Inside Mali’s Glorious Technical Cavalry
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This video was originally just going to be about Mali's cavalry arm but it scope creeped, so it only covers the conventional force structure. If you'd like a video about more specialized or exotic units like BAFS or the ULRIs, or non-army things like the Gendarmerie let me know.
Ha 😂
Could you do a video about Singapore's Armed Forces? Thanks!
Sorry, pls do more
Could you do videos on Myanmar.
I actually like your exotic content as much, if not more than your conventional stuff. It would be a dream for me to see you cover Gendermerie or other paramilitary police type forces.
The BM-21 Grad has a crew of 3 and a total of 40 rocket tubes, the Grad 2M has a crew of 5 and 1 rocket tube. Wow.
What? Maybe something he explained in the video, but I haven't watched it all yet, so can you plz explain?
Makes sense
@@gabrielneves6602Grad 2M is a crew served weapon kinda like a heavy-mortar it can be taken apart and carried by its 5 man crew. BM-21 is a truck mounted rocked artillery system that is supported by an ammunition carrier and addisional crew from the battery.
Don't forget that the logistical situation in Mali varies wildly. It's a lot easier to populate a unit with a bunch of dudes and pack the fires up in man-portable rigs than to drive wheeled vehicles everywhere they need fire support. They're also typically supporting low-intensity conflict with rebels and insurgents. Consider that firing off a couple rockets is very frugal compared to showering fifteen insurgents with a next-gen Katyusha.
@@01ZombieMoses10it's really more quided not a saturation weapom
African military starter pack:
-RPGs
-Technicals
-I can't believe this isn't a technical
-Sheer unadulterated tomfoolery
-futuristic exosuit using advanced cardboard alloys
-Ak 47 for everyone **cheers**
I assure you dear viewer that my vast knowledge on african military procurement comes only from the most reputable source.
GLA mobs are OP.
Well, these subsaharan militaries now have Zastavas. From Cameroon to Mali, from Burkina Faso to Niger. Zastava, zastava, zastava.
The timestamp in the thumbnail makes the title read "MALI ARMY ANAL"
Westerners waste money on things like 'modularity' and 'interchangeable parts' when welding a BMP-1 turret to the back of a Hilux works just fine.
@@randominternetguy8735True modularity that Westereners could only dream of.
A crappy tank while crappy is better than not having a tank
This. No such thing as obsolete weapon, none of them would you like to stand in front of.
Not sure about that. If your tank can be taken out by a common RPG, is it worth losing 4 men all in one go?
I think armored vehicles need to reflect the threat the enemy poses. At the very least your vehicle should not cost the lives of the crew if the enemy deploys their most common anti-armor weapon.
@@kurousagi8155 Tanks get taken out by Javelins and NLAWs and they’re still useful and have a role.
There is a hard limit to this rule. Old soviet tanks with a homogeneous steel armor are basically a death trap in a modern battlefield. Its not only penetrated by literally every anti-tank launcher out there, its basically blind at night compared to modern tanks or even portable night vision devises, inaccurate as shit and cant really fire while moving. I am a tanker myself and I've spoken with an older guy who used crew tank made in the 70s. While today we have lazer range-finders and computers which basically aim for you, which allows us to fire and hit in seconds after seeing a target, those guys used to fire in "series", with the commander manually correcting fire and measuring distance with the binoculars.
They would honestly just be better just taking those old 100 mm cannons from the tanks and converting them to artillery pieces.
@@DefaultProphet do you need a Javelin to defeat a T-54B? Or can you use a common RPG? How common are Javelins? Even in the US military other ATGM and anti-tank weapons are far more common.
First in-depth video I've seen about an African Army. Thank you!
gaijin when?
Toyota tech tree pls 🙏
@muadddib we already have 2 of them
I have some videos from my time in Mali with MINUSMA if anyone’s interested 👍 I was there as France pulled out, wagner was moving in and we weren’t there for much longer.
Russia sure has impressive allies.
