Mgellis
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In the past, I have requested a couple of platforms for Cameroon. Now that Equatorial Guinea is going to be added (DB3K v440), I figured it made sense to suggest Cameroon again. I've tried to track down as much information as I could about Cameroon's navy and air force. Cameroon's navy is limited to patrol craft and a couple of landing craft but its air force, while small, does have some punch. I know I wouldn't want a couple of Alpha Jets or a couple of MB-326s bearing down on some of my oil rigs. :)
Most of the information comes from various editions of Jane's Fighting Ships, Military Balance, and Wikipedia.
CAMEROON – NAVY
P 104 Bakassi
Service dates: 1984-present
Displacement: 308 full load
Dimensions: 52.6 m x 7.2 m x 2.4 m
Main machinery: 2 SACM 195 V16 CZSHR diesels; 8000 hp(m) (5.88 MW) sustained; 2 shafts
Speed: 25 knots
Range: 2,000 nautical miles at 16 knots
Complement: 39 (6 officers)
Weapons: 2 x Bofors 40 mm/70
Weapons control: 2 Naja optronic systems. Racal Decca Cane 100 command system
Radars: Navigation/surface search: 2 Furuno; I-band
From the image in Jane’s, it looks like there is a single-barrel 40 mm. weapon on the bow and another one the stern
P 106 Akwayafe (Rodman 101 PB)
Service dates: 2000-present
Displacement: 63 tons full load (but http://www.lifeboatsonline.com/SMGC.html lists it as 85 tons)
Dimensions: 30 m. x 5.8 m. x 1.8 m.
Main machinery: 2 diesels, 2800 hp(m) (2.06 MW) 2 shafts (type not listed in Jane’s)
Speed: 26 knots (but http://www.lifeboatsonline.com/SMGC.html lists it at 35 knots)
Range: 800 nautical miles at 18 knots
Complement: 9
Guns: 2 x 12.7 mm. MG
Radar: Surface search: Furuno; I-band
Hard to tell where the guns are (there are not many photographs of this class)…it looks like it may be a twin mount on the bow…
Type 067 Yunan utility landing craft
Wikipedia also says Cameroon has 2 Type 067 Yunan utility landing craft, but these do not appear to be any different from the Chinese versions, so all necessary information is already in the database. The earliest date I could find for these in any source was 2009, so I am assuming the service dates are 2009-present.
CAMEROON – AIR FORCE
Most of the aircraft for Cameroon’s air force are already in the database. The hard part was identifying the specific version and the service dates.
MB-326K Impala I/II
(in database)
Purchased from South Africa
Service dates: 1998-present
Alpha Jet MS2
(This is the only aircraft that I think needs a completely new entry)
According to Wikipedia, “Alpha Jet MS2: Improved version with new avionics, an uprated engine, Magic Air-to-Air missiles, and a Lancier glass cockpit….In 1980, work began on an "Alternate Close Support" version of the Alpha Jet, featuring a SAGEM ULISS 81 INS, a Thomson-CSF VE-110 HUD, a TMV630 laser rangefinder in a modified nose and a TRT AHV 9 radio altimeter, with all avionics linked through a digital databus. Initial flight was on 9 April 1982. Cameroon obtained seven and Egypt obtained 15. As with the original Egyptian order for MS1 machines, Dassault provided four such machines under the designation of MS2 and AOI of Egypt assembled the other eleven from knockdown kits.”
Service dates: 1984-present (I found one source listing an ejection for the Cameroon Air Force for the Alpha Jet MS2 on 24th August 1984, so I assume they were in service by this time.)
Specifications (Close-support version); data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982-83
Crew: two
Length: 13.23 m (43 ft 5 in)
Wingspan: 9.11 m (29 ft 10¾ in)
Height: 4.19 m (13 ft 9 in)
Wing area: 17.50 m² (188.4 ft²)
Empty weight: 3,515 kg (7,750 lb)
Loaded weight: 5,000 kg (11,000 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 7,500 kg (16,535 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × SNECMA Turbomeca Larzac 04-C5 turbofans, 13.24 kN (2,976 lbf) each
Maximum speed: 1,000 km/h (540 kn, 621 mph) at sea level
Stall speed: 167 km/h (90 knots, 104 mph) (flaps and undercarriage down)
Combat radius: 610 km (329 nmi, 379 mi) lo-lo-lo profile, gun pod, underwing weapons and two drop tanks
Ferry range: 2,940 km (1,586 nmi, 1,827 mi)
Service ceiling: 14,630 m (48,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 57 m/s (11,220 ft/min)
Guns: One 27 mm Mauser BK-27 Revolver cannon in centreline gun pack with 120 rounds or one 30 mm DEFA in centerline pod with 150 rounds
Rockets: Two Matra rocket pods with eighteen SNEB 68 mm rockets each or two CRV7 rocket pods with nineteen 70 mm rockets each
Missiles: Two AIM-9 Sidewinders; two Matra Magic IIs; two AGM-65 Mavericks;
Bombs: 2,500 kg (5,500 lb) of payload on five external hardpoints, including a variety of bombs (such as the Hunting BL755 cluster bomb) or Drop tanks for extended range.
C-130H Hercules
(in database)
Service dates: 1977-present
SA-342L
(in database, but the Cameroon version is listed as being HOT-capable, which is listed as a weapon on the SA-342M…is it possible to use the SA-342L data and just add the HOT loadout as an option?)
Service dates: 1990-present (they might have been purchased earlier, but this is the earliest date where I can find a reference saying they were in service)
CN-235MT
(I could not find technical data for this variant, but one article says France got four of these, too, and emphasizes that this is a “medium transport,” I wonder if this is just the CN-235-300, which is already in the database.)
Service dates: 2014-present
Thanks for considering these!
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