Photo of BTR-3 Armored Personnel carrier of Nigerian army

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By Dylan Malyasov
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Photo of BTR-3UN Armored Personnel carrier of Nigerian army

These APCs are equipped with twin towers with 12.7-mm machine gun NSVT-12, 7 and supplied from Ukraine

The BTR-3 is an 8×8-wheeled armored personnel carrier was designed KMDB in Ukraine. The BTR-3U is not an upgrade of the BTR-80 and is a new vehicle similar to the Soviet design.

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