iblawi:
7 years ago I use to Admire Namibia and South Africa when it comes to MRAPs and Radios technology.
At some point, I thought it would be impossible for us to catch-up with them not knowing we might even get better within a very short period.

Nigeria is just a land full of surprises.

Nigeria has come a very long way in a very short amount of time.......BUT you haven't caught up yet and definitely are not going to be better in a very short time

Salatavor:
where are you flying it to that you will need to refuel it aerially? Old looking and outdated birds... Nigeria can do better. Designed by a 3rd world backward technology country... What happened to the Grippen, Rafael and other tested and trusted birds. Even the Yak will be better than this... I spit on this.

Aside from the refueling the rest thing you said is pure trash

jln115:
Nigeria has come a very long way in a very short amount of time.......BUT you haven't caught up yet and definitely are not going to be better in a very short time

Ok

iblawi:
7 years ago I use to Admire Namibia and South Africa when it comes to MRAPs and Radios technology.
At some point, I thought it would be impossible for us to catch-up with them not knowing we might even get better within a very short period.

Nigeria is just a land full of surprises.

here here
remember vividly the beginnings of the fabrication venture, Igirigi. People made fun, even laughed at its insane ugliness... well... only the foresighted could see into the future of Armored personnel carriers production.
Only people who knew how technically easy these ventures are could imagine that it wouldn't take time for Nigeria's private sector to catch up with their imported counterparts. What nobody expected and what most people are still baffled by is DICON and its exponential growth in the past years, giving PROFORCE a run for its money.
The quality of these products are of high standard and proficient enough to get military personnel the protection they need. Its a burgeoning industry, growing in leaps and bounds with sizeable investments both private and public.
Remember when the unofficial embargo was placed on the Nigerian government, and said government had to literally purchase arms from shady third-hand dealers; even to the point of a chartered plane been stopped and its contents seized by another African country based on information given to it by the secret service of a North-American country.
That was definitely one of the lowest point for Nigeria's war against the vermin invaders. Well, just a few years later, Nigeria has pretty much learned the lesson it should have learnt a long time ago, nobody respects a beggar. Stop begging and get to work.
Build, fabricate, engineer, develop all facets of industry that enable and engender respect among the committee of nations. Nigeria's oil industry and its local content drive which has seen its local capacity to fabricate increase to 35% of all contents used in Nigeria's oil and gas industry gives it ample knowledge and capacity to build bigger and better. Nigeria's content and development monitoring Board has been steadily increasing this percentage from 10% a decade ago to 35% now and the aim of 70% in the next decade.
Because after you've built and assembled more than 7,000 tones in parts of a floating, production and storage vessel, then APC's, Tanks, and ships do not seem as complicated any longer.
That's, 70% of all content used in one of the largest oil and gas industries in the world. Think about how many engineers, professional welders, project managers, procurement managers would be involved in all these private companies.
Shame on those who are blinded by their deep-seated animosity and inferiority complex towards a Nation on the verge of a technological and industrial revolution. A nation that can truly inspire hope, renaissance, and a resurgence in science and technology for the whole continent. Whether in Space technology, Oil and gas, Software development, Banking, ICT, Agriculture, and the service industry.
The land is green.

marvin906:




Aside from the refueling the rest thing you said is pure trash

wow... Well to me everything you have said is trash...

Salatavor:
wow... Well to me everything you have said is trash...

A yak better than JF-17.. that statement shows your romancing madness

kabe1:


This means Nigeria's Defence budget for 2021 is nearly 5 billion dollars.

That's not bad if very well utilized.

I hope the government only does deals.

5 billion dollar as defence budget. That's more than some EU countries but yet swaps of Nigeria are still in BH and Iswap's hands. I thing the NA does not focus on what is essential to win this war. Just with a billion I think BH would be history if it is well rationalised and focus is given on investing in APC for troops on the front no those toyota pick up we see everyday, communication and also intel gathering. We should not also forget if the population of those region are not treated well and investment done on infrastructures, these fools if bh and iswap won't lack recruits.

