One UN peacekeeper killed, eight wounded, in Central African Republic

newafricaken254:
north sudanese soldiers in yemen fighting alongside forces loyal to the internationally-recognised government of Pre.Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi

Henry240:

There are over 5,000 creeks which require constant daily patrols. Not 50 or 500. The navy operates more than 600 riverine boats, it is not unusual that rust might affect a single gun out of over 600 units patrolling the AOR which includes 5,000 internal waterways. That's a single gun, which has unfortunately deteriorated due to salt.

I have seen front-line, active US navy ships with rusts on their equipment. Now, we are talking about the Nigerian navy which by a long shot is the most active in Africa. The damage on that single boat is not representative of the rest of the vessels in the navy's fleet.

61mech:
For some reason you seem to think I'm trying to insult the Nigerian Navy. I'm not.
A am concerned about the guy and his boat crew. That weapon is not going to function properly. If it looks like that from the outside the inside WILL be worse. I've inspected hundreds of machine guns and cannons and I can tell you a weapon should never get to that state even in the worst of circumstances.

That's a CIS 50MG heavy machine gun. It has a complex dual feed system. If his crew gets ambushed on a river and it doesn't function they are dead. River ambushes are no joke.

HMG's are designed to be field maintainable. Being out on a long patrol is no excuse. Rust does not appear overnight. All you need is a drum and some diesel to get the worst out of it. Then it's just a question of routine lubing.

61mech:
For utine lubing.

61mech:
For some reason you seem to think I'm trying to insult the Nigerian Navy. I'm not.
A am concerned about the guy and his boat crew. I'm a fellow African x-soldier and I don't want to see that guy get killed protecting his country , because he wasn't given the tools or the training to do his job properly.

That weapon is NOT going to function properly. If it looks like that from the outside the inside WILL be worse. I've inspected hundreds of machine guns and cannons and I can tell you a weapon should never get to that state even in the worst of circumstances. If you don't believe me ask any of the vets in this forum or anywhere else for that matter.

That's a CIS 50MG heavy machine gun it's not a AK. It has a complex dual feed system and any heavy MG needs to be tuned just right to work without having to re-cock it every 3 rounds. If his crew gets ambushed on a river and it doesn't function they are dead. River ambushes are no joke.

HMG's are designed to be field maintainable. Being out on a long patrol is no excuse. Rust does not appear overnight. All you need is a drum and some diesel to get the worst out of it. Then it's just a question of routine lubing.

ActivateKruger:
Temptation at only ZAR13 000... But why

Henry240:
Nigerian Navy Gunboats, locally built Epenal gunboats used in patrolling Nigeria's 5,000+ creeks.

Nigerian Navy

tdayof:
Just told the US crew their gun will get jammed.

nnamdi1998:
Is it right? CDS saluting a governor.

Odunayaw:
touch down wrong
The heck is wrong this days

ActivateKruger:
Temptation at only ZAR13 000... But why

TrueHeart365:


politics bro, politics.

this government spends more time/money on propaganda than any other government we ever had.

when approval ratings is low they'll either discover some money with no owner and no arrests, or rush the release of another batch of "chibok girls".

Nigerians are easily distracted by irrelevancies. it's a common ssocietal flaw.

funny how this happened day before the president will be away indefinitely.

my Nigeria.

This country is like a board game and one of the tactics applied in winning a board game is distraction and deceit.....
The first citizen is about to go on another indefinite leave and the best way to do that without attracting negative reaction is to distract the people (ofcourse, those who don't think), while everyone is jumping in joy for the release of the so called "chibok girls", presido now brings up the issue of travelling out and ofcourse no one can be angry about that, instead they wish him safe journey and hope his health improves drastically....
Voila!, he has gotten the positive reaction needed......

@boldened, it's quite unfortunate, take a look at the just concluded BBN, see the way everyone was drooling over it... When one of the competitors couldn't say the anthem, there was an uproar, you need to see the arguments going on everywhere b'cos of nonsense..... these aren't things we should be concerned about, as it stands now, progress isn't being made at all