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An improved version of the M9 ACE by adding amphibious capabilities, as well as improved armor protection for the crew. [27] [28] [29] Armtrac 100-350 United Kingdom: Vehicle-mounted mine detection: 100-350 Mk.2: 4: They were acquired under the Mounted Mine Detector Acquisition Project of the Philippine Army.
Operated by Boko Haram, probably captured from the Nigerian Army. Panhard AML-60 [56] Armored car France: Operated by Boko Haram, probably captured from the Nigerian Army. VBL [57] Scout car France: Operated by Boko Haram, probably captured from the Nigerian army. T-55/55MV/AM/AMV: Main battle tank: At least 82 (2015) [38] [39] [58] Soviet Union
IS has been able to strengthen its military capability by capturing large quantities and varieties of weaponry during the Syrian Civil War and the post-withdrawal Iraqi insurgency. These weapons seizures have improved the group's capacity to carry out successful subsequent operations and obtain more equipment. [97]
MANILA (Reuters) -Global defence contractors put their advanced hardware on display as the Philippines embarks on the latest phase of a multi-billion-dollar effort to modernise its military at a ...
Boko Haram, officially known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād [24] (Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit. 'Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad'), [25] is a self-proclaimed jihadist terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria, which is also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. [13]
Created in 2008, this program is designed to instruct a variety of skills, including aerial logistics, non-lethal weapons training, combined arms and maneuver exercises. [35] More than 900 Moroccans and 1,200 Americans take part in the two-week exercise.
Several Boko Haram "top fighters" outright defected. [15] According to an alleged insider account, up to 70% of Boko Haram's qaids (senior commanders) had secretly sided with ISWAP by the time of the operation. [16] One group of Boko Haram loyalists, counting "dozens" according to al-Naba, holed up at the well defendable Ghowbra camp. ISWAP ...
MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine troops stationed on a warship grounded on a disputed South China Sea shoal held on to their weapons after Chinese coast guard boats came very close to the ship but ...