3rd Armoured Division (Nijeriya)

**3rd Armoured Division** wani bangare ne na Sojojin Najeriya . Hedikwatar ƙungiyar tana Jos, Jihar Plateau.

## Tarihi

### Sanarwa da yakin basasa
Sashe na 3 na Sojojin Najeriya ya kasance a watan Agusta-Satumba 1967 a lokacin Yaƙin basasar Najeriya . A wannan lokacin 1 Area Command a Kaduna an sake sanya shi 1 Infantry Division, 2 Division an kafa a karkashin Colonel Murtala Mohammed, kuma an sake sunan kungiyar Garrison ta Legas 3 Infantry, daga baya za a sake masa suna 3 Marine Commando a karkashin Colonel Benjamin Adekunle . 

Sa'an nan-Colonel Olusegun Obasanjo ya karɓi umurnin 3 Division daga Benjamin Adekunle a ranar 12 ga Mayu 1969.  Ya gudanar da cikakken sake tsara gwamnatin sashen kuma ya kawar da matakin kwamandan sashen da ke aiki tsakanin sashen da matakin brigade. Ya kuma kafa sabon battalion ajiya, Special Task Force, daga baya ya zama 'Apollo Battalion' bayan saukowar Apollo 11 Moon na 20 ga Yuli 1969, wanda ba za a yi amfani da shi don ayyukan riƙe ƙasa ba.

Bayan ƙarshen Yaƙin Basasa, an sake tsara rukunonin sojoji guda uku zuwa rukunonin guda huɗu, kowanne yanki mai iko yana gudana daga Arewa zuwa Kudu domin ƙara wa tsarin yankin na da muhimmanci. Saboda haka, kowace sashe tana da damar shiga teku, wanda hakan ya sa haɗin gwiwar ƙungiyoyi uku da tallafin dabaru suka fi sauƙi. Daga baya aka yi watsi da wannan dabarar tura sojoji zuwa ga aikin da aka yi a yanzu na sassa daban-daban.. Don haka, an ware sashe na 1 mai hedikwata a Kaduna sashen Arewa maso Yamma; sashe na 2 mai hedikwata a yankin kudu maso yamma, sashe na 3 mai hedikwata a sashen Arewa maso Gabas na Jos da sashe na 82 tare da hedikwata a sashen Kudu maso Gabas na Enugu.&#x5B;**&#x5D;

### Ayyuka na baya
3rd Armoured Division ne ke da alhakin a watan Afrilun 1983 don tsaron yankunan da ke kan iyaka da Chadi a lokacin Yaƙin Chadi da Najeriya. 

Daga 22 ga Oktoba zuwa 24, 2001, daruruwan sojoji na Yola Brigade (23 Brigade) na 3rd Armoured Division sun kashe fararen hula sama da ɗari biyu marasa makami kuma sun lalata gidaje, shaguna, gine-ginen jama'a da sauran dukiya a cikin garuruwa da ƙauyuka sama da bakwai a Jihar Benue, a tsakiyar gabashin Najeriya. Rundunar Sojoji na Musamman na 72 ta bayyana cewa ta yi ƙoƙari ta yi roƙo tare da Yola Brigade don kauce wa ƙarin kashe-kashen, a tsakiyar abubuwan da suka faru.

## Rabe-raben bubuwan da ke ciki

### Tsarinsa
Rukunin yana da tsari mai zuwa: 

* Hedikwatar Sashen (Rukuba Cantonment, Jos) 

* 21 Armoured Brigade (Maidugri) 
* 23 Armoured Brigade (Yola) 231 Tank Battalion 232 Tank Battalien
** Battalion Tankin 231
** Battalion Tankin 232
* 243 Battalion Bincike
* 33 Artillery Brigade 331 Field Artillery Regiment 332 Field Artilry Regiment
** 331 Field Artillery Regiment
** 332 Field Artillery Regiment
* Brigade na Injiniya

### Kayan aiki
Babban tankunan yaƙi a cikin sabis na Najeriya sun haɗa da T-72 da T-54/55 (tare da motoci 36 a cikin sabis) da kuma sama da 100 Vickers Mark 3s. 

## Kwamandoji

* Colonel Benjamin Adekunle (Yuli 1967 - Mayu 1969) 
* Colonel Olusegun Obasanjo (16 ga Mayu 1969 - 1974) 
* Brigadier Theophilus Danjuma (1974-1975) 
* Brigadier Emmanuel Abisoye (1975-1978) 
* Manjo Janar Muhammadu Buhari (1980-1983) 
* Brigadier Salihu Ibrahim (1983-1985) 
* Manjo Janar Joshua Dogonyaro (1985-1987) 
* Brigadier Tunji Olurin (1990-1993) 
* Manjo Janar Peter Gyang Sha (1994-1998) 
* Manjo Janar E. Archibong (Maris - Yuli 1999) 
* Manjo Janar T. S. Akande (Yuli 1999 - Fabrairu 2002) 
* Manjo Janar Joseph Owoniyi (Fabrairu 2002 - Fabrairu 2003) 
* Manjo Janar Danmadami Diaji (Fabrairu 2003 - Fabrairu 2005) 
* Manjo Janar Isiaku Dikko (Janairu 2005 - Janairu 2006) 
* Manjo Janar Joseph Oshanupin (Mayu - Yuli 2007) 
* Manjo Janar Olakunle Akinyemi (Yuli 2007 - Yuni 2008) 
* Manjo Janar Saleh Maina (Janairu 2009 - Satumba 2010) 
* Manjo Janar Sunday Idoko (Satumba 2010 - Agusta 2011) 
* Manjo Janar Adamu Marwa (Satumba 2011 - Fabrairu 2012) 
* Manjo Janar Jack Okechukwu Naobo (Fabrairu 2012 - Janairu 2013) 
* Manjo Janar Ebiobwei Bonna Awala (1 ga Fabrairu 2013 - 9 ga Janairu 2014) 
* Manjo Janar John Nwaogo (Janairu 2014 - Oktoba 2014) 
* Manjo Janar John S. Zaruwa (Fabrairu - Oktoba 2014) 
* Manjo Janar Fatai Oladipo Alli (Oktoba 2014 - Janairu 2015) 
* Manjo Janar Hassan Umaru (Yuli - Oktoba 2015) 
* Brigadier Janar Muhammed Sani Ali (Disamba 2015 - Maris 2016) 
* Brigadier Janar Elvis Njoku (Maris 2016 - Fabrairu 2017) 
* Manjo Janar Peter Dauke (Fabrairu - Yuni 2017) 
* Manjo Janar Benjamin Ahanotu (Yuni 2017 - Agusta 2018) 
* Manjo Janar Benson Akinroluyo (Agusta - Nuwamba 2018) 
* Manjo Janar Nuhu Angbazo (Agusta 2018 - 2020) 
* Manjo Janar Musa Danmadami (Satumba 2020 - Maris 2021) 
* Manjo Janar Bello Abdullahi Muhammed (Maris - Yuli 2021) 
* Manjo Janar Ibrahim Sallau Ali (Yuli 2021 - 20 Janairu 2023) 
* Manjo Janar Abdulsalami Bagudu Ibrahim (20 Janairu 2023 - 8 Yuli 2023) 
* Manjo Janar Abdulsalam E. Abubakar (8 ga Yuli 2023 - yanzu) 
* Manjo Janar Folusho Oyinlola (8 Janairu 2025 - yanzu) 

## Bayanai
* Olusegun Obasanjo, 'Na umurni: Bayani game da yakin basasar Najeriya 1967-70,' Heinemann, Ibadan/London/Nairobi
## Manazarta