Wait till you see what they did to their relations with Algeria for the sake of Mali lol
GAMBIA AND MALI HAVE SIGNED HISTORIC TRADE AGREEMENT.
IT'S OVER FOR DOLLARBROS
#BRICS
Yeah, betting Algeria was not happy about the Malians tearing up the Tuareg agreement.
I don't get it @@kurousagi8155
What does Algeria have to do with the Tuaregs in Mali?
African politicians trying not to sell out their people to obvious colonizational intent by french, chinese or russians, or whoever tries next, just "one last time" to keep their power and get richer challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
lol mali switched france for wagner and now everything is 100x worse than with the french....
but they still blame the french XD
Well we do the same back in France LMAO XD
@@maxencebaudoin7889what do you mean ?
@@amaurycap8034 well we say everything is because of the african like the african say everything is because of us
@@maxencebaudoin7889 donc tu es français ? Mais en général, quand on dit cela, sois c'est plus dans le sens de faire une blague. Sois c'est juste des cons ou des cons qui pense que c'est toujours leur faute. Mais peut être que dans ces régions la c'est le même niveau et on entend que les cons parler
@@amaurycap8034 au Mali et en Afrique de l'ouest le discours anti-français et créé et propager par la Russie et les ferme à bot de wagner et en particulier prigojine (bon lui il est mort) un peut comme en france ou certains média propage un discours défavorable au étranger voire même hostile la ou en Afrique de l'ouest on est sur un niveau bien au dessus
Unfortunate thumbnail timestamp placement
thank you.
We don’t really think they actually function in any coherent force structure or consistent training standards or really any logical planning theory do we?
Also, can you do the MFO in the Sinai? That would be really interesting at the moment.
Fantastic video as always Battle Order, nicely done. I find the organization of the lesser-known armed forces of overlooked countries very interesting and i really like especially their usage of technicals which are perfect for urban warfare and reconnaisance operations. The technical with the BMP turret looks like it came straight out of Mad Max.
do Finland army
AZAWAD IS AMAZIGH
North africa belongs to black people go back to arabia , Colonizer!!
Collin Isle
You should definitely check out the Moroccan military structure!
Interesting 🤔 video
1:06 heh heh heh 😂😂😂
I would hate being a mechanic in a Mali Motor Pool trying to deal with all these different models.
Not to mention the corruption and complete lack of budget.
Bold of you to assume such a position exists
Now imagine Ukrainian mechanics trying to make sense of vehicles from 30 countries
Naah, it would be the best job! Duck tape, WD-40, flex tape, amateur welds...who needs factory made parts when you have ingenuity, am I right? 😅
...what do you MEAN the front fell off?
There are not so idiotic...
Most of material is buy by regiments. So even if one régiment as not the same kind of material than the other, they still don't have 50 different kind in the same régiment for as many "armed vehicles".
At most 4 to 5... Well it was true when French were around. Trying to do something between corruption, idioty, selfish and greedy self-serving traitors and racism.
So many of the material given (sell cheap for no real gain by the French) as be sell back to ISIS and other warlord around... Against who they were fighting.
Before cry about French not doing their work to protect and help them...
How many Infantry/Mechanized regiments could you form from all of the U.S's police and SWAT APCS?
I legitimately hope this becomes a video.
More than everything south of the panama canal
Half, if we're generous
You would be hard pressed to create two motorized regiments with all the armored vehicles available from state and local police.
I asked chagpt, more specifcaly the browser bot they made and this is the answer:
To answer your "curveball" question, we can make an informed estimate by determining:
1. How many armored vehicles (APCs and similar) the U.S. police and SWAT teams have.
2. How many vehicles a typical regiment might require.
Step 1: Estimate the number of U.S. police and SWAT APCs
Many U.S. police departments and SWAT units possess armored vehicles, often military surplus or purpose-built civilian models like BearCats and MRAPs (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles). The 1033 program, which transfers military equipment to local police departments, has distributed over 1,100 MRAPs since its inception, and many departments also buy or lease civilian-made armored vehicles.
