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Nigeria Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 8 weapon systems built or assembled in Nigeria, including armored vehicles, artillery, and related systems, with images, specifications, source notes, and conflict records.

8 weapon systems

8Catalog records

5Equipment categories

8Leading builders shown

4Conflict links shown

Category Mix

Armored Vehicles2 Artillery1 Infantry Weapons2 Munitions2 Support Equipment1

Builder Links

Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Co. Ltd.2 Unknown local fabricators2 Beretta1 Boko Haram1 Boko Haram-side fabricators1 Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria1 Insurgent field workshops1 ISWAP-side fabricators1

Conflict Coverage

2009 Boko Haram Insurgency61982 Falklands War12011 First Libyan Civil War12022 Haitian Gang Conflict1

IVM G12 gun truck, 4x4 tactical utility vehicle, Armored Vehicles

2009 Boko Haram InsurgencyIVM G12 gun truck4x4 tactical utility vehicleBuilt by: Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Co. Ltd.The IVM G12 is a Nigerian-built 4x4 special-purpose utility vehicle from Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing. Public reporting places it with Nigerian Army forces during Operation Lafiya Dole in the 2009 Boko Haram Insurgency and links the family to the BAIC BJ2022 Brave Warrior, while describing the baseline vehicle as a rough-terrain patrol and transport platform without mine protection.

Improvised armored vehicle, Improvised armored fighting vehicle, Armored Vehicles

2009 Boko Haram InsurgencyImprovised armored vehicleImprovised armored fighting vehicleBuilt by: Insurgent field workshopsImprovised armored vehicles in ISWAP and Boko Haram use are field-fabricated platforms built from commercial or captured vehicles and fitted with added armor, armored glass, or salvaged armored-vehicle sections. The best-documented examples in the Boko Haram insurgency include up-armored SVBIEDs used against Nigerian military positions and improvised armored carriers built on pickup-type chassis for assault support in northeast Nigeria.

Improvised launcher for 122mm rockets, Improvised multiple rocket launcher, Artillery

2011 First Libyan Civil War, 2009 Boko Haram InsurgencyImprovised launcher for 122mm rocketsImprovised multiple rocket launcherBuilt by: Unknown local fabricators / Boko Haram-side fabricatorsThe improvised launcher for 122mm rockets is a non-standard artillery system assembled from Grad-family rockets, tubes, or captured launch components. Public reporting documents pickup-mounted rebel launchers in the 2011 First Libyan Civil War and a four-tube ISWAP/Boko Haram-side pickup launcher in the 2009 Boko Haram Insurgency, giving irregular forces a mobile but inaccurate area-fire capability from standoff range.

Beretta BM59 rifle, Battle rifle, Infantry Weapons

1982 Falklands War, 2022 Haitian Gang ConflictBeretta BM59 rifleBattle rifleBuilt by: Beretta / PT Pindad / Defence Industries Corporation of NigeriaThe Beretta BM59 is an Italian selective-fire battle rifle that converted the M1 Garand architecture into a 7.62x51mm NATO, detachable-magazine service rifle. Beretta built the core Italian family, while licensed or locally produced patterns appeared in Indonesia and Nigeria. Direct conflict-use sourcing ties BM59-family rifles to Argentine small arms in the 1982 Falklands War and to criminal-gang firearms in Haiti's current gang conflict.

Craft-produced firearm, Locally fabricated small arm, Infantry Weapons

2009 Boko Haram InsurgencyCraft-produced firearmLocally fabricated small armBuilt by: Local craft producers, blacksmiths, and clandestine workshopsCraft-produced firearms in Nigeria are locally fabricated small arms made outside formal industrial production, ranging from muzzle-loading Dane guns and break-action shotguns to self-loading pistols, sub-machine guns, and AK- or G3-style rifle copies. Small Arms Survey documented craft-produced weapons in a Boko Haram cache captured in 2018, and UNIDIR reports their wider use by community-security actors in northeast Nigeria during the 2009 Boko Haram Insurgency.

Locally manufactured grenade, Improvised grenade, Munitions

2009 Boko Haram InsurgencyLocally manufactured grenadeImprovised grenadeBuilt by: Unknown local fabricatorsLocally manufactured grenade is the public-source wording for an improvised grenade payload carried by Boko Haram/ISWAP-linked armed drones during the 24 December 2024 Wajiroko attack in Borno State. Sources do not identify a factory model, fuze, casing, or exact explosive fill, so the entry covers the documented locally fabricated payload rather than a standardized grenade family.

Improvised rocket, Improvised unguided rocket munition, Munitions

2009 Boko Haram InsurgencyImprovised rocketImprovised unguided rocket munitionBuilt by: Boko Haram / ISWAP-side fabricatorsImprovised rockets in the 2009 Boko Haram Insurgency were locally fabricated or adapted 122 mm munitions used for insurgent standoff attacks in northeast Nigeria. Reporting from 2015 documented a Boko Haram rocket-making site near Bama with locally made rocket shells, while later HumAngle coverage described ISWAP firing captured Grad rockets from an improvised pickup-mounted launcher against Buni Yadi.

IVM G80, 4x4 utility SUV, Support Equipment

IVM G804x4 utility SUVBuilt by: Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Co. Ltd.The IVM G80 is a Nigerian-built 4x4 utility SUV from Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Innoson's current product page presents it as a five-seat four-wheel-drive SUV with ABS/EBD braking and petrol powertrain data, while official and defense reporting identify the G80 Bigger Jeep as one of three newly manufactured Innoson vehicles handed over for Nigerian Army trials in January 2018.