DICON Metallurgical and Materials Testing Laboratories.It is important to note that Metallurgical and Materials Engineering development remains the key to the advancement of defence industries.

This is the lab where DICON tests the integrity of it metal used in armoured vehicle production.

Toju200:
pls state some of the upgrade need.i like to hear some

How'd I be able to do that based on pictures?

But I'd complain on what I perceive; The turning radius.
It seems they've reduced the height of the vehicle.

Please no one should get me wrong. I have no problem with the vehicle! Why should I be unpleased after yelling for 3 years that we should be producing these classes of vehicles ourselves. My problem is with the "manufacturer".
I fear they'd not think commercial, which may hamper the future of the Ezugwu.

Proforce can always push for sales outside Nigeria to stay afloat, can NAVMC do same. Or will they sink once the NA doesn't procure?

bidexiii:



Nice observation;" hope to see more improvement and upgrade.
And a camera at the back door also

I think Proforce helped them to build that gun shield.

bidexiii:


Seriously........
That should be on Henry or siriusblack thread, I was never part of those who said or supported igirigI last long. The igirigi has no production line/plant like what we have now- NAVMC. The few igirigi that was produced where built in the workshop of NA engineers unlike the NAVMC; the venture might look small now but they are impressive. What they need do is to seek for external engineers to help out improve on the design .

Alright then. Its a plus for us if all turns out well

bidexiii:


Nice observation;" hope to see more improvement and upgrade. And a camera at the back door also

I hope they change the door to a ramp.

Hopefully it grows into other products; IFV, Logistics etc

Odunayaw:
How'd I be able to do that based on pictures?

But I'd complain on what I perceive; The turning radius.
It seems they've reduced the height of the vehicle.

Please no one should get me wrong. I have no problem with the vehicle! Why should I be unpleased after yelling for 3 years that we should be producing these classes of vehicles ourselves. My problem is with the "manufacturer".
I fear they'd not think commercial, which may hamper the future of the Ezugwu.

Proforce can always push for sales outside Nigeria to stay afloat, can NAVMC do same. Or will they sink once the NA doesn't procure?

Well said bro..... I think I get your point

Odunayaw:
How'd I be able to do that based on pictures?

But I'd complain on what I perceive; The turning radius.
It seems they've reduced the height of the vehicle.

Please no one should get me wrong. I have no problem with the vehicle! Why should I be unpleased after yelling for 3 years that we should be producing these classes of vehicles ourselves. My problem is with the "manufacturer".
I fear they'd not think commercial, which may hamper the future of the Ezugwu.

Proforce can always push for sales outside Nigeria to stay afloat, can NAVMC do same. Or will they sink once the NA doesn't procure?

NAVMC will soon be a company. When the army says they are seeking "alternative means of funding ", what did you think?.

pacretus:
Heard a chilling story few days ago from a priest.
I guess he is a chaplain. According to him, they were heading somewhere in a borno village when they noticed the Bush ahead was wavering without wind. So they decided to lie low and send an empty hilux ahead of them.
Immediately the vehicle got to the spot many bokoharam boys pounced on the car firing on it. With that they were able to kill every single one of them. Not one BH soul escaped. It was a total victory for the army..
Many stories will go unheard in this war.Godbless and preserve our soldiers.

SOME DOTS ARE MISSING IN THIS YOUR STORY!! HOW DID THEY DRIVE EMPTY HILUX WITHOUT DRIVER TO WHERE BOKO BOYS LAYED AMBUSHED? U MEAN THE BOKO BOYS DIDN'T SEE SIZE OF THEIR TARGET ( MILITARY ) BEFORE OPENING FIRE ON ONE EMPTY HILUX. I DON'T THINK THESE BOKO BOYS ARE THESE DUMP..........JUST SAYING

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SOME DOTS ARE MISSING IN THIS YOUR STORY!! HOW DID THEY DRIVE EMPTY HILUX WITHOUT DRIVER TO WHERE BOKO BOYS LAYED AMBUSHED? U MEAN THE BOKO BOYS DIDN'T SEE SIZE OF THEIR TARGET ( MILITARY ) BEFORE OPENING FIRE ON ONE EMPTY HILUX. I DON'T THINK THESE BOKO BOYS ARE THESE DUMP..........JUST SAYING

I don't have answers to your questions.

