Nigerian Army - Modernization
The army had [by one count] 236 main battle tanks, 140 light tanks, 317 tracked armored personnel carriers, 127 wheeled armored personnel carriers, 542 reconnaissance vehicles, 49 self-propelled artillery, 109 towed artillery, 21 multiple rocket launchers, and numbers of mortars, antitank guided weapons, recoilless launchers, air defense guns, surface-to-air missiles, and surveillance vehicles. Most of this equipment was not serviceable.
Between 2001 and 2008, the Nigerian Armed Forces entered into contractual agreements and/or taken delivery of the following:
- NINE Mi-34 helicopters
- SIX Mi-35P gunships
- Mi-24 gunships
- FOUR Mi-17 utility choppers
- SEVEN Agusta A109 Power helicopters
- FOUR Agusta A139 helicopters
- 77 units of T-72 tanks
- 16 units of AMX-30 tanks
- 50 additional units of T-55 tanks
- 67 units of MT-LB APC/IFVs
- 193 units of Otokar Cobra APCs
- 47 units of BTR-3 APCs
- 18 units of BTR-70 APCs
- 6 units of BTR-60 APCs (probably complimentary hardware from Russia)
- 18 units of Panhard M3 APCs
- 70 additional units of 8X8 MOWAG APCs
- 18 additional units of Oto Melara 105 mm howitzers
- 23 additional units of Palmaria 155mm self-propelled howitzers
- 48 units of BOFORS Archer 155 mm gun-howitzers
Unserviceable Army Equipment - 1999
| Equipment | Serviceable | Unserviceable | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanks | |||
| Scorpion Tanks | 34 | 53 | 87 |
| Sargie Tanks | 5 | 24 | 29 |
| Eagle Main Battle Tanks | 71 | 51 | 66 |
| T55 Main Battle Tanks | 26 | 43 | 69 |
| Vehicles | |||
| Saladin Recce Vehicles | - | 4 | 4 |
| 60mm Panhard Vehs | 60 | 62 | 122 |
| VBl Panhard Reece Vehicles | 41 | 30 | 71 |
| Ferret Recce Vehicles | - | 2 | 2 |
| Steyr APC | 3 | 39 | 42 |
| MOWAG APC | 46 | 8 | 54 |
| Artillery | |||
| 155mm self propelled (OTO} | 21 | 11 | 32 |
| 155mmFH 77B | 91 | 120 | |
| 105mmPack Howtzer | 45 | 35 | 80 |
| 105mm (Yugo) | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 122mm 0-30 Howtzer | 68 | 28 | 96 |
| 40/70mm Bofors | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| ZSU-23-4 (Shilka) | 21 | 14 | 35 |
| Rowland Missile System | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 35mm Anti Aircraft Guns | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 37mm Anti Aircraft Guns | - | 11 | 11 |
| Source: AHQ DAPP, DOAl and ACCS, as at 18 December, 1999 | |||
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