# List of equipment of the Nigerian Army

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.

## Infantry weapons

| Name | Type | Country of origin | Notes |
| Handguns |||||
| Beretta 92 | Semi-automatic pistol | Italy | |
| Beretta M1951 | Semi-automatic pistol | Italy | |
| Browning Hi-Power | Semi-automatic pistol | Belgium Nigeria | Produced locally under licence as the NP-1. |
| Walther P5 | Semi-automatic pistol | West Germany | |
| Submachine guns |||||
| Heckler & Koch MP5 | Submachine gun | West Germany | |
| Beretta M12 | Submachine gun | Italy Nigeria | Produced locally under licence by DICON. |
| Sten | Submachine gun | United Kingdom | |
| Sterling | Submachine gun | United Kingdom | |
| Uzi | Submachine gun | Israel | Phased out and no longer in much use. |
| Rifles |||||
| IWI Tavor | Bullpup assault rifle | Israel | Used mostly by Special Forces. |
| CAA AK-Alfa | Assault rifle | United States Israel | Used by Special Forces. |
| Beryl M762 | Assault rifle | Poland Nigeria | Produced locally under license by DICON. Will serve as standard issued assault rifle, to replace OBJ-006 and NR-1. |
| FB Mini-Beryl | Compact assault rifle (carbine) | Poland | 10 test units purchased. |
| M16A1 | Assault rifle | United States | |
| FN FNC | Assault rifle | Belgium | |
| Beretta AR70/90 | Assault rifle | Italy | |
| Daewoo K2 | Assault rifle | South Korea | 33,000 units have been bought |
| AK-47 | Assault rifle | Soviet Union Nigeria | Produced as OBJ-006. |
| AKM | Assault rifle | Soviet Union | |
| SIG SG 540 | Assault rifle | Switzerland | |
| FN FAL | Battle rifle | Belgium Nigeria | Local variant designated NR-1. |
| Beretta BM 59 | Battle rifle | Italy Nigeria | Produced locally under licence by DICON. |
| Machine guns |||||
| M2 Browning | Heavy machine gun | United States | |
| DShK | Heavy machine gun | Soviet Union | |
| FN MAG | General-purpose machine gun | Belgium | |
| RPK | Light machine gun | Soviet Union | |
| Sniper rifles |||||
| Alex .338 | Sniper rifle | Poland | |
| Grenade launchers |||||
| Norinco LG3 AGL | Automatic grenade launcher | China | |

## Missiles and recoilless rifles

| Name | Type | Country of origin | Notes |
| Anti-tank missiles |||||
| Swingfire | Anti-tank missile | United Kingdom | 100 in stock. |
| Recoilless rifles |||||
| M40 | Recoilless rifle | United States | |
| Carl Gustav | Anti-tank weapon | Sweden | |
| Rocket-propelled grenades |||||
| RPG-7 | Anti-tank weapon | Soviet Union | |

## Armoured fighting vehicles

| Model | Origin | Variant | Quantity |
| Tanks ||||||
| VT-4 | China | VT-4 | ~17+ |
| T-72 | Soviet Union | T-72AVT-72M1 | ~10~31 |
| T-54 | Soviet Union | T-55 | ~100 |
| Vickers | United Kingdom | Vickers Mk3 | ~172 |
| Name | Type | Country of origin | In service | Notes |
| Reconnaissance vehicles ||||||
| FV101 Scorpion | Reconnaissance vehicle | United Kingdom | 157 | |
| FV107 Scimitar | Reconnaissance vehicle | United Kingdom | 5 | More units purchased from Jordan |
| ERC-90 | Armoured car | France | 80 | 40 with Lynx turret. |
| EE-9 Cascavel | Armoured car | Brazil | 70 | Delivered in 1994. |
| Panhard AML | Armoured car | France | 130 | AML-60 and AML-90 variants. |
| Panhard VBL | Scout car | France | 72 | |
| Ferret | Scout car | United Kingdom | 25 | 40 delivered. Retired |
| Infantry fighting vehicles ||||||
| BMP-1 | Infantry fighting vehicle | Soviet Union | 22 | BVP-1 variant. |
| BMP-2 | Infantry fighting vehicle | Russia | 40 | |
| Armoured personnel carriers ||||||
| Type 89 AFV | Armoured personnel carrier | China | 60 | |
| Saurer 4K 4FA | Armoured personnel carrier | Austria | 250 | . |
| MT-LB | Armoured personnel carrier | Soviet Union | 67 | Sourced from Poland. |
| Mowag Piranha I 6x6 | Armoured personnel carrier | Switzerland | 110 | |
| BTR-3 | Armoured personnel carrier | Ukraine | 47 | BTR-3U "Guardian" variant. |
| BTR-70 | Armoured personnel carrier | Soviet Union | 18 | |
| BTR-60 | Armoured personnel carrier | Soviet Union | 6 | |
| Saxon | Armoured personnel carrier | United Kingdom | 75 | Serviceability doubtful. |
| Panhard M3 | Armoured personnel carrier | France | 18 | |
| Ezugwu MRAP | Armoured personnel carrier | Nigeria | 80+ | Total of 80 confirmed.28+52 |
| Isotrex Phantom 2 | Armoured personnel carrier | Canada | | At least 3 destroyed by ISWAP. |
| Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle ||||||
| CS/VP3 MRAP | MRAP | China | 310 | 120 was delivered in 2015, 40 delivered in 2018, and a further 100 was delivered in 2021 between March and November. Additional 50 was delivered as confirmed by General Lagbaja in June 2024. |
| Dongfeng Mengshi Csk131 | MRAP | China | 120 | 20 reverse engineered units delivered to the army in May 2024 |
| Proforce Ara/Thunder | MRAP | Nigeria | 40+ | |
| Proforce Viper | Light tactical vehicle | Nigeria | | |
| Proforce Hulk | MRAP | Nigeria | 5 | |
| Otokar Cobra | Light tactical vehicle | Turkey | 204 | |
| Casspir | MRAP | South Africa | 5 | Casspir III variant. |
| Reva | MRAP | South Africa | 40 | Mk III. |
| Plasan Sand Cat | Composite armored vehicle | Israel | | More units ordered |
| Light armored vehicles ||||||
| Nurol Yörük NMS | Light armored vehicle | Turkey | | 13 on order |
| Spartan MK.III | Light armored vehicle | Canada | | More units ordered |
| INKAS LAPV | Light armored patrol vehicle | Canada | | |
| KLTV | Light tactical vehicle | South Korea | | |
| Shorland | Armoured car | United Kingdom | | Mk 3. |
| Armoured ambulances ||||||
| FV104 Samaritan | Tracked armoured ambulance | United Kingdom | | |

