Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 January 2019. "Cameroon's Bastion APCs now in action" (PDF). ^ a b c d e f g h de Cherisey, Erwan (6 June 2018).France – Bastion PATSAS evaluated by the French special forces.Ukraine - 20 Bastions to be supplied to Ukrainian military.A total of 31 have been reportedly supplied. Uganda – 19 Bastion APCs received in 2017, supplied via U.S.Tunisia – 4 Bastion APCs received in 2016, supplied via U.S.Togo – 30 Bastion PATSAS received in 2014 for the Togolese military.Tanzania - several dozens of Bastion APCS leased from the UN for peacekeeping missions.Sweden – some Bastion HMs supplied from 2016, used by the Särskilda operationsgruppen.In 2018, an industry source explained to Jane's that none have actually been supplied. Somalia – 13 Bastion APCs received in 2016, supplied via U.S.An additional 29 were procured in 2019 for the Army with financial aid from Saudi Arabia. Senegal – 36 Bastion APCs and 2 PATSAS, 7 were bought in December 2017 by the Senegalese Gendarmerie for riot control.Saudi Arabia – 71 Bastion PATSAS received in 2016.Mali – 5 Bastion APCs received in 2016 for the Malian military.Kosovo - 3 Bastion APCs has been seen used by Kosovo Police, provided by AM General.Kenya – 12 Bastion APCs received in 2018, supplied via U.S.Ivory Coast – at least 9 Bastions in 2018.In 2018, an industry source explained to Jane's that none has been actually supplied. Ethiopia – 12 Bastion APCs received in 2016, supplied via U.S.Chad – 22 Bastion PATSAS received in 2013.Congo-Brazzaville - Two Bastions acquired for the National Police. ![]() Cameroon – 23 Bastion APCs received in 2015–2016, supplied via U.S.More than 100 in service according to Jane's. At least 8 Bastion PATSAS and some Bastion APCs in service. Burkina Faso – 10 Bastions received in 2012.Mack Bastion APCs being delivered to the Ugandan contingent of the AMISOM, 2017. Some of the Saudi Arabian Bastion PATSAS were reportedly used in the intervention in Yemen. In 2015, the United States Department of Defense bought 62 Bastion APC variants commercialised by Mack Trucks to supply various African forces, some of them, such as Uganda, being involved in AMISOM. In Mali, the 134th Escadron de Reconnaissance (Recce Squadron) was trained to operate the Bastion APC by the EUTM Mali. One Bastion was destroyed by Ansar ul Islam in the 2016 Nassoumbou attack. They have also been used in internal security missions, Bastion PATSAS being for instance fielded by the regiment de sécurité présidentielle before its disbandment in 2015. īurkina Faso deployed its Bastions in peacekeeping operations in Northern Mali, under the MINUSMA banner. The Cameroonian Bastion APCs, nicknamed as Cyclones, have been deployed in Northern Cameroon with the Battalion d'intervention rapide elite force. The Chadian Army also fielded Bastions during the 2015 intervention against Boko Haram in Far North Cameroon and Nigeria. The Chadian détachement d'action rapide (rapid action detachment) used the Bastion PATSAS during the 2013 intervention in Mali. ![]() It also provides many pleasures, from a stirring score and to memorable performances from many, including Michael Blakemore and Timothy West as (once again!) Churchill.A Bastion APC of the loyalist National Gendarmerie during the 2015 Burkinabé coup d'état. That is what makes this compelling viewing from the start. One cares for learning about the factual complexities/anxieties that Australia underwent during world history's most dramatic time. ![]() ![]() However, no smart viewer cares about such quibbles. Some of the actors (including Warren Mitchell as FDR) are not always convincing with their American accents, and even some of the actual Americans have laughable moments(Robert Vaughn plays MacArthur wearing sunglasses, even while indoors). It's not as well-done as CHURCHILL AND THE GENERALS or WORLD WAR II: WHEN LIONS ROARED, but it's a cinch to say that viewers who loved those dramas will enjoy this one. during WWII.but what about those beloved, amiable mates down under? This docudrama does a very fine job of showing what they went thru. Many of us have seen dramas of what transpired in England, the U.S., France, Italy, etc.
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