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Are there any "good" ones? By that I mean ones that aren't being used to control their own people and are focused on the people's defence?
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>>28055937

NYPD
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>>28055937

Uganda probably has the best of the black African countries, the US has poured money into creating a professional army with a good NCO corps there, and it seems to have worked. There's a reason why Kony and the LRA have been in the Congo for the last decade despite nominally being a Ugandan insurgency. Uganda also provides a lot of the muscle when the AU needs to crack heads, because they're generally very good at it.

South Africa also still has a very good army, which managed to mostly survive the transition out of apartheid. It helps that even during Apartheid, it was one of the few good ways for blacks to get good government jobs.
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>>28055937
Nothing Sub-Saharan. The Arab north while being shit, aren't as shitty as anything south.
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>>28055937

Part of the problem that African nations have is that the military tends to be the most technologically advanced organization in the country, and thus it can easily take over if it wants to.
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>>28055937
Romeo Dallaire, that belgian guy who was in Rwanda, gave praise to ghanian troops.

https://www.modernghana.com/news/385332/1/the-ghanaian-mission-in-rwanda.html

Ghana seems to be a pretty decent country actually.

Paul Kagame and his guys where also pretty based. Basically put an end to the Rwandas genocide by themselves and without support from the rest of the world. And then after he was done kicking the shit out of the hutu led government, the Interahamwe and the Impuzamugambi he didn't start genociding hutus and plunge the country in to another genocidal civil war.
Kagame, based as fuck.

We'll see about the Mali troops. They are being trained by whites right now to handle insurgents coming in from the north (thanks NATO for destroying Libya) and it seems to be going okay.
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>>28056064
This isn't always a problem. A lot of the times the military is more sane then the ''civil'' government.
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Ghana.
Maybe South Africa?
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>>28056172

>This isn't always a problem. A lot of the times the military is more sane then the ''civil'' government.

This is actually true. Egypt would be the most recent example.
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>>28056158
>We'll see about the Mali troops.

Don't hold your breath. My wife is Malian, and while everyone from there I've met has been a a pretty good person they are not fighters. Anecedontal evidence for sure but those people are like a bunch of black hippies. Maybe if you somehow stock the Army with Tauregs that are allegient to Bamako you stand a chance.
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Most of the problem I see is that they are trying to fight the way white people fight, but without having the clue of why and how. Once they fight according to their own strength, they proved to be more than handful and actually prettty effective.

Read about the Toyota wars between Libyan forces and Malian
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>>28055937
Rwanda.
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>>28056307

>Most of the problem I see is that they are trying to fight the way white people fight

What do you mean by that?
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>>28056367
Not him, but Africa isn't suited to traditional western tactics. Not enough roads, bad terrain, etc. Heavy vehicles

Similar to pic related and the value of paratroopers.
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>>28056402
THANK YOU. I've been looking for that for 10 minutes, and I couldn't find it on any of the three computers I'd been using for the past month.
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>>28056357
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide

Actually, that's a good answer.
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>>28056402
I now think much better of African military doctrine and Africa itself, good read, thanks anon
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>>28056158
Dallaire is Canadian. He only commanded belgian forces.
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While not military, DRC park rangers definitely operate. Sentences for poaching are so steep, poachers often shoot it out. The national parks in that region are also rife with smugglers and guerrillas. These guys have the most dangerous job in all of conservation. Interestingly, their current leader is a fucking Belgian prince https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Emmanuel_de_Merode His ancestors ran the most vile, oppressive regime the Dark Continent has ever seen, but he is dedicated as fuck and has the respect of his men.

>>28056158
>that belgian guy
He's Canadian. He was born in the Nethernlands to a Dutch woman and a Canadian father.
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>>28055937
I know the huehuehues just spent a shit load of time and money training the Namibian navy and special forces, only time will tell if it was put to good use...

I also remember talking to a Nigerian anon on kc who did some time in the army fighting Muslims. Apparently they still have a long ways to go to be a professional fighting force
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>>28056367
>triggered
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>>28057247
>Sentences for poaching are so steep, poachers often shoot it out.
Not nearly steep enough. Weren't some of the park rangers you're talking about shot up recently by rhino poachers or something? Most of the successful poachers are probably professionals hired by chinese billionaires or something anyway. Poaching in reserves should be a shoot on sight affair.
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>>28057503
>Poaching in reserves should be a shoot on sight affair.
While it isn't officially...
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>>28056158
Romeo is a Canadian
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>>28056307
Toyota wars were between Libya and Chad.

