UNROCA original report

Bulgaria 2018


Major conventional arms (Category I-VII) - Exports

Category(I-VII) Final importer state Number of Items State of origin (if not exporter) Intermediate location(s) (if any) Description of Items Comments on the transfer
II. Armoured combat vehicles Australia 1 MTLB Without armament
II. Armoured combat vehicles Poland 8 MTLB Without armament
II. Armoured combat vehicles Saudi Arabia 6 BTR Without armament
III. Large calibre artillery systems Poland 1 81 mm mortar
III. Large calibre artillery systems Saudi Arabia 6 122 mm BM-21
III. Large calibre artillery systems Slovakia 1 100 mm MT-12 anti tank
III. Large calibre artillery systems United States 15 120 mm mortar
IV. (a) Combat aircraft Côte d'Ivoire 2 AN-26 transport aircrat
IV. (a) Combat aircraft Uganda 2 L-39 training aircraft Without armament
V. (a) Attack helicopters Burkina Faso 1 MI-24 With machine gun cal. 12.7 x 108 mm and 2 pcs of anti-aircraft gun cal. 23 mm

Major conventional arms (Category I-VII) - Imports

Category(I-VII) Exporter state Number of Items State of origin (if not exporter) Intermediate location(s) (if any) Description of Items Comments on the transfer
II. Armoured combat vehicles Latvia 1 BRDM Without armament
II. Armoured combat vehicles Poland 1 MTLB
III. Large calibre artillery systems Bosnia and Herzegovina 100 82 mm mortar
III. Large calibre artillery systems Czech Rep. 6 122 mm BM-21
III. Large calibre artillery systems Poland 6 85 mm gun - 5 pcs 120 mm mortar - 1 pcs

Major conventional arms (Category I-VII) - Military holdings

Major conventional arms (Category I-VII) - Procurement through national production

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Small Arms Exports

Category Final Importer state Number of Items State of origin (if not exporter) Intermediate location(s) (if any) Description of Items Comments on the transfer
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols United States 1114
2. Rifles and carbines Austria 60
2. Rifles and carbines Czech Rep. 140
2. Rifles and carbines France 100
2. Rifles and carbines North Macedonia 31
2. Rifles and carbines Poland 25
2. Rifles and carbines Qatar 250 Rifle, cal. 7.62 x 54 mm – 100 pcs Rifle, cal. 12.7 x 108 mm – 150 pcs
2. Rifles and carbines Slovakia 20
3. Sub-machine guns Czech Rep. 37
4. Assault rifles Bangladesh 100
4. Assault rifles Cameroon 358
4. Assault rifles