- It is difficult to get exact numbers because there is no central database for police vehicles. However, reports suggest the **total number of armored vehicles used by U.S. police forces is around 2,000-3,000**. This number includes a mix of military-surplus MRAPs, BearCats (from companies like Lenco), and other armored rescue vehicles.
Step 2: How many vehicles in an Infantry or Mechanized regiment?
A U.S. Army mechanized infantry regiment typically requires several hundred armored vehicles. For example:
- A Mechanized Infantry Battalion might have 50-100 armored vehicles (including APCs like the Bradley Fighting Vehicle).
- An infantry Regiment consists of several battalions, so you would need 200-400 armored vehiclesto outfit a full regiment.
Conclusion: How many regiments could be formed?
If U.S. police forces have around 2,000-3,000 armored vehicles, and a mechanized regiment requires 200-400 vehicles, you could form:
- 5 to 10 mechanized infantry regiments using the APCs available in U.S. police forces.
Of course, this is a very rough estimate based on available numbers, as the exact composition of a regiment can vary based on doctrine, available equipment, and specific needs. Moreover, police APCs are generally designed for civilian environments, not full-scale military operations, so there would be limitations in terms of armor, armament, and operational capability.
Love this so much. Please keep doing obscure militaries!
Fr
I like to imagine you're the real Dogman so you decided to watch military vids while off service
@@Playing096 lol I’ve had this pop for nearly a decade now
at 14:16, the third tank crewman is so adorable. Literally too small for his uniform and his hands aren't fully extended outside of its sleeves
that's what we call a child soldier usually 🤔
@@PetitAgent66 I don't even think the most despotic of dictatorial regimes would entrust children with tanks they can't afford to replace.
An AK 47/74 is expendable, so is a helmet, but a tank that requires maintenance deafinutely isn't
@@quisqueyancomrade4968unfortunately the child soldiers are some of the most mind controlled and therefore trusted veterans. Where an adult soldier may have nuanced views on what's going on all the child knows is what their handlers assert is the truth.
@@PetitAgent66 He's tall for a child. Looks like a chubby guy too squat for his one size fits all uniform.
@@Coglio no amount of brainwashing can make a child’s combat aptitude match that of an adult
Them Toyota Boyz
Modelled after the Elbonian Armored Corp!
An analysis of the Philippine's Army would be an interesting thing to do considering how early 2000-2010s were just a mess of Vietnam Era gear and by 2020s they transitioned from that to a Modern Army, all the while combatting Terrorists and keeping China at bay
agree! plus this channel could make more subscribers!
"Keeping china at bay" as if china even tried...
They also use KM450 trucks just like Mali!
And eating trash 😂
@@paleoph6168we are using it as Tranport and Logistic Vehicle
“Give me 100 Hiluxes and I’ll conquer the Sahara!”
-Average warlord
Today i learned "Timbuktu" is a real place
A place known and famous since the middle age.
Wait until you see what one of the most important cities was in the Songhai and Mali empire
@@etiennet.8251i had this moment a few years ago. It had thr reputation for being a "city of gold" which I thought was along the lines of "fountain of youth" or Kathmandu (yes, I had that moment of realisation too, i guess I mixed it up with "Sharingla" or something)
@@createdforthemoment6740 Shangri-La is the mythical city you are thinking of
Timbuktu is a very well-known place and has had a high reputation as a place of riches and gold since the late middle ages in Europe.
It's not some no-name place like "Ouagadogou" (or however they call it).
least technical pilled african
Great vid, hope u make video about Royal Thai Armed Forces different units' organization, history, equipment, arsenal & putting memes like constant coups & Disney's Amphibia 🐸 show as reference?😂
As well as vid about CIA SAC SOG's with MACV-SOG's organizations, histories, equipments, arsenals, gadgets & more? 🤔
None of these vehicles or parts were sold on the black market by officers. Everything is fully acounted for by Mali's excellent civil service. No doubt.
