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.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 06:01:24 +0000
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