And Chad are the literal Chads of Africa, they are balls to the walls crazy. They fucking storm armor battalions with technicals mounted with atgms and go full speed into minefields.
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>>28057634
>Chad is an actual Chad
Yes, this pleases me
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>>28057503
> Most of the successful poachers are probably professionals hired by chinese billionaires or something anyway.

Oil companies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxXf2Vxj_EU
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>>28057634
Going to have to second Chad
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>>28057813
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>>28057829
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>>28056402
Based
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>>28055937
Sub-Saharan?

South Africa by leaps and bounds...

pretty much the only African nation with a fully integrated data-link, digitized command/control/comms, modern western equipment (the rest of Africa's "modern" equipment is just cold-war left overs) and a sizeable domestic arms industry backing them up (they are amongst the worlds top 20 arms exporters), modern training facilities and equipment (MILES and shit) and comprehensive institutional experience in everything from high-tempo conventional warfare to COIN (they pretty much finished writing the book the Rhodesians started).

After them, and significantly far behind them, is Uganda.

Thats about it. Some militaries here and there have good units (Cameroons BIR is pretty hot shit) but as a whole they are beyond shit
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>>28058091
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNo6axEV-6U
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>>28055997
>ones that aren't being used to control their own people and are focused on the people's defence
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>>28056271
Why did you marry a black woman?
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>>28057247
orlando von einsiedel pls go
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>>28057634
>Chad are the literal Chads of Africa
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>>28055937

>Egypt
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>>28056402
Damn, that's a good little article
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>>28058091
nice boots there
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>>28057634
>And Chad are the literal Chads of Africa, they are balls to the walls crazy. They fucking storm armor battalions with technicals mounted with atgms and go full speed into minefields.

Sounds like the strategy I used near the end of my battleTech days. The whole damn table was full of bulldogs mounted with 1 MG each. Why? Because fuck you eat crits. That's why.
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>>28058432
Yup.

Oh and I forgot to mention.

They kicked Libya's ass all the way back with a casualty rate in their favor and are still fighting in many peacekeeping units despite low level civil conflict within their countries.

I believe they've upgraded to armored cars now like those french 90mm cannon ercs or whatever.
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>>28056402
How many African countries actually have paratrooper units?
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>>28056402
Can we just keep referring to the two countries as Congo Kinshasa and Congo Brazzaville? This new shit is to confusing
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>>28058260
From what little I know of them, they have the largest military on the continent, mostly committed to internal security.
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>>28059117
>Those fucking berets
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>>28056271
>they are not fighters.
They are going to have to me now.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nXUgxdFJCkc&feature=youtu.be
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>>28057813
These are Mugabe's personal thugs

>>28058353
Bad habits from Israel. They last forever but really harsh on your feet. Literally the first thing the soldiers to after getting their pay is to get better boots

>>28059117
They're a mixed bsg. The grunts are probably better trained, better armed and got more work-related benefits than their more melanin-rich neighbors but their top leadership only care for their pockets and the political support in Cairo while the military also run some companies that hold monopoly on domestic economy

You really cannot have a truly professional army in Africa
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>>28057665
i just saw that movie almost cried at the end its so depressing
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>>28060798
>>while the military also run some companies that hold monopoly on domestic economy

Can confirm. The Egyptian Army ran automobile parts manufacturing companies and a lot of domestic food distribution and management centers.

I wonder how much of that is old Colonial thinking or "sorta" new Soviet thinking. I know Ruski's helped to build a ton of dams in the nation.
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>>28057829
red cap looks like he's about to spit the hottest rap of 2015
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Any good ones?

the answer is obvious.

There is only one, there has only ever been one and there will only ever be one,
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>americans pay $200 bucks for one of these battle-jackets
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>>28061866
Only retards who still buy from NE do.
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>>28061901
Why do you guys have such a boner for them?

Is it like some sort of geerqueer hipsterism?
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>>28061866
>$200 bucks
>two hundred dollar bucks
>dollar bucks
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>>28061920
They're pretty much the gold standard of LBV if you ask me.
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>>28061920
Basically.

People will buy mags from NE for $140 that they can get elsewhere for less than $50.