Following Risk Watches' Corruption index, Mali (rank 169) is worse than Russia (rank 127). Following Transparency International, Mali at rank 136 is a bit better than Russia, at 141. In both cases, keep your hand on your wallet!
Can you do a video on the danish armed/mech batalions? Or some nordics stuff?
you should cover Ghana's iron man units! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
God I hate misinformation that parade wasn't our military it was some wacky private company called katanka that makes those stuff and our military don't use them
You westerners keep making fun of developing countries and then you start wondering why they don't want to work wkth you guys
They're not actually real, it's like a weird civilian project thing by a megachurch of all things. Those guys from that video were civilians escorted by either police or private security.
Their great ancestors are for sure *not* proud
Considering Africa never invented the wheel...
@@PentaRaus But at some point a Malian was the richest men in the World and today its quite the opposite
Their ancestors believed in the cycle of civilization for them the modern era is just a dark age .
We trained with some Mali Captains in the early 2000's at the usmc infantry officers course. good dudes. They did not like snow and virginia winter weather, lol.
Who came up with the Idea to train Malian Officers for Winter Conditions?
its not like they will get that many Opportunitys to apply that Knoweledge during theyre Career.
@@ottersirotten4290 more like, train them away from "tribal" influence that tend to punish or ignore merit if you aren't from the current boss family...
I would have to scour my watching history to point the right video, but there is one that was studying the "Arab armies" and the causes of their inefficiencies that also apply to Africans armies as they have the same culture on those points
(found the video: th-cam.com/video/exb-wiWU_gY/w-d-xo.html&lc=Ugx5vRjh5G4aa0XEx9Z4AaABAg.A7qBa5wYk_kA7qE5yaNscj )
@@kolerick Thats a good Thing to do, I dont disagree.
However, OP stated he trained with Malian Captians in/for Winter Conditions and thats utterly useless for Central African Forces
I'm not sure how you "stealth" in terrain like that.
A good portion of Mali is jungle and forest.
Only the northern bits are part of the Sahara Desert.
Even in the most arid places of Mali, you have places with giant bushes everywhere where you can stand up inside of them and be basically invisible from outside while seeing quite well from inside
Great video Battle Order!! It's nice to see videos about scarcely recognized army units. How about making a video about Scottish units in the British Army? That would be a fascinating video to watch.
Highly interesting video.
The thing I love most about African militaries, European Structures and training, but Warsaw Pact outdated equipment
It's fast, it's reliable, it's affordable, it's modular, and it's off the shelf. It's checked everything on the wunderwaffen list that any Western countries' army commanders want. 😂
Can't beat Land Cruiser and Hilux
Can you make a video of Chilean mech infantry
What an absolute dumpster fire of a fighting force... wow.
Can you do a Battle order video on Guyana? Considering the Venezuela-Guyana tensions I think it'd be worth a video. A small obscure military would be honestly a good 5-6 minute video on the extras channel
Everyone was gangsta until Toyota truck came
At least those are technicals such as Toyota brand pickup trucks, also DFG at 10:05😂
ahhh Toyota supporting wars in a milita near you
You mentioned scope creep, but I really enjoyed the high-level national order of battle and associated regions and ranks, it really puts everything else in context.
A gust of wind, and you just loosing half of the cie.
Can u please do one about the south african army🙏
6:12 my guy got hit in the head by the truck door kkkkk
Military slang (or military-style) is some of the funniest I know of: "Designated French Guy, or DFG for short." I'm dying xD.
I love this! Exactly the content I am after, stuff you would stuggle to find elsewhere, great video!
video on the indonesian military?
Mali under Mansa Musa was one of the richest empires on earth, now things have changed somewhat
According to Mansa Musa
@@llamallama1509well, him and the people whose exonomies he crashed through his liberal donations of gold to the local populace
@@llamallama1509
It was well documented dude
@@dsan8742 It really wasn't
He had biggest gold reserves in history till that point . Modern mali don't have that
It would be very unfortunate if in the thumbnail the last 4 letters of the word "analysis" would be blocked by the thumbnail timestamp
Malian Army Anal...
