ActivateKruger:
[s]Who remembers Henry240's argument about aircraft repair centres across Africa?

Well, according to AfricaCheck there's 49 listed across the continent but non were actually found in west Africa.

http://polity.org.za/article/does-africa-only-have-3-facilities-to-repair-aircraft-2017-09-14

In pic: A South African registered civilian Russian helicopter leaves a Denel Aviation facility[/s]

jakeporeshenko:
“Nimr JAIS” at DSEI in London, smh Denel got played.

Snyder1ZA:


https://www.armyrecognition.com/united_arab_emirates_wheeled_armoured_vehicles_uk/jais_n35_class_4x4_6x6_multipurpose_mine_protected_vehicle_technical_data_sheet_specifications_pictures_video_12807163.html

jln115:

How dare you be so unpatriotic and apologetic!!!! Don't you know that nobody should ever know our failings??

Litmus:


Lol, the calibre of individuals some Nigerians feel the need to apologies


...this jln115, what is it?

why the adulation and overblown respect, is it somehow one of Eeben Barlow's mercs (unbeknown to us newbies)?

jakeporeshenko:

Lol no, this focker (joke ) once shared a pic of himself on this thread.... let’s just say only his mama can love him.

jakeporeshenko:

Lol no, this focker (joke ) once shared a pic of himself on this thread.... let’s just say only his mama can love him.

Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) is in the final stage of commissioning a Universal Filling Facility for a client in North Africa. The facility will have the capability of filling a variety of munition products, including medium and large calibre ammunition through to aircraft bombs.

“ We have worked with this client over the last four years to bring this world class manufacturing capability to reality”, said RDM CEO Norbert Schulze.


RDM plans to place, secure, and connect all outstanding equipment for the filling, assembly and packing facility in the next weeks and has a team of engineering experts and artisans on site. After this, the team will embark on an engineering commissioning period to test and de-bug each of the different equipment modules to ensure proper operation. Once successfully achieved, the system will be placed through process commissioning to confirm that everything works as advertised.

Personnel from the customer are in attendance throughout the engineering and process commissioning phases, RDM said.

“RDM provides on-the-job training to the client in terms of the operation of the plant, maintenance thereof, fault finding and corrective actions required. It is imperative that once RDM hands over such a facility, the client is trained and competent to continue with production of quality products in a safe environment,” Schulze said.

RDM aims to conduct the factory acceptance tests and pilot runs in the fourth quarter of 2017.

RDM will also manufacture the first pilot lot together with the client to ensure all requirements have been met. These samples will be subjected to dynamic testing with the end user.

RDM said that after the plant is completed, the customer will be self-sufficient in certain ammunition production, using the latest filling technology for loading, assembling, packing and testing of a variety of ammunition types.

“This Greenfields project was designed, manufactured and fully tested at RDM facilities in South Africa prior to dispatch,” Schulze said. “It is one of 39 similar facilities RDM has produced worldwide. This plant engineering competence within RDM has provided customers on all major continents with a turnkey solution in their quest for autonomy”.

In addition to producing a wide variety of ammunition such as the 105 and 155 mm artillery shells, 60, 81 and 120 mm mortars, 40 x 51 mm grenades and 76/62 mm shells and mine breaching systems, RDM also builds two to three ammunition filling plants a year for export.

Saudi Arabia is a recent filling plant customer and its Military Industries Corporation last year opened the munitions factory built in conjunction with RDM. The ammunition factory was recently handed over to the customer.

Algerian1:
Rheinmetall Denel Munition commissioning ammunition plant for new customer (maybe Algeria or egypt )



source : defenseweb co za

Algerian1:
Air Force One Algeria presidential plane , Airbus A340-541

ActivateKruger:


Commonsense says Algeria. Egypt hardly buys anything South Africa (notice I said hardly).

tdayof:

ActivateKruger:
The view of a man obsessing about how other men look is rather gay. Maybe it's culturally acceptable in some parts of Africa to go on and on about male looks (if you're a man) BUT down south that's exclusively faggotry.

ActivateKruger:


Commonsense says Algeria. Egypt hardly buys anything South Africa (notice I said hardly).

ActivateKruger:


In South Africa, the Airforce can't buy a plane without the media going haywire with titles like "Zuma buys himself a lavish plane with state money".

tdayof:

ActivateKruger:


Commonsense says Algeria. Egypt hardly buys anything South Africa (notice I said hardly).

Hrmnn:


What about Morocco? They've got a number of Ratels and Elands, which means we've sold them on SA equipment at some point.

newafricaken254:
U.S. Special Ops Soldiers teach small unit tactics to the Botswana Defence Force during a training exercise Aug. 3 in Gaborone, Botswana

MikeCZA:
Really now?

MikeCZA:
Because the presidential plane is still in a better condition than most air force aircraft.

frumentius:


Actually the Egyptians have been good customers of our electronic stuff like EW suites etc. And stuff that goes bang like artillery shells, mortar bombs. And counter-IED systems. And REVA APCs.
As for the RDM story, can only be Egypt or Algeria. Both have an existing relationship with RDM.

PICS related.

frumentius:
Haven't seen these BTR-4 APCs in the pics from the front-lines.

MikeCZA:
Because the presidential plane is still in a better condition than most air force aircraft.

Hrmnn:


What about Morocco? They've got a number of Ratels and Elands, which means we've sold them on SA equipment at some point.

ActivateKruger:


[s]He didn't bother reading the article, his own authorities admit that " If aircraft checks and repairs were done locally, Nigeria could save US$500 million annually and create up to 10,000 jobs, a June 2017 aviation seminar heard" .... Also " But John Ojikutu, a member of Nigerian aviation industry think-tank Aviation Round Table and retired Nigeria air force pilot, said that the country’s states had more pressing concerns, such as building more schools and hospitals"


So, his logic is like when General Motors says they don't have facilities in your town then you post them a picture of a Chevy stripped in some warehouse with guys on overalls.[/s]