Rear view of the Cobra: the V-hull and high wheel arches make for better mine and blast protection
THE GUARDIAN
28 August, 2012
The military Joint Task Force (JTF) in Maiduguri, Borno state has averted the detonations of two separate Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) by suspected Boko Haram sect members in Mafoni
and Gwange wards of the metropolis on Tuesday.
The JTF said that if the separate explosives, were detonated by the suspects, they could have destroyed many lives and property at the West End
and Gwange areas of Maiduguri.
Confirming the aversion of multiple blasts, on Tuesday in Maiduguri, spokesman of JTF, Lt. Col Sagir Musa in a press statement said: “There was an
Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion today at West End, Ramat Square general area of Maiduguri metropolis. The Explosive Device was
concealed in a wheel barrow by suspected Boko Haram terrorists and it exploded at about 0835am.”
An eyewitness however told The Guardian in a telephone conversation that a child was also killed along with four other residents by stray bullets,
when the mother was attempting to flee in an exchange of gunfire between JTF and suspected bombers at the West End area.
Musa said the owner of the wheel barrow was killed instantly while attempting to escape, adding that no casualty was recorded, as the area was
cordoned and swept by the Bomb Disposal Arm of the Task Force.
Could we have a pic of a nigerian mbt
Or photographs of pan hard 60 or 90 armoured cars
L-R: Pinzgauer tows a 105mm howitzer
behind a Vickers Mk.III tank(c) and a
Panhard Sagaie AFV(r)
A Vickers Mk.III Eagle tank at the Victor
Kure Firing Range,Armoured Corps
Centre,Bauchi 17 May 2012
Scorpion light tanks
How come we never see pics of our T-72 tanks? Can’t recollect ever seeing a pic…
Whossai..look out FIRST and see if you find ANY photos of systems, some of which went into service in the 1970s and 1980s.
* T55 (which first entered service in ’78)
* Panhard M3
* EE-11 Urutu
* EE-9 Cascavel
* AML 90
* BTR-60
* BTR-70
* BTR-3
* Ivema GILA
* Fox scout car
CONFIRM. Thereafter, you can continue the search. You will find a 1980s era photo of AML 60s and newer photos of Steyr APC, Sagaie, MT-LB and MOWAG Piranha though.
I have a photo of a 4-howitzer battery of 105mm guns shelling in Liberia posted on this blog and I have seen photos of Palmaria 155mm SP arty, the ZU-series 14.5mm and 23mm AA guns and ZSU-23 Shilka SPAAG. Ditto the Carl Gustav. But I have never seen any photo of 122mm, 130mm, 152mm and 155mm guns and crew.
The paranoia which sufficed under military rule about the likelihood of renegades springing a lightning coup on the back of the mass movement of hardware KILLED off the culture of military hardware parades in the country.
Before the Golden Jubilee Parade in 2010, I doubt that there had been any parade since the late 1980s. Meanwhile, our same chaps used to go off to Togo to fly past in jets during the January 13th Eyadema-era parades in Togo.
We shall not relent though. Lately, we managed to post the FIRST PHOTO of a Steyr APC seen anywhere since the late 1980s.