This era of technicals gettng these Juryrigged together mobile shooting platforms is fascinating. Especially since it makes so much sense.
People really need to cover more African conflicts & crises, theres so much going on and so many people don't know whats happening
Shot in the dark: Lebanese Armed Forces
Too dark
Why couldn’t they have lettered either the sectors or regions?
I served in Mali several times between 2016 and 2020. I personnaly witnessed the following vehicules :
- countless pickup trucks including Toyota Land Cruiser and Hilux, with a variety of mounted machine guns, they are absolutely everywhere.
- some Masstech T4 in the Gossi area, those were brand new in 2020
- some Dongfeng EQ2050 near Gossi, same period
- 2 wrecked BRDM-2 in the vicinity of Gao around 2016-2017, maybe they were burned down in 2013, maybe even before
- 1 ZSU23-4 securing the northern entrance of Gao along the RN18 road
- occasionnal ZU23-2 mounted on pick up trucks
- other interesting material such as a wrecked MiG 21, a newly acquired Mi 35 and a few Humbert Aviation Tétras.
There was also lots of Antonov An-12, 26, 32 and 74 even if not from the malian forces.
Had to downvote for clickbait title. Lots of good info but this isn’t why I clicked. I hope the algorithm treats this deception accordingly. Title better mate, good content lost in a bad click bait title.
Learning about the different African armies is the exact same as Learning about the 40k orc boy tribes
when I was stationed in Gao in 2019, I saw at least one, I seem to remember up to three, PT-76. They were placed at various checkpoints around Gao, at least one in Gao at one of its southern checkpoints guarding the road coming from Ansongo. I'm 90% certain, that those tanks were utterly unusable. At LEAST immobile.
Now, watching this video, I think we saw one of the T-54s or Type 62s, too, but I'm really unsure about that one. And if it was one of them, it looked like a wreck (not due combat, but due a lack of maintanance), too.
Dongfeng EQ2050 AKA the Chummer!
Is there a plan to look into the Brazilian Army?? its the largest in Latin America.
Interesting, seems like the first government of Mali aligned with the USSR due to France supporting Malian rivals after independence, and despite generally aligning with the French since, they remained militarily dependent on USSR materiel
Great video, more African militaries please!!!
Also, would love to see a vid on Nigeria's 72 Mobile Strike Force, and STEPPE's and Eben Barlow's involvement in the fight against Boko Haram
i would like to see something about norwegian armed forces but also our danish brothers maybe their mech/motorized org
This is confusing but interesting. You know what would also be complex, confusing and be interesting? A similar video on Iraqs military and militias in 2024! I can only imagine the research nightmare
World ''What are you known for apart from war Mali ''
Mali ''We are known for many great things''
World '' Like what ? ''
Mali .................
Hey man, great video. Always interesting to see your works. Forgive me but I have to say, the video’s title is came bit offensive to me. Well at least when you think about ordinary people of Mali. Otherwise excellent research! Thanks
Very interesting Video. Thank you
It would be interesting to see a few Afro-centric videos come out with the extent of ongoing and wrapped up conflicts on the continent. Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan, and Somaliland to name a few
The Malian army's problem reflects its population. They are aligned along tribes and traditional groups, such as herders , farmers, warriors etc. Even their surnames reflect that. As long as they continue to think that way, their grievances will follow the same lines as so will their discipline and allegiance.
And Matthew McConaughey wiped out half of the armored forces single-handedly..
Would love to see the breakdown of Rwandan defense forces and FARDC(DRC forces). Great video
Safe to say that we probaly should´nt expect them to donate anything to Ukraine.
The irony that some of Mali's BTR-60s and 70s were received from Ukraine
Wonderful video, can you make a video of the South African National Defence Force?
Loved the content for this video. Very specific and creative concept! Would love to hear more about the Presidential Guard unit and training. Great job!
Btw the vehicles that u stated were from UAE are actually Canadian but are made in UAE just like they are made in Uganda as well
I like videos like this, which cover nations & armies you here nothing in the mainstream media (until some end-stage crisis happens, then they act all shocked).
