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Dizasta1
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What can I say, money may buy Qatar nearly a hundred high-tech combat jets worth tens of billions of dollars. But it sure as shit don't buy them any brains even if they tried. Mind you actual Arabs (common folk) aren't as dumb as these rich royals of the Middle Eastern sheikhdoms. In the end they will most likely buy their way outta this road-block as well. By hiring "foreign fighter pilots" from the West (whom they bought the jets in the first place). I sure hope they have the sense to establish a sustainable logistics and maintenance support facilities, else they'll be really paying through the for the upkeep of such expensive jets.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
IDF EXPANDS INFANTRY USE OF ADVANCED APC
BY
DECEMBER 28, 2017 13:38
Namer, Hebrew for leopard, is outfitted with the Trophy anti-tank missile protection system.
2 minute read.
The IDF is strengthening infantry units by expanding the use of its advanced armored personnel carrier, dubbed Namer (Tiger), to the Givati Brigade in addition to Golani units already using the vehicle.
“After extensive trials, by the end of 2020 the entire brigade will be operating the Namer,” the IDF said. It is also in the process of being integrated into the Carmeli reserve brigade, which is part of the Northern Command.
Wider use of the Namer will offer many operational advantages, such as the ability to move troops to targets, including urban areas, where they can capture and hold territory, the IDF said.
“The absorption of the Namer is a significant step for the Givati Brigade as a leading brigade,” said Givati commander Col. Dado Bar-Khalifa, adding that “the advantages of the Namer will enable the brigade’s forces greater operational effectiveness.”
Givati infrastructure will be renovated to accommodate the new APC and changes will be made to the training exercises for the brigade, such as an emphasis on combat.
The Namer is based on the platform of a Merkava Mark IV tank and is outfitted with advanced technology. It is the IDF’s most fortified APC and is outfitted with the also installed on Merkava.
Designed to detect and neutralize incoming projectiles, the Trophy system has four radar antennas and fire-control radars to track incoming threats, such as anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) and rocket propelled grenades. Once a projectile is detected the Trophy system fires a shotgun-type blast to neutralize the threat.
The Trophy Active Protection System (APS), developed by Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aircraft Industries’ Elta Group, has been installed on Israel’s Merkava tanks since 2009 and is the only fully operational and combat-proven APS in the world.
The IDF has invested significant amounts of money into upgrading its capabilities in the three years since Operation Protective Edge in 2014, especially in the field of urban combat.
A Namer APC shows off its abilities at traversing steep terrain (IDF Spokesperson't Unit)
In October the Defense Ministry began a series of tests on an of the Namer to make it better suited for urban combat by fitted it for the first time with a turret armed with a 30 mm gun that can penetrate walls at a 60-degree angle or more.
“An APC equipped with a turret and cannon gives it an advantage during urban warfare,” stated Brig.-Gen. Baruch Matzliach, head of the Tank Program Administration. “The shortened cannon makes it more maneuverable and [gives it] the ability to provide firepower to infantry soldiers. It also lets infantry soldiers be more independent on the battlefield, with less dependence on other units to provide firepower.”
“The Namer is one of the best fighting weapons in the world and produced in Israel,” stated Ground Forces planning officer Col. Rami Abudraham. “The operation of the infantry brigades in Namer in general, and of the Givati Brigade in particular, is a complex process that will give Israel a very high level of operational capability.”
Namer is basically the Tank hull of a Merkava IV without the turret turned into a APC. They are now adding a 30mm unmanned IFV turret.
The Israelis have also used the Namer as the basis for a Recovery vehicle, Engineering vehicles, And There was a prototype 155mm 52 cal howitzer... I hear they even have a Tank.
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kwaigonegin
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Namer is basically the Tank hull of a Merkava IV without the turret turned into a APC. They are now adding a 30mm unmanned IFV turret.
The Israelis have also used the Namer as the basis for a Recovery vehicle, Engineering vehicles, And There was a prototype 155mm 52 cal howitzer... I hear they even have a Tank.
