patches689:


.... damn that is one sexy platform, some real fire-power!

Would be nice to see it in SANDF colors

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

gottfried21:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-33828244?ocid=socialflow_facebook
Thought the Nigerians would like this

After World War II, Egypt experimented with several types of new rifle as a series of leaders bought arms from both Western and Communist nations. They included FN49 rifles from Belgium and vz52 and vz52/57 rifles from Czechoslovakia before a deal was made to license production of a copy of the Swedish AG-42B Ljungman rifle in 8x57. This licensed copy had a few changes from the Swedish model, and was designated the Hakim. Later a smaller variant in 7.62x39 was made, under the name Rasheed (or Rashid), and finally the country adopted the AKM with tooling provided by the Soviet Union. We have examples of all of these rifles, and we're taking a look at them today.

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1yKY6u_YQg

Henry120:
Nigerian Army Gazelle Helicopter and Pilot.

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDzOZ-nxW3o

patches689:




........Second, if Kenya and Co want South Africa in Somalia, then get your leaders to ask. We arent going to jump on-board your Crusade just for fun.

frumentius:


Henry
I see that you copied and shared on Beegeagle's blog some info I posted here on the SAWS/FLASH systems by Paramount Technologies.
On item 4, I notice you've made a mistake: you've listed Cirit instead of Denel's Ingwe, which is the anti-tank missile that Paramount offers to all Airbus LUH customers when they choose either SAWS or the new FLASH weapons system.

Cirit 70mm guided rockets are not anti-tank missiles. For the benefit of everyone, here's what I listed for the SAWS:
We're talking
1) FN Herstal HMP–400 12.7 mm machine gun;
2) Nexter NC-621 20mm cannon;
3) FZ-233 70 mm rockets (guided rockets optional);
4) Denel’s Ingwe anti-tank missile; and
5) a choice of sensors (FLIR, TV, HUD, HMSD).

In a later post, I mentioned the new FLASH system, which offers CIRIT guided rockets as standard. That means they slot in on Item 3 above, to complement the FZ-233 70mm unguided rockets.

PIC 1: A screen grab of Henry's post on Beegeagle's Blog.

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwEGEy1gXhs

Henry120:


Yes, I did. I included the CIRIT because they are cheap and come relatively baggage free. All info sourced from your initial post on improved armaments for LUH.


Anyway, credits have been duly accorded to you.


On the Cirit, it is listed as an Anti-Tank missile, hence my caption.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_anti-tank_missiles

frumentius:


Stop dissembling. A 70mm guided rocket is not an ATGM. I can also pull a link from wiki:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roketsan_Cirit

Far more serious is that the guys at Paramount spend months and millions in R& to devise their SAWS and FLASH systems. You buy the system, that the armaments Airbus Helicopters will support, because it's been proven. Now if you decide for some reason you don't want any of the manufacturers and ant to substitute, the integration and tests you'll do yourself. And you'll have to develop your own Mission & Firing Control Computer.

This is basis stuff I expected you to know.

denisfidha:

That comment is your own take, not your governments..
AMISOM -stands for African Mission in Somalia - its a mission under the AU banner,it was launched by Africans, for Africans, which am pretty sure every African country (in AU) was asked to contribute troops to help stabilize the most failed state and the most dangerous country (at-least back then) - No one begged Siera-leone (from west Africa) to send troops, because they had seen the effects of conflict and because they had experienced what it feels to have Africans send in peacekeepers that led to the stabilisation of war in Siera-Leone, they felt the need to payback Africans by doing the same for other countries. No one begged Nigeria(another west African) to send its police, they wanted to help....Countries send in troops based on their own political, strategic or geopolitical will, or self interest..... AMISOM mission started years before SA's congo mission and the FIB mission to DRC . If your government wanted to, they would have, your government probably looked at the repercussions of sending active troops while having a significant Somali population and thought it wast worth the risk.....

patches689:


Ok, so apart from holding 2 battalions on permanent UN deployment (which means that about 4 battalions are tied up by those commitments)

and holding another 1,500 on permanent standby for ACRIC (the ONLY Africany country to do so)

and holding another 1,100 securing our own borders (soon to be well over 2000)

so despite having 7000 soldiers tied down at any one time, we still have to find the time to follow our own training routines and exercises... which ties up more men.

And we are spending more on establishing regional standby forces

And we are investing millions (now closer to billions) in disaster releif in Mozambique (and other SADAC nations)

And we are investing millions in the training and equipping of the DRC army

And we are investing millions in patrolling Mozambique's waters for her

Now we must go fight another war on the far side of the continent?

We dont have troops there because we are busy with things that are more important. FIB was started because it helps a SADAC country.

"pretty sure" every country was asked is not good enough.

I could ask the very same question of you: Why has no one else apart from Tanzania sent troops to help us pacify North Kivu?

Grow up. Quite frankly, if it is outside of SADAC we dont have the men or money to spare. You are just going to have to put on your big-boy pants and deal with your own problems.

africaken:
i believe the word crusade is whats making us pissed.you can't assume east countries are going to somalia just for the heck of it

Henry120:
Nigerian Army Gazelle Helicopter and Pilot.

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In 2009, Burkan‘s production facility manufactured the 40mm low velocity rounds and started the demilitarization operations. It is now the home base to an integrated environmental-friendly demilitarization plant for explosives and ammunition disposal.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_puIvN6xXKo

 
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africaken:
if UAE can achieve this ,it is possible for most of us.we should turn this terrorism and insurgency conflicts to our advantage ,just like israel,colombia,pakistan have done

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oex3STqCtk8

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_puIvN6xXKo

stillchris:
I just listened to the Nigerian chief of air staff saying after inspecting the air force as directed by the president, he has forwarded a list of platforms the air force badly needs.

Good days ahead.

10pm @channels news.