I am sceptical about the mine resistance and ambush protection of Chinese MRAPs.
Considering they have so many different mixed vehicle types, it must a logistical and maintenance nightmare of trying get them operation. Corruption and nepotism must make it worse, which is pretty common in that part of the world.
10:45
Frequent redesignations and reorganisations? But... why? Why do they do that?
Hope to see the Algerian and Egyptian units structure
Anyone else seen the thumbnail? the time stamp is covering the Lysis in analysis leaving the video titled 'Mali Army Anal' lol...
3:04 talk about trading down. Giving up EU and French support for Wagner. 🤦
They may not be competent but they're real bros
Stupid UN won't even allow a little ethnic cleansing between bros smh, good friends are friends that let you kill civilians why doesn't the west understand that? No wonder france has lost ground in africa, no fun allowed literally 1984 smh smh 🙄
they might have been wagner but atleast they were fighting against islamic terrorists
@@jussi8111 facts France just exploit them
It's not trading down because the French didn't really do anything but maintain the status quo. Wagner is much more aggressive and is actually striking back at the rebels.
@jussi8111 the terrorist were suffering far higher casualties and controlled far less territory when the french were there. They still spend their time gloating about their withdrawal on their social media (they think its due to them rather than the new junta)
this is what happens when you replaced your french guard dog with a russian guard hamster. There's a reason russian men are more known for ballet than battle.
The French where there for 10 years and still Wagner achieved more in a couple of months. Cope more.
@@antimatter4733 sorry you must be confused wagner *lost* more in a day than the French in 10 years ( precisely because russian men are effete). There have been two attacks in Bamako in the time since the French left compared one in the 10 years they were there. Violence has only increased as well as you can see from this very video lol. I'm not the one coping comrade.
there's also a reason the most respected unit of the russian military was the choir. I say *was* because due to the lack of competence of Russian air force mechanics, the choir's plane crashed.
@@antimatter4733 This must be why they got their butts kicked in the north a month ago and Wagner is fleeing burkina faso.
@@AlexC-ou4ju yes because they actually took back a rebel controlled city. Meanwhile the French were hiding in their bases for 10 years. This is like murica claiming to have "won" in Afghanistan when they never took full control of the country and eventually had to run away (in this case they got kicked out before they were so useless), same with Syria.
Yes in military operations you lose soldiers, if you don't have the stomach for it you're completely failed as an army. The Russians understand this, a dozen soldiers for a town is NOTHING, in ww1 the armies lost tens of thousands of soldiers for a couple of kilometers of land gained and called that a victory.
The west will lose territory, lose the war, get kicked out and call it a victory cause they didn't fight and didn't lose any men 🤣🤡
I wouldn’t call him a cute little guy but he is a little guy nonetheless
We are based and cav pilled. If you ain't cav...
Thisnis the army that vice covered and deleted after after people critisized the armies innacurate firings and more of spay and pray... thath might be for area denial but i dunno vice deleted that video
3,100th liker, crazy to see the buttom go up and down lol.
keep up with the Africa stuff, it's one of the most important blind spots for many milwatchers
Can you talk about the austrian military structure? Would be very interresting.
Timbuktu is a unique name, lol
Going to name one of my cats that probably
Can you do Myanmar civil war next?
Can you make the Philippine armored cavalry
not enough info to make a vid about it. 🤷♂
I really wish they can make a video on the Philippine Army and Marine Corp units, but army and marine corps ToE is kinda not available.
Like we know the army divisons and brigades under army division. But we dont know the battalions under those army brigades. And we have no idea how the army battalion is structured and the number of officers and NCOs under a division.
Same with the marines, there are 4 marine brigades and 12 battalions, but no info on how a marine battalion is structured.
Unless, the ToE of army and marines were publicly available for research.
as a french myself, I can say GTIAs are just pure genius, remember Serval
Cute lil' guy=🛻 😍
Great content, i suggest units from balkans , libya , egypt ,asean , pakistan and indian