This is a list of some equipment used by the Nigerian Army. Due to how large and secretive the Nigerian army is, it is currently almost impossible to calculate all weaponry in the army.
Name | Photo | Type | Country of origin | Notes | ||
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Anti-tank missiles | ||||||
Swingfire[21] | Anti-tank missile | United Kingdom | 100 in stock.[22] | |||
Recoilless rifles | ||||||
M40[23] | Recoilless rifle | United States | ||||
Carl Gustav | Anti-tank weapon | Sweden | [2] | |||
Rocket-propelled grenades | ||||||
RPG-7 | Anti-tank weapon | Soviet Union |
Model | Image | Origin | Variant | Quantity | Details |
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Tanks | |||||
VT4 | China | VT4 | ~6 | [24][25] | |
T-72 | Soviet Union | T-72AV T-72M1 |
~10 ~31 |
[26][27] [26][27] | |
T-54 | Soviet Union | T-55 | ~100 | [26][28] | |
Vickers | United Kingdom | Vickers Mk3 | ~172 | [26][28] |
Name | Photo | Type | Country of origin | In service | Notes |
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KrAZ-6322[46] | Utility truck | Ukraine | Unknown | Some locally manufactured.[47] | |
Ashok Leyland | Troop Carrier | India | Unknown | Assembled in Nigeria.
700 newly inducted into service. |
Name | Photo | Type | Country of origin | In service | Notes |
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BOZENA 5[48] | Unmanned ground vehicle | Slovakia | N/A | Clearance of all conventional antipersonnel and antitank land mines and for IED removal assistance.[49] | |
Vickers AVLB[50] | Armored bridge-layer | United Kingdom | 26 | ||
Vickers ARV[50] | Armored recovery vehicle | United Kingdom | 12 |
Name | Photo | Type | Country of origin | In service | Notes |
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Pinzgauer[51] | High-mobility all-terrain vehicle | Austria | N/A | ||
Land Rover | Utility vehicle | United Kingdom Nigeria |
N/A | Some of local manufacture.[45] | |
Haflinger | Utility vehicle | Austria | 400[51] | ||
Toyota Hilux[52] | Light truck | Japan | N/A | ||
Toyota Land Cruiser | Light truck | Japan | N/A | Used as utility vehicles and technicals[53]
Some were converted to armored cars.[54] | |
Tarpan Honker[55][56] | Multipurpose pickup truck | Poland | 25 | ||
IVM G-12[57] | Special purpose vehicles[58] | Nigeria | N/A | ||
IVM G-80[59] | Light truck[60] | Nigeria | 40 |
Name | Photo | Type | Country of origin | In service | Notes |
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Self-propelled artillery | |||||
SH-5 | Self-propelled howitzer | China | 5 | 105mm caliber[24] | |
SH-2 | 2 | 122mm caliber | |||
Palmaria | Self-propelled howitzer | Italy | 25[61] | ||
APR–40 | Multiple rocket launcher | Romania | 25[23] | ||
BM-21 Grad | Multiple rocket launcher | Soviet Union | 5[62] | ||
RM-70 | Multiple rocket launcher | Czechoslovakia | 7[63] | ||
Mortars | |||||
L16 | 81mm mortar | United Kingdom | 200[29] | ||
Anti-tank guns | |||||
ST-1 | Tank Destroyer | China | N/A | Delivered in April 2020.[24] | |
ZiS-3[29] | Anti-tank gun | Soviet Union | N/A | ||
Howitzers | |||||
D-30 | Howitzer | Soviet Union | 90[22] | ||
D-74 | Howitzer | Soviet Union | 90[22] | ||
M46 | Howitzer | Soviet Union | 7[23] | ||
D-20 | Howitzer | Soviet Union | 4[23] | Delivered in 1992.[22] | |
Haubits FH77 | Howitzer | Sweden | 24[29] | Reportedly all guns are in storage. | |
OTO Melara Mod 56 | Howitzer | Italy | 124[23] | 200 delivered.[22] |
Name | Photo | Type | Country of origin | In service | Notes | |
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Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons | ||||||
ZSU-23-4 | Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun | Soviet Union | 30[23] | |||
Towed anti-aircraft guns | ||||||
Bofors L/60 | Towed anti-aircraft gun | Sweden | 12[23] | |||
ZPU[29] | Towed anti-aircraft gun | Soviet Union | N/A | |||
ZU-23-2 | Towed anti-aircraft gun | Soviet Union | 350[23] | |||
Surface-to-air missiles | ||||||
Blowpipe | Surface-to-air missile | United Kingdom | 48[29] | |||
Roland | Surface-to-air missile | France | 16[29] | Mounted on AMX-30 chassis. | ||
9K32 Strela-2 | Surface-to-air missile | Soviet Union | 100[23] |
Name | Photo | Type | Country of origin | Notes | |
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Helicopters | |||||
MD500 Defender | Multirole helicopter | United States | Status: On order
12 units on order[64] | ||
HAL Prachand | Attack helicopter | India | Status: On order
unspecified number of units on order [65] |