Army gifts T-55 battle tank to Azam Khan’s university in Rampur

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.

The T-55 battle tank will be displayed at the campus of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University. (Source: ANI)

In 2017, Khan claimed the Army had “gifted” a battle tank to his private university. He said he had requested the Army for a sophisticated battle tank equipped with state-of-the-art weaponry so that his student could acquire knowledge of weapons used the Army.

“My relations with the Army are quite cordial and more weaponry has been requested from them,” Khan had said.

The same year he was booked for sedition for his alleged derogatory comments against the Army.