He said it while preaching on the altar.

INV MANUFACTURING COMPLEX

oyinpr:
oga na AFIT I go so relax when we dey talk about airforce I've seen it all, I've got buddies that fly both fighter jets and attack helos so no even come dey talk about actually numbers of platforms abeg no go there lol

Ma bros, no matter you school at AFIT if you cannot count NAF birds u shld chop koboko . Actual numbers of NAF aircraft is not special secret reserved for only AFIT students. Operational # is air marshal info, I know NAF owns estimate 50 Mils among total 70 helos, 30 jets.

Mi-24 P Belarus 2
Mi-24 P Ukraine 4
Mi-24 V 1
Mi-24 P Russia 6
Mi-35 M 9
Mi-8 MT armed 10
Mi-35 Hind E new, to complete 12
SA-342 Gazelle up armed 3
AW-109 factory armed new, to complete 6
AS-332 Puma up armed not sure #, 3
EC-135 up armed not sure, 6
CH-3 China armed drone 4
Estimate operational jets cuz we bought double # Alpha new 4, old 8, L-39 12, F-7 8.

98 aircraft, roughly 100 NAF fleet. Me is right, you all owe me one cool beer each, pls buy me free weekend booze!!!

Jimi24:

NAVMC will soon be a company. When the army says they are seeking "alternative means of funding ", what did you think?.

Jimi we've been down this road with SVP Bauchi. Keep your fingers crossed, nothing has changed. Its the same set of crocodiles

WARTHUNDER:


Ma bros, doesnt matter you school at AFIT if you cannot count NAF birds u shld chop koboko . Operational # is air marshal info, I know NAF owns estimate 50 Mils among total 70 helos, 30 jets.

Mi-24 P Belarus 2
Mi-24 P Ukraine 4
Mi-24 V 1
Mi-24 P Russia 6
Mi-35 M 9
Mi-8 MT armed 10
Mi-35 Hind E new, to complete 12
SA-342 Gazelle 3
AW-109 Armed new, to complete 6
AS-332 Puma up armed not sure # say 3
EC-135 up armed not sure, say 6
CH-3 China armed drone 4
Estimate operational jets cuz we bought double # Alpha new 4, old 8, L-39 12, F-7 8.

98 aircraft, roughly 100 NAF fleet, me is right, you all owe me one cool beer each, buy me free Friday booze!!!

SMH I'll just allow you wallow in your fallacy my good man...SMH correcting you is pointless. Just imagine figures wey this guy dey cook up God! Lolz

oyinpr:
SMH I'll just allow you wallow in your fallacy my good man...SMH correcting you is pointless. Just imagine figures wey this guy dey cook up God! Lolz

Anybody calling that NAF fleet list a cook up is totally militarily illiterate. Its open source published figures, if you cant find them like I did, it shows u dont know dis biz at all. Be a bit humble n learn, it helps. Am done giving u free tutorial.

WARTHUNDER:


Anybody calling that NAF fleet list a cook up is totally militarily illiterate. Its open source published figures, if you cant find them like I did, it shows u dont know dis biz at all. Be a bit humble n learn, it helps. Am done giving u free tutorial.

see Clown hahahaha! I done hear. Open source ma A**���

oyinpr:
see Clown hahahaha! I done hear. Open source ma A**���

Dear AFIT graduate, pls give us your own NAF list of armed aircraft. Enough chest beating my broz.

WARTHUNDER:


Anybody calling that NAF fleet list a cook up is totally militarily illiterate. Its open source published figures, if you cant find them like I did, it shows u dont know dis biz at all. Be a bit humble n learn, it helps. Am done giving u free tutorial.

You are close.
You even left out militarized 2 BELL helicopters, one AW1XX from Presidential fleet with capacity to deploy countermeasures, a number of A109LUH ...but what is MI 35Hind E?