Troops yesterday Sunday engaged BokoHaram armed with 2 VBIED around Kafa axis, #Borno. 6 insurgents killed & several escaped with gunshot wounds. Troop captured 1 guntruck & some weapons, destroyed 2 VBIED & 2 guntrucks, while 5 soldiers paid supreme price & some injured.

kabe1:
Troops yesterday Sunday engaged BokoHaram armed with 2 VBIED around Kafa axis, #Borno. 6 insurgents killed & several escaped with gunshot wounds. Troop captured 1 guntruck & some weapons, destroyed 2 VBIED & 2 guntrucks, while 5 soldiers paid supreme price & some injured.

The 1st picture looks like those newly procured MRAP(striet vehicles).
R.I.P gallant soldier

kabe1:
Troops yesterday Sunday engaged BokoHaram armed with 2 VBIED around Kafa axis, #Borno. 6 insurgents killed & several escaped with gunshot wounds. Troop captured 1 guntruck & some weapons, destroyed 2 VBIED & 2 guntrucks, while 5 soldiers paid supreme price & some injured.

intense battle here...
May the souls of Gallant men RIP

bidex111:


The 1st picture looks like those newly procured MRAP(striet vehicles).
R.I.P gallant soldier

You're correct.

The second vehicle looks like a Proforce PF2 military version vehicle.

RIP our gallant forces.

In less than a week Nigerian military has dealt heavy blow on ISWAP and BHT..
NAF started the party with Airstrike on the 1st,2nd and 3rd of January on their logistics...
Also a day before Op TURA TAKAIBANGO NA struck terrorists elements in sambisa and Alagarno forest (Hub of high value Terrorists leaders) Troops swung into Action next day killing 12 recovering a VBIED and 1 guntruck destroying another
Next day troops storms one of the terrorists hideouts in the Dreaded timbuktu triangle Delivering Mass destruction to their camp Recovered 10 guntrucks that's a heavy loss to mobility and fire power of insurgents,Troops has be recording massive wins since then including foiling three attacks on different locations....

NAF hasn't even started Super Tucano and Drones are yet to arrive and they're on the run

Toju200:
In less than a week Nigerian military has dealt heavy blow on ISWAP and BHT..
NAF started the party with Airstrike on the 1st,2nd and 3rd of January on their logistics...
Also a day before Op TURA TAKAIBANGO NA struck terrorists elements in sambisa and Alagarno forest (Hub of high value Terrorists leaders) Troops swung into Action next day killing 12 recovering a VBIED and 1 guntruck destroying another
Next day troops storms one of the terrorists hideouts in the Dreaded timbuktu triangle Delivering Mass destruction to their camp Recovered 10 guntrucks that's a heavy loss to mobility and fire power of insurgents,Troops has be recording massive wins since then including foiling three attacks on different locations....

NAF hasn't even started Super Tucano and Drones are yet to arrive and they're on the run

Hopefully Biden doesn’t stop the delivery of the super tucano that would be a massive blow to Nigeria and its battle against insurgency but honestly I don’t see insurgency surviving in Nigeria much longer with Boko Haram gone, they would move onto herdsmen and bandits who have no gun trucks and major artillery so that shouldn’t be too difficult and then we can get back to policing the region, especially Mali that is quite a place of concern, once those are dealt with Nigeria can actually concentrate on building up its economy for the first time in over a decade.

Happy New Year guys
Been busy and only able to lurk once in a while. Blazing through the goodnews is so beautiful

Is there any possibility that the steel used in building this APC is still intact? Could it be reused?

Whyem15:
Is there any possibility that the steel used in building this APC is still intact? Could it be reused?

It's not possible, that's gone.

kabe1:


It's not possible, that's gone.

So na to sell the vehicle for scrap market remain?
Thanks.

Whyem15:


So na to sell the vehicle for scrap market remain?
Thanks.

War fighting vehicle destroyed in war, the vehicle served it's purpose.

