at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s (CSIR’s) Paardefontein range on Wednesday. Company officials said the weapons carrier will be able to fit 14.5 mm cannons or 60 or 80 mm mortars – at Paardefontein it was fitted with a ZSU-23-2 cannon.

Unlike unarmoured ‘technicals’ fitted with weapons on the back, the DCD offering has mine and ballistic protection. The company said it is a concept DCD will develop with its African partners. The Springbuck weapons carrier is presently fitted with a single cab, but in future will have an extended cab for the weapon crew.

DCD’s demonstration day ended with the launch of the new vehicle, but started with a showcase of its existing products. First up was a route clearance demonstration by a Husky 2G mine detection vehicle fitted with a Chelton AMULET vehicle-mounted explosive ordnance detection system. A Husky 3G fitted with an interrogator arm dug up suspected threats identified by the first vehicle. The arm can extend over three metres and can excavate and lift cached items weighing up to 70 kg.

The mobility of Springbuck and Sherp vehicles were demonstrated to assembled guests, with the amphibious Sherp 4×4 blasting through a pond – the go-anywhere vehicle inflates and deflates its tyres rapidly using engine exhaust gas, allowing quick adaptation to different terrain. DCD is marketing the Ukrainian-designed Sherp, which can carry up to nine passengers, excluding the driver, with a 1,200kg payload capacity.

Drones buzzed overhead to capture the action, or, in the case of Aquila Viour’s Alto unmanned helicopter, relay communications and command and control data. The helicopter was fitted with Global Command and Control Technologies’ Chaka command and control system.

Moving to the test range, the firepower demonstration portion of the day witnessed RPG-7s fired by SA National Defence Force Special Forces members, and the Husky and Springbuck demonstrate light and heavy machineguns from their weapons turrets (the Husky can be fitted with a defensive turret). Manned turrets can take machineguns from 7.62 to 14.5 mm or 40 mm grenade launchers while a remotely operated weapon station can accommodate a 12.7 mm machinegun.

The ability of DCD vehicles to withstand anti-tank and anti-personnel mines was demonstrated first by a Springbuck fitted with steel wheels detonating multiple anti-personnel mines – guests had the opportunity to ride inside while the vehicle went over a minefield. A 6 kg charge was then detonated under a Husky – the vehicle had almost no visible damage after the blast, and even the tyres remained fully inflated. Next it was the turn of a Springbuck, which had a 6 kg charge detonated under the left rear wheel to simulate an anti-tank mine hit. The wheel and rim were destroyed, but both the Husky and Springbuck were quickly repaired and driven back to the staging area for guests to inspect.
A simulated anti-tank landmine charge detonating under a DCD Springbuck.

To highlight the damage mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) inflict on unprotected vehicles, DCD detonated a 6 kg charge underneath a commercial van to simulate an anti-tank mine – the vehicle was completely obliterated and literally torn to shreds.

As Paardefontein is a CSIR facility, the Council had a chance to expose guests to some of its detonics, ballistics and explosives research and testing capabilities – its facilities are regularly used to test and qualify armoured vehicles. On Wednesday guests had the chance to witness the detonation of a charge under its human response test rig (HRTR) – a reusable V-hull device fitted with test equipment inside.

Nearly two dozen DCD vehicles took part in what was DCD’s biggest MAAC day yet, growing on previous iterations in 2017, 2018, and 2019. The event was also well supported by DCD partners, including Tactical Defence Solutions, which supplied the weapons, Redeployable Camp Systems (field accommodation), Military Products (uniforms and equipment), Global Command and Control Technologies (Chaka command and control system and Impi tracker), Rajant (communications systems), TAU Aerospace and Advanced Technologies/Safomar Technologies (unmanned aerial vehicles), Bluvec (optical sensors), GEW (electronic warfare systems), and Chelton (antennas and avionics).

https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/dcd-launches-new-vehicle-as-it-celebrates-its-125th-anniversary/

...have I been sleeping under a rock, when did this even happen?

Nigerian Army with Serbian Zastava M05E3

GreenandGold:
...have I been sleeping under a rock, when did this even happen?

Never mind that. It's Friday, let's talk about infinitely more civilised matters:
The 15 Best Japanese Restaurants in Cape Town

https://insideguide.co.za/cape-town/japanese-restaurants/?fbclid=IwAR1Q6cca3CLv83NJ3GHUzW8iU0BEAFclS_Dg0J3YhvCBJIUZ233p5EqijNI_aem_AbqnnZ1V0C_DPGfI3knnf9AAL9uXVlacLp92vPu_ocwKRLSUHC0LNZ96G1yjL0wxZbhiO1Jb9nbVS8ek5RdbIFp9

P1572 (future SAS King Shaka Zulu) and SAS Manthatisi, 20 July 2023.

Lurker4Long:


Never mind that. It's Friday, let's talk about infinitely more civilised matters:
The 15 Best Japanese Restaurants in Cape Town

https://insideguide.co.za/cape-town/japanese-restaurants/?fbclid=IwAR1Q6cca3CLv83NJ3GHUzW8iU0BEAFclS_Dg0J3YhvCBJIUZ233p5EqijNI_aem_AbqnnZ1V0C_DPGfI3knnf9AAL9uXVlacLp92vPu_ocwKRLSUHC0LNZ96G1yjL0wxZbhiO1Jb9nbVS8ek5RdbIFp9

...aaaaaah! the "reserve your table first" establishments, I got used to the "show-up and eat your wallet out" ones. I'm too much of a peasant.

Nice places, my lady is looking for those "less known" locations, Instagram things. I decided to settle with a Gen-Z, so that's what I get.

Lurker4Long:
P1572 (future SAS King Shaka Zulu) and SAS Manthatisi, 20 July 2023.

Who names these ships, Shaka Zulu deserves an aircraft carrier, that's not fair. 😤😤

GreenandGold:


...aaaaaah! the "reserve your table first" establishments, I got used to the "show-up and eat your wallet out" ones. I'm too much of a peasant.

Nice places, my lady is looking for those "less known" locations, Instagram things. I decided to settle with a Gen-Z, so that's what I get.

How can one live without Dineplan on one's mobile?
As for Gen-Z, you made your bed...

GreenandGold:


Who names these ships, Shaka Zulu deserves an aircraft carrier, that's not fair. 😤😤

Well, the MMIPVs are replacing the "warrior-class" vessels.