Jimi24:


You are close.
You even left out militarized 2 BELL helicopters, one AW1XX from Presidential fleet with capacity to deploy countermeasures, a number of A109LUH ...but what is MI 35Hind E?

pls ask the clown very soon he will say we fly mi-28NE lolz

WARTHUNDER:


Ma bros, no matter you school at AFIT if you cannot count NAF birds u shld chop koboko . Actual numbers of NAF aircraft is not special secret reserved for only AFIT students. Operational # is air marshal info, I know NAF owns estimate 50 Mils among total 70 helos, 30 jets.

Mi-24 P Belarus 2
Mi-24 P Ukraine 4
Mi-24 V 1
Mi-24 P Russia 6
Mi-35 M 9
Mi-8 MT armed 10
Mi-35 Hind E new, to complete 12
SA-342 Gazelle 3
AW-109 Armed new, to complete 6
AS-332 Puma up armed not sure #, 3
EC-135 up armed not sure, 6
CH-3 China armed drone 4
Estimate operational jets cuz we bought double # Alpha new 4, old 8, L-39 12, F-7 8.

98 aircraft, roughly 100 NAF fleet. Me is right, you all owe me one cool beer each, pls buy me free weekend booze!!!

Mi 35 Hind E? Mi-8 MT? Gazelle?
What did you drink?

Are you sure it is not Augustine

Jimi24:


You are close.
You even left out militarized 2 BELL helicopters, one AW1XX from Presidential fleet with capacity to deploy countermeasures, a number of A109LUH ...but what is MI 35Hind E?

Russian rival to American Apache helicopter, the Mi-35 M Hind E is Nigeria's most powerful, most sophisticated CT-COIN asset, NAF's pride.

Odunayaw:
Mi 35 Hind E? Mi-8 MT? Gazelle?
What did you drink?

obviously something strong bro, he has been hallucinating since hehehe

WARTHUNDER:


Russian rival to American Apache helicopter, the Mi-35 M Hind E is Nigeria's most powerful, most sophisticated CT-COIN asset, NAF's pride.

which stupid rival?? You no even call MI-28 SMH...what did you say you are again bros??

Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola the minister of interior Represented President Muhammadu Buhari at the Official Ground Breaking Ceremony for the Takeoff of DICON-SUR Investment Nigeria
Limited Clothing and Accessories Factory at the DICON Ordinance Factories Complex, Kaduna.

Our watchers on the wall!

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Our #FlyBoys #Warriors

WARTHUNDER:


Russian rival to American Apache helicopter, the Mi-35 M Hind E is Nigeria's most powerful, most sophisticated CT-COIN asset, NAF's pride.

All MI 35Ms are Hind Es.
MI 35M Hind E does not mean much. Hind E is just NATO trying to track the maturity of the original MI 24 design

If I write your actual name and put WARTHUNDER after it, it should not be done in a way that suggests there are other people answering to your name

Jimi24:


All MI 35Ms are Hind Es.
MI 35M Hind E does not mean much. Hind E is just NATO trying to track the maturity of the original MI 24 design

If I write your actual name and put WARTHUNDER after it, it should not be done in a way that suggests there are other people answering to your name

I know what you mean but some Mi-35 M in market are not original, they are second hand old Mi-24 P rebuilt to Mi-35 M with less capable sophistication. People often add Hind E to those factory built OEM Mi-35 M to differentiate.

All those Mi-35 M procured by NAF before 2015 are second hand Mi-24 rebuilt to Mi-35 M, but these 12 brand new Mi-35 M imported by NAF 2016 because the other old rebuilt 35 M lacked required capabilities, are real factory OEM built Hind E with state of the art, best of Russian avionic technology. NAF has both types so I differentiated.

bidexiii:
Our #FlyBoys #Warriors

oga bidex abeg who is that bearded egbon ?

bidexiii:
Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola the minister of interior Represented President Muhammadu Buhari at the Official Ground Breaking Ceremony for the Takeoff of DICON-SUR Investment Nigeria
Limited Clothing and Accessories Factory at the DICON Ordinance Factories Complex, Kaduna.

pls has anyone gotten any closer pics to some of the hardware and vehicles...I saw a new special forces vehicle..