Nigerian made Ezugwu 6x6 MRAP

Whyem15:
Is there any possibility that the steel used in building this APC is still intact? Could it be reused?

no!!!

Here’s Nigerian Army troops of Operation TURA TAKAIBANGO who engaged BokoHaram fighters in an ambush in Gudjba, Yobe on Saturday. Our troops tactically out-manouevered them & engaged infidels with superior fire power as 20 Bokoharam now confirmed killed.

fabselad:

5 billion dollar as defence budget. That's more than some EU countries but yet swaps of Nigeria are still in BH and Iswap's hands. I thing the NA does not focus on what is essential to win this war. Just with a billion I think BH would be history if it is well rationalised and focus is given on investing in APC for troops on the front no those toyota pick up we see everyday, communication and also intel gathering. We should not also forget if the population of those region are not treated well and investment done on infrastructures, these fools if bh and iswap won't lack recruits.

A whopping 70% of that sum goes to recurrent expenditure, without periodical interventions for the procurement of military hardware like we saw in 2014($2bn, voicemail) and 2018($1bn, the super Tucano deal, MBTs, UCAVs e.t.c) they can't really do much, we have been paying for only 3 JF-17s for 3 years now!

Stephandesward:


Truth is that no country has enough ammunition in stock,to last 6 months in a world war grade battle

I doubt if a worldwar grade battle at this time would last 6 months

kabe1:
Nigerian made Ezugwu 6x6 MRAP

See Beast of Burden ...

Whyem15:
Is there any possibility that the steel used in building this APC is still intact? Could it be reused?

Reused as in Recycled? YES.
dissect and cut the steel into smaller pieces
Melt the steel down into liquid steel along with other recycled steel.
Hot roll or Cold roll into new steel sheets.
Fabricate once again into an APC.
Steel, aluminum and most, if not all metals are 99% recyclable.

Reused as in reform its structural integrity by hammering it back into place? Not advisable.

Nigerian army Streit Panther LAV

UltimateDreamer:


Reused as in Recycled? YES.
dissect and cut the steel into smaller pieces
Melt the steel down into liquid steel along with other recycled steel.
Hot roll or Cold roll into new steel sheets.
Fabricate once again into an APC.
Steel, aluminum and most, if not all metals are 99% recyclable.

Reused as in reform its structural integrity by hammering it back into place? Not advisable.

the heat produced during combustion has downgraded the armoured steel.
Can the steel be used -Yes
But as an armoured steel- no .

marvin906:



A yak better than JF-17.. that statement shows your romancing madness

but the yak is almost on pair with the JF-17.

giles14:
but the yak is almost on pair with the JF-17.

Stop vomiting that abomination from your mouth.. If the Yak is almost equal to the JF-17 then the alpha jet is still close to the JF-17 which is a lie from the pit of hell your comparing a light attack aircraft with a deep strike aircraft calm down

marvin906:



Stop vomiting that abomination from your mouth.. If the Yak is almost equal to the JF-17 then the alpha jet is still close to the JF-17 which is a lie from the pit of hell your comparing a light attack aircraft with a deep strike aircraft calm down

na u make JF-17 deep strike aircraft? whether u like it or not JF-17 is a light attack aircraft, its in same class as the tejas,gripen,Fa-50 etc.

giles14:
na u make JF-17 deep strike aircraft? whether u like it or not JF-17 is a light attack aircraft, its in same class as the tejas,gripen,Fa-50 etc.

Your next to insane if you compare a Tejas and fa 50 to gripen and JF-17..
A gripen is a light attack aircraft you must be trolling

giles14:
na u make JF-17 deep strike aircraft? whether u like it or not JF-17 is a light attack aircraft, its in same class as the tejas,gripen,Fa-50 etc.

How can you call jf17 a light attack jet.
Its a multirole fighter jet and its supersonic

The yak 130 is an advanced flight and tactical combat trainer and light attack aircraft.

Them no be mate in all combat situation!