The can afford to use things like Namer because for the most part IDF is not into airborne or seaborne deployment of ground assets. not really a lot of bridges to cross either and the hard desert sands is more than able to handle heavy vehicles.
Once fully equipped it would be a very formidable IFV or APC and by far the most protected one in the world. I would not go up against merkava/namer mechanized brigade even if I can poop RPGs at will.
Jura The idiot
General
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Arab county’s buy for political support
I doubt any of them could use any equipment in real combat
I doubt any of them could use any equipment in real combat
Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
wow what a picture
missile hit Saudi F-15 jet over .
According to Oedo it is ground launched R 27 missile
It seems to be R-27T ground launch type
Saudi F-15 hit by Yemeni forces over Sana'a'
Mon Jan 8, 2018 02:47AM
Yemeni forces say they have successfully targeted a Saudi F-15 fighter jet just hours after downing another Saudi warplane.
According to Yemen's Arabic-language al-Masirah television network on early Monday, the F-15 was hit while flying over the capital Sana'a.
On Sunday, Yemeni air defense forces announced that they had intercepted and shot down a twin-engine and multi-role Panavia Tornado combat aircraft belonging to the Saudi-led military alliance over Kitaf wa al-Boqe'e district in the country’s northwestern mountainous province of Sa’ada.
missile hit Saudi F-15 jet over .
According to Oedo it is ground launched R 27 missile
It seems to be R-27T ground launch type
- R-27T AA-10 Alamo-B, , passive homing using the Avtomatika 9B-1032 (PRGS-27) IR seeker head. Missile can be used at 20 to 25000 meters altitude. Effective kill range for a target at same altitude: 2 to 33 km head-on, 0 to 5.5 km tail-on. Maximum range: 63 km. Maximum allowed vertical separation: +/-10 km.
Saudi F-15 hit by Yemeni forces over Sana'a'
Mon Jan 8, 2018 02:47AM
Yemeni forces say they have successfully targeted a Saudi F-15 fighter jet just hours after downing another Saudi warplane.
According to Yemen's Arabic-language al-Masirah television network on early Monday, the F-15 was hit while flying over the capital Sana'a.
On Sunday, Yemeni air defense forces announced that they had intercepted and shot down a twin-engine and multi-role Panavia Tornado combat aircraft belonging to the Saudi-led military alliance over Kitaf wa al-Boqe'e district in the country’s northwestern mountainous province of Sa’ada.
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Equation
Lieutenant General
wow what a picture
missile hit Saudi F-15 jet over .
According to Oedo it is ground launched R 27 missile
It seems to be R-27T ground launch type
- R-27T AA-10 Alamo-B, , passive homing using the Avtomatika 9B-1032 (PRGS-27) IR seeker head. Missile can be used at 20 to 25000 meters altitude. Effective kill range for a target at same altitude: 2 to 33 km head-on, 0 to 5.5 km tail-on. Maximum range: 63 km. Maximum allowed vertical separation: +/-10 km.
Saudi F-15 hit by Yemeni forces over Sana'a'
Mon Jan 8, 2018 02:47AM
Yemeni forces say they have successfully targeted a Saudi F-15 fighter jet just hours after downing another Saudi warplane.
According to Yemen's Arabic-language al-Masirah television network on early Monday, the F-15 was hit while flying over the capital Sana'a.
On Sunday, Yemeni air defense forces announced that they had intercepted and shot down a twin-engine and multi-role Panavia Tornado combat aircraft belonging to the Saudi-led military alliance over Kitaf wa al-Boqe'e district in the country’s northwestern mountainous province of Sa’ada.
There goes the bragging rights and perfect record that an F-15 has NEVER been shot down by an opposing forces.
Jura The idiot
General
... but the aircraft appeared just keep flying (the vid is on LiveLeak:
blocked here? LOL!
i=b87_1515439478
at LiveLeak dot com