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.