## Logistics

| Name | Photo | Type | Country of origin | In service | Notes |
| KrAZ-6322 | | Utility truck | Ukraine | Unknown | Some locally manufactured. |
| Ashok Leyland | | Troop Carrier | India | 700 | Assembled in Nigeria. |

## Engineering vehicles

| Name | Type | Country of origin | In service | Notes |
| BOZENA 5 | Unmanned ground vehicle | Slovakia | N/A | Clearance of all conventional antipersonnel and antitank land mines and for IED removal assistance. |
| Vickers AVLB | Armored bridge-layer | United Kingdom | 26 | |
| Vickers ARV | Armored recovery vehicle | United Kingdom | 12 | |

## Utility vehicle

| Name | Type | Country of origin | In service | Notes |
| Pinzgauer | High-mobility all-terrain vehicle | Austria | N/A | |
| Land Rover | Utility vehicle | United Kingdom Nigeria | N/A | Some of local manufacture. |
| Haflinger | Utility vehicle | Austria | 400 | |
| Toyota Hilux | Light truck | Japan | N/A | |
| Toyota Land Cruiser | Light truck | Japan | N/A | Used as utility vehicles and technicals Some were converted to armored cars. |
| Tarpan Honker | Multipurpose pickup truck | Poland | 25 | |
| IVM G-12 | Special purpose vehicles | Nigeria | N/A | |
| IVM G-80 | Light truck | Nigeria | 40 | |

## Artillery

| Name | Type | Country of origin | In Service | Notes |
| Self-propelled artillery ||||||
| SH-5 | Self-propelled howitzer | China | 15 | 105mm caliber |
| SH-2 | Self-propelled howitzer | China | 15 | 122mm caliber |
| Palmaria | Self-propelled howitzer | Italy | 25 | |
| APR–40 | Multiple rocket launcher | Romania | 25 | |
| BM-21 Grad | Multiple rocket launcher | Soviet Union | 5 | |
| RM-70 | Multiple rocket launcher | Czechoslovakia | 7 | |
| Mortars ||||||
| L16 | 81mm mortar | United Kingdom | 200 | |
| Anti-tank guns ||||||
| ST-1 | Tank Destroyer | China | N/A | Delivered in April 2020. |
| ZiS-3 | Anti-tank gun | Soviet Union | N/A | |
| Howitzers ||||||
| D-30 | Howitzer | Soviet Union | 90 | |
| D-74 | Howitzer | Soviet Union | 90 | |
| M46 | Howitzer | Soviet Union | 7 | |
| D-20 | Howitzer | Soviet Union | 4 | Delivered in 1992. |
| Haubits FH77 | Howitzer | Sweden | 24 | Reportedly all guns are in storage. |
| OTO Melara Mod 56 | Howitzer | Italy | 124 | 200 delivered. |

## Air defence

| Name | Type | Country of origin | In service | Notes |
| Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons ||||||
| ZSU-23-4 | Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun | Soviet Union | 30 | |
| Towed anti-aircraft guns ||||||
| Bofors L/60 | Towed anti-aircraft gun | Sweden | 12 | |
| ZPU | Towed anti-aircraft gun | Soviet Union | N/A | |
| ZU-23-2 | Towed anti-aircraft gun | Soviet Union | 350 | |
| Surface-to-air missiles ||||||
| Blowpipe | Surface-to-air missile | United Kingdom | 48 | |
| Roland | Surface-to-air missile | France | 16 | Mounted on AMX-30 chassis. |
| 9K32 Strela-2 | Surface-to-air missile | Soviet Union | 100 | |

## Aircraft

| Name | Type | Country of origin | Notes |
| Helicopters |||||
| MD500 Defender | Light Attack helicopter | United States | Status: On order 12 units on order |
| Bell UH-1 Iroquois | Utility | United States | 2 units in service |
| HAL Prachand | Attack helicopter | India | Status: Planned 4 to be ordered. |
| Bayraktar TB2 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | Turkey | 3 units in service |