Seth Nwanagu, Sylvester Akalonu, Gordian Ezekwe, Benjamin Nwosu, Willy Achukwu, Nath Okpala and others
Designed
September 1967
Manufacturer
Research and Production Organization of Biafra (RAP)
Variants
Various
Specifications
Effective firing range
8,000 metres (8,700 yd)
Warhead weight
5kg-500kg[1]
Propellant
Rocket propellant
Guidance system
none
v
t
e
Nigerian Civil War
1967
UNICORD
Midwest Invasion
Enugu
1st Onitsha
Asaba
Tiger Claw
1968
2nd Onitsha
Port Harcourt
Abagana
OAU
Owerri
Hiroshima
Blockade
1969
Leopard
Umuahia
1970
Tail-Wind
Ogbunigwe, also called Ojukwu Bucket, was a series of weapons systems including command detonation mines, improvised explosive devices, and rocket-propelled missiles, mass-produced by the Republic of Biafra and used against Nigeria between 1967 and 1970 in the Nigerian Civil War.[2][3][4][self-published source][5]
^Eze, Smart (2010). My Four Worlds. AuthorHouse. p. 215. ISBN 9781452098135.
^"The IED in Nigeria Part 1- The Strategic Perspective". Vox Peccavi. West African Security and Risk Management. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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^Nkwocha, O (2010). The Republic of Biafra : Once Upon a Time in Nigeria : My Story of the Biafra-Nigerian Civil War - A Struggle for Survival (1967-1970). Bloomington, Ind.: Authorhouse. p. 273. ISBN 9781452068657.
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