Tag Archives: Mali

MUJAO fighters with 9K32 or 9K32M MANPADS in Mali

March 22, 2013 · by · in Arms & Munitions ID, Mali, Small Arms & Light Weapons · 2 Comments

This screenshot, a frame taken from the YouTube video seen below, shows a fighter of the Mouvement pour le Tawhîd et du Jihad en Afrique de l’Ouest (MUJAO) in Mali holding a 9K32 or 9K32M Man Portable Air Defence System (MANPADS). From the blurry video it is difficult to determine whether this is a 9K32 (NATO reproting […]

British RAF Regiment in Mali

January 20, 2013 · by · in Mali, Small Arms & Light Weapons · Leave a comment

By N.R. Jenzen-Jones Royal Air Force (RAF) Regiment troops, possibly based out of Honington or Wittering, have been deployed to Bamako as a force protection (FP) element for RAF operations in support of the French intervention in Mali. France’s Opération Serval is being supported by two RAF C-17ER transport planes, operated by No. 99 Squadron from RAF Brize Norton. […]