New Delhi:
The Army on Tuesday gifted a T-55 battle tank to a private university run by SP leader and former UP minister, Azam Khan.
The Soviet Era battle tank will be displayed at the campus of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur. Khan is the chancellor and founder of the university.
According to reports, the battle tank was used in the Battle of Basantar during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. It was reportedly inducted into the Indian Army in 1968 and was in service till 2011.
The T-55 battle tank, which weighs 36 tonnes, is equipped with a 100 mm calibre gun and two 7.62 calibre machine guns and one 2.7 mm anti-aircraft gun. It is also enabled with night vision and protection from nuclear, biological and chemical explosions.