The Chadian '' détachement d'action rapide '' ( rapid action detachment ) used Bastion Patsas during the 2013 intervention in Mali . The Chadian Army also fielded Bastions during the 2015 intervention against Boko Haram in Far North Cameroon and Nigeria . The Cameroonian Bastion APCs , nicknamed as '' Cyclones '' , have been deployed in Northern Cameroon with the Battalion d'intervention rapide elite force . Burkina Faso deployed its Bastions in peacekeeping operations in Northern Mali , under the MINUSMA banner . 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 . One Bastion was destroyed by Ansar ul Islam in the 2016 Nassoumbou attack . In Mali , the 134th '' Escadron de Reconnaissance '' ( Recce Squadron ) was trained to operate the Bastion APC by the EUTM Mali
2016 Nassoumbou attack
2016 Nassoumbou attack
ACMAT Bastion