This is a list of equipment in service with the former Biafran Armed Forces.
A considerable number of Czechoslovakian weapons were reportedly purchased in 1967, though Czechoslovakia officially denied a sale of weapons to the Biafran Armed Forces.[ citation needed]
Name | Image | Caliber | Type | Origin | Notes |
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Submachine guns | |||||
CZ-23 and CZ-25 | 7.62×25mm Tokarev | Submachine gun | Czechoslovak Socialist Republic | 300 bought at the beginning of 1967, [1] though Czechoslovakia denied direct purchase.[ citation needed] | |
CZ-247[ citation needed] | Submachine gun | Czechoslovak Socialist Republic | |||
Lanchester Mk I | 9×19mm Parabellum | Submachine gun | United Kingdom | Some used by mercenaries [2] |
Name | Image | Caliber | Type | Origin | Notes |
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Machine guns | |||||
Vz. 26 machine gun | Machine gun | Czechoslovakia | 55 units of vz. 26, 30, 52 and 59 machine guns bought at the beginning of 1967, [1] though Czechoslovakia denied direct purchase. | ||
Vz. 30 machine gun | Machine gun | Czechoslovakia | |||
Vz. 52 machine gun | Machine gun | Czechoslovakia | |||
Vz. 59 machine gun | Machine gun | Czechoslovakia | |||
Vz. 37 heavy machine gun | Machine gun | Czechoslovakia | 20 bought at the beginning of 1967, [1] though Czechoslovakia denied direct purchase. | ||
MG 34 | 7.92×57mm Mauser | General-purpose machine gun | Nazi Germany | [1] | |
Bren | .303 British | General-purpose machine gun | United Kingdom | From ex- Nigerian Army stocks. ~12 guns in January 1967. [4] |
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This is a list of equipment in service with the former Biafran Armed Forces.
A considerable number of Czechoslovakian weapons were reportedly purchased in 1967, though Czechoslovakia officially denied a sale of weapons to the Biafran Armed Forces.[ citation needed]
Name | Image | Caliber | Type | Origin | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Submachine guns | |||||
CZ-23 and CZ-25 | 7.62×25mm Tokarev | Submachine gun | Czechoslovak Socialist Republic | 300 bought at the beginning of 1967, [1] though Czechoslovakia denied direct purchase.[ citation needed] | |
CZ-247[ citation needed] | Submachine gun | Czechoslovak Socialist Republic | |||
Lanchester Mk I | 9×19mm Parabellum | Submachine gun | United Kingdom | Some used by mercenaries [2] |
Name | Image | Caliber | Type | Origin | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Machine guns | |||||
Vz. 26 machine gun | Machine gun | Czechoslovakia | 55 units of vz. 26, 30, 52 and 59 machine guns bought at the beginning of 1967, [1] though Czechoslovakia denied direct purchase. | ||
Vz. 30 machine gun | Machine gun | Czechoslovakia | |||
Vz. 52 machine gun | Machine gun | Czechoslovakia | |||
Vz. 59 machine gun | Machine gun | Czechoslovakia | |||
Vz. 37 heavy machine gun | Machine gun | Czechoslovakia | 20 bought at the beginning of 1967, [1] though Czechoslovakia denied direct purchase. | ||
MG 34 | 7.92×57mm Mauser | General-purpose machine gun | Nazi Germany | [1] | |
Bren | .303 British | General-purpose machine gun | United Kingdom | From ex- Nigerian Army stocks. ~12 guns in January 1967. [4] |
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