China-Nigeria Defence Cooperation:

The Nigerian Army Inducted 60 Units Of Norinco Tracked VP-1/ZSD 89 (aka Type 89) APCs/IFVs At Jaji Today

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2021 proving to be a good year for the NA Infantry Corps.

As a follow-on to what we have hitherto described as the most useful acquisition of protected mobility fielded in the NE, 100 additional units of Poly Technologies BigFoot MRAPs are also believed to have been netted
2. Those would bolster the startup haul of what we described as "ten dozen" (120 units) at the time when BigFoot MRAPs were first acquired in 2014
3.

Precisely 1400-1500hrs on 23 June, I saw ten Isotrex APCs being driven through a rainy Lokoja.That was very remarkable for it was the first time that I saw armoured vehicles being driven rather than being borne on transporters as is customary. All bore unsheathed 12.7mm HMGs
Those ISOTREX (not Chinese, mind you) APCs were all brand new assets as well.

Concerning these ZSD-89, looks like they are fated to offer complementarity to the long-serving Steyr 4K 7FA-G127 and perhaps, ultimately replace those as they reach the ends of the service lives.
106 crewmen were reportedly trained to man these new NORINCO tracked vehicles.

60 tracked IFVs represent a decent startup haul and additional deliveries would make sense. Discounting combat losses, so is the total determinable haul of 120+100 BigFoot MRAPs from Poly Technologies

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