by Panshak Ibrahim
The Nigerian Army has reportedly acquired several T-72 computerized tanks, to bolster the war against Boko Haram.
The Russian T-72 main battle tank was produced at the Malyshev HMB Plant, based in Kharkov, Ukraine and at UKBM Nizhny Tagil, Russian Federation. The T-72 first entered production in 1972 and an estimated 50,000 have been built.
Some photos have surfaced the internet, supposedly from a Soldier, which shows men of the Nigerian Army and the T-72 tanks.
Since the war against the Islamic terrorist sect began, Nigerian troops have often complained of insufficient ammunition and equipment to prosecute the war.
The tank is fitted with a 125mm D-81 smoothbore gun, a 7.62mm co-axial machine gun and a 12.7mm air defence machine gun mounted on the commander’s cupola. It also carries 45 rounds of 125mm ammunition, 22 rounds of which are carried on an automatic loading carousel.
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