All you need to do is throw some 'epik /k/ me-mes' on your site and the retards will flock.
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>>28061921
i added the "$" as an afterthought and forgot to edit

Sue me

>>28061939
they arent thaat great though

They intergrate pretty poorly with our own plate-carriers, so I imagine that when you boys tacticool up you must have immense problems with it
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>>28061866
To be fair, most of the stuff from NE seems genuine. One guy even found a journal in one of those LBVs.

I wonder how well these would mesh with Czech surplus jackets.
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>>28057829
>Tacticool AK's with EOTechs

Fuck yeah
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>>28059260
>omg fucking turd wearing a turd on his head wrong
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>>28058146
not gonna lie, that looks fun as hell
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>>28056020
South African?
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>>28055937
>any military being focused on the people's defense
>implying most soldiers wont fire on us citizens
>implying soldiers arent propaganda fed drones
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>>28059117
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In my opinion Kenya, Tchad, South Africa are ok.
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>>28066250
Okay edgefag
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Aids. That's their best defense
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>>28055937
no their niggers
end of story
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>>28056402
Amazing. I thought Africa was just child soldiers and porous borders. I didn't realize they fought fucking wars with each other.

Gosh. There's nothing to make you respect the capabilities of a country than to hear it can fight a successful war.
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Chad is pretty fucking based
I watched a little documentary about the French Foreign Legion fighting alongside Chad forces against mudslime extremists
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Ethiopians have a pretty good record at counterinsurgency and peacekeeping, and help out a lot with domestic issues in neighbouring countries, but they did have some discipline problems while posted in Somalia.
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>>28057184
He commanded a multinational UN force, they weren't all Belgians.
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The SADF does not fuck around.
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>>28060798
A truly professional army can only be achieved if the civilian government is strong and stable. Military involvement in politics is a necessary evil actually, because they are the only one that can hold the country together in absence of strong, functional civilian leadership.

Besides african as a whole hasn't had that political maturity. In some places giving flour and water is enough to gain village idiots' support, while in other places, the only reason you vote for that guy is because you want to keep your hand
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>>28069752

See >>28056402
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>>28074024

>1991+24
>Thinking niggers aren't shit

Oh fuck off you day/k/are kekhold. Don't you have some Louis C.K. to watch while your GF gets some bbc?
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>>28056020
Uganda?
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>>28074041

>Anon links to evidence otherwise
>Immediately starts meming and flipping his shit

/pol/ smokers, everyone.
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>>28069752
They're*
I'd figure pol fags would into grammar.
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>>28074041
>calls everyone else day/k/are
>makes the most day/k/are posts in the entire thread
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>>28056307
>Read about the Toyota wars between Libyan forces and Malian
french special forces and inteligence might have tipped the odds there a bit
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>>28058213

Why do you care?
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>>28075291
Because you're destroying the white race
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>>28055937
Chad.

French surplus, captured rifles and don't afraid of anything.
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>>28056158
/K/ AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT POWER RANKINGS

1. Botswana
2. Saffer
3. Ghana
4. Uganda
5. Rwanda
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>>28058091
Plus if shit really hit the fan, they could instantly conscript hundreds of thousands of armed response men.
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>>28075551
Who cares? It has already been damaged beyond repair by the Jews.
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>>28075600
>fas-tchad
What?
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Very related:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw_fwHTB26U
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>>28075551
Fuck of stormnigger
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>>28076001
This seems to be the most diabolical punishment thought up by an NCO in history.
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>>28075551

A few guys in inter-racial relationships won't destroy the white race. If you're so concerned about birth rates, why don't you find an aryan girl and make some babbies?
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>>28076053
>>28076040
>falling for my b8
weak as shit goys.
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>>28075600
I was about to cite them. Apparently they took the french lessons from the Chad-Lybia war at heart and are pretty hardcore when it comes to light mechanized, highly mobile, logistically light operations. No idea how they would fare against a heavyweigh like say Egypt today (not that there would be any reason to, just for the sake of reflexion) but they certainly proved their worth when it comes to aggressively hunting insurgents over gigantic territories and keep them off-balance.
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>>28076066

I'm a /k/ommando. I always take the b8. It is my duty.
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>>28075836
They ain't ever slow, that's why motherfucker.
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Nigeria, maybe?
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>>28077339
Their "operators" were assraped few days ago
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>>28077339
>couldn't even beat Biafra militarily even with Soviet and UK support
Nope
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>>28057829
>dat TD
I like these guys
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shame there is never good news about africa
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>>28056402
I am getting kinda lost here, all this factional stuff is confusing.
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>>28056402
This is the reason why Angola is one of the best African armies, trained by the Cubans to fight large front guerrilla wars in a highly disciplined fashion.

The fact they defeated the armies of South Africa said a huge amount at the time- Mandela claimed it was the turning point in ending apartheid
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>>28075551
I prefer to look at it like I'm spreading the wealth around.
>>28060323
Don't count on it. The Tauregs continuing to push back against the Islamists and periodic French interventions will be the norm.
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>>28058213

Excellent question anon

>definitely had nothing with her being some combination of nice/hot and being in love
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>>28061961
What's that thing with the rpgs in it?
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>>28081169
Ammo bag.

>>28056402
Rwanda uber alles.
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>>28056402
>tfw Africa is the last true wild west
>tfw I will never operate innasavanna/ jungle
>tfw I will never kill chinese imperialists
>tfw I will never ride in a hilux technical into the sunset
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>>28082966
> I will never kill chinese imperalists

The chinks sent an infantry battalion to the south sudan for UN peace keeping operations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwfBYFKq7W8
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>>28083079
So, basically, GATE is actually happening now.
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>>28083118
Spoiler alert: they died.
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>>28083093
You'll have to explain that one to me, bud. I know what GATE is, but I'm not following what you're getting at. I mean Africa ain't exactly Ethiopians in loin-cloths mowing down incompetent spaghetti niggers anymore, now is it?
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>>28081169
+2 bag of holding
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>>28074041
Shhh it's okay. You can leave now.
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>>28083118
:(
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>>28079582
>defeated the armies of South Africa
I'd say they managed to fight to a standstill rather than beat them.
>>28056402
Any good books for the Congo Wars? Some fascinating shit right there.
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Also, has Nigeria made any headway against Boko Haram?
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In the meantime I'll post what little I have of the Nigerian military. Seems like a massive hodgepodge of gear
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>>28075640
Lolwut? Botswana is a very rural country of 2 million people that hasn't had a serious war to fight in quite some time. South Africa is an industrialised country with 25 times it's population and a functional arms industry? How are they remotely comparable?

Source - I'm a saffer /k/omrade
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With captured Boko Haram flag
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>>28083772
Do you think Boku No Haram are butthurt that ISIS gets so much more publicity than them?
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Apparently these guys are Nigerian operators. Cannot comment on the effectiveness of their operating.
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>>28083844
Possibly, though the two work together so I guess they just acknowledge it and move on. It must suck to be oldschool Al-Qaeda these days
>Believe that one day, far from now, they shall have Islamic lands from which to launch Jihad
>ISIS comes and does it in an exceedingly short amount of time while being more popular than AQ ever could be
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>>28083844
>>28083876

Didn't Boko Haram pledge "allegiance" to them?
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>>28083854
>good TD
alright in my book
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>>28058091
As a South African i feel i must disagree, our military has gone ti shit over the last 21 years and most of the troops are undertrained, hell our pratroopers dont even have enough funding for training jumps... allegedly our recces are still very, very good but i don't kniw anything about that... not to mention we have 0 skilled fighter pilots and the maintenance of our armour has bee outsourced to fucking Cuba, the ters we were fighting in the '80s
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>>28083772

see

>>28077368
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>>28083854
bet they can make a fire mixtape
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>>28079582
The only reason that we lost that war was thanks to the Americans
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>>28058213
because he is too much of a manchild and too effeminate to attract a non-foreign woman.
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>>28083118
ahha converse and beards hipsters detected
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>>28083844
Pretty nice Micro Tavor if i'm not mistaken.
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>>28083791
Not OP but Botswana has one of the healthiest economies in Africa at the moment, the government has nationalized the diamond industry (still selling only to debeers though) and apart from SA and Nigeria botwsana has been the fasted growing economy in africa since Independence.
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>>28084899
That's not a converse shoes, mang.

It's a soviet plimsolls(also known as tekkies or liberation shoes). Shit is popular in africa that local shoe factories keep producing them for the masses
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>>28084928
Good to know, senpai.
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>>28084983
...So senpai is now Senpai.
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>>28084928
Converse shoes usually are plimsolls.
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>>28057829
How many of his bros would be horrifically injured if that RPG fired right then?
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>>28084911
>Botswana has one of the healthiest economies in Africa
That's like being the smartest kid in special ed.
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>>28080136

So Anon, how did you meet her? I don't see a lot of legit African women innastates.
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>>28083118

Dylan Roof pls go.
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Countries like Rwanda and Botswana had their growth limited due to being landlocked and landlocked by retarded african countries

I imagine Rwanda had to pay (and bribe) Tanzania into building a railway as lifeline for them.
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>>28075640
What the fuck? Did you forget about Namibia there, /k/omrade?

Their whole military might be dedicated to protecting their national parks but that's a country that has its shit sorted out.
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>>28084928
They're called tackies, not tekkies. And tackies are just what Rhodies/Zimbos call trainers.
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Except south africa, the only well-organized and developed armies are the north-african ones. Rest are just militias and kids with ak-47
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>>28083118
>>28083154
ayyy
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>>28083118
>tactical short shorts

Fashion never dies.
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>>28083118
I can't see Rhodesia without thinking about this really faggy tripfag on /his/.
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>>28085150
>Rhodesia had anything to do with some nobody teen shooter

pls go
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>>28085691
It was the 70s and Africa is a hot place. You can't blame them.
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>>28083763
>I'd say they managed to fight to a standstill rather than beat them.

which is a victory in guerrilla warfare
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>>28079582
>defeated the armies of South Africa

There were 35 major battles in that war

the South Africans won all 35... decisively

Despite the fact that Cuban forces averaged 60 000 men in theater
and MPLA forces averaged 100 000

Whilst the SADF only ever deployed 6 000 men to support ~60 000 UNITA

And the South Africans were fighting a COIN war in their rear. So, against a massively smaller force, who had their supply lines harassed by insurgents... the Cubans managed absolutely nothing at all

But please, continue to act as though Political defeat and military defeat are the same thing
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>>28057844
>The UCPimp
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>>28083118
They lost tho.
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>>28085750
>continue to act as though Political defeat and military defeat are the same thing
Isn't warfare an extension of politics?
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>>28085804
People just wouldn't understand this.
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>>28085804
>>28085796

It's kind of like saying that despite you having beaten the other guy to a bloody pulp, you were the guy the cops arrested therefore the other guy won the fight.
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>>28085694

>taking the b8
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It's like the Americans in Nam, we lost because we didn't win.
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>>28058213
Probably because they love each other and get along and he isn't a superficial stormnigger.

>>28080136
You do you, kamarade. Make beautiful brown babies for us.
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>>28085910
They do their best not to so they can pretend they didn't loose.

Well, they and they. Usually it's kids going on about a war that was fought long before they were born. But when you have no redeeming qualities of your own, jingoism makes one out of where you happened to be born.
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>>28056402
Pretty good read. I always thought paratroopers were irrelevant in the modern age and reading stuff like this makes you realize that they're extremely fucking useful for fighting in areas that are basically still wilderness.

Also, it never really occurred to me that Africa had soldiers that competent. When I think of Africa I think of retarded niggers who can't find reverse of a Soviet tank, but when painted in this light you realize that there are plenty of good soldiers. Africa is just plagued by their governments and infrastructure.
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>>28058091
>WWII paratrooper boots
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>>28086951
From my experience, you just have to find the right African.
I used to live in Zimbabwe and we had an grounds keeper who do pretty much any task you gave him. Gardener, manager, welder, carpenter, metalworker, driver. The dude just absorbed skills like a sponge. If he had lived in the UK or Australia he'd easily be making a six figure salary by now. The right man in the right place is super competent.

The problem with Africa is that corruption is so fucking rampant that no country can get itself off the ground. Whoever is in charge just seems to be out for themselves and doesn't give a flying shit about the common man. For every competent there are a legion of incompetents and corrupt individuals who don't give a shit about their country or their people.
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>>28087109
Yeah, for every good African there are a thousand retarded dindus. I mean just look at the immigration crisis in Europe.

The Africans flocking to Europe are retarded niggers who want free money. The Africans we get in the United States are hard working, kind black folk who want to get away from the retarded niggers in their home countries.

I wish I could propose a solution to fix this but I really don't know what it is. I think the good Africans realized that a long time ago too.
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>>28056402
>we used to have threads like these on the reg

fucking /pol/ really ruined this board
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>>28087297
That was on /his/, though.
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>>28087316
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>>28087316
>>28087334
Is it cold in Kenya?

Also
>Kenyans own better rifles than i will
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>>28087377
It's probably winter and Africans like wearing jumpers.
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>>28083800

>chintoc on soldier's helmet
>literally means gook in french
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>>28085635
>potahto
>potayto
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>>28056307
>>28057634
>>28074287
>Toyota wars.
Are there images of that?
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>>28087669
>has kind of yellow skin
>probably smaller eyes if the cheeks are an indication
10/10 taking it as a CB radio handle
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>>28087794
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>>28085804
>>28085910
>>28086926
The anon said they defeated "the armies of South Africa," which they didn't. So calm your collective tits.
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>>28086960
pretty sure the US still issues the same design with minor changes
ex, leather midsole is now nylon, color change
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>>28086951
Yeah, most African militaries have poor training, so their soldiers tend to be bad. Look at the shit Lettow-Vorbeck did, or Rwanda, or the blacks in the Rhodesian military. It's the training that matters, not the men.
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>>28087377
>Kenyans own better rifles than i will
Kenya, like so many African countries, is half in being wealthy and half in being poor and fucked up.
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since we are talking about African militaries

Here is a 3 hour display of the new Continental Intervention Force known as the ASF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MccWQcRqpM4

>action starts at 56min with Angolan Light infantry making "contact" with the rebels
>Pofadder mine clearance at 59min
>South African Moto Inf roll in at 1hr08min
>BEST PART, 1hr16min Combined arms Mech inf assault obj with Rooivalk, Rooikat and Ratel 90
>police display at 1hr49min

The ASF consists of 5(?) 5000 man brigades in each regional block.

The exercise in question was exercise Amani Africa II which involved 5000 men from (mainly) SADAC who took part in 3 weeks of maneuvers focused on formalizing a central doctrine.

From the video you can see that they adopted a very South Africanized Doctrine
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An interactive video made by a local news network about South African Paratroopers (the parabats)

http://www.enca.com/features/the-jump/
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>>28092513
It's not like there are other ways for actual governments to respond given the conditions of the local infrastructure.
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What does an African paratroop jump look like anyway? What kind of equipment is dropped in and what are they usually fighting against?
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http://www.passarodeferro.com/2013/12/angola-compra-porta-avioes-principe-das.html?m=1

Tell me about Angola's military

why the fuck do they want a carrier?
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>>28093252
They seem to be one of the few coastal African countries with their shit together so I'd imagine it would help with force projection.
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>>28061921
TWO UNDRID DOLLERYDOOS?
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>>28093207
see >>28092547
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>>28093252
>China decides you're a good source of petroleum that the white devils don't have their hooks into
>flush with oil cash
>WE SUPERPOWER NOW
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>>28093252
the idea was quickly shot down

They are now focusing on getting (brazilian i think) OPV's

Their military is ok really, lots of combat vets... lots of LICW and COIN vetrens

And they are about to splerg big time on defence spending

Their year on year budget is going to peak at $13 billion for the 2019/2020 fiscal year
http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37185:angolan-military-expenditure-to-top-13-billion-by-2019&catid=50:Land&Itemid=105

They are in the throes of a massive modernization and upgrade of their military and it has sent subtle shockwaves throughout the continent

Most of their defence spending is going to be focused on securing their borders and prepping for internal defence
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>>28058644
>Can we just keep referring to the two countries as Congo Kinshasa and Congo Brazzaville? This new shit is to confusing
Literally no one calls them that
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>>28066250
I too remember what it was like when I was fourteen and my mom wouldn't let me be hardcore.
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Ethiopia has a smaller and lesser funded military, but their soldiers are high quality and they practically own their neighborhood.
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>>28075836

'Tchad' is the local spelling of Chad. FAS presumably stands for 'Forces Armees' and then something. 'du Sud' maybe?
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>>28083800
Man that nigga on the right got sum cheek bones
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>>28087109

>I used to live in Zimbabwe

Can I get some stories, /k/uz?
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>>28087260

>The Africans we get in the United States are hard working, kind black folk who want to get away from the retarded niggers in their home countries.

Can confirm, most African immigrants are pretty-bro tier.
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>>28087297

Oh fuck off back to reddit. /pol/ OWNS THIS BOARD
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>>28095993
>neighborhood
>surrounded by Somalia, Eritrea and Djibouti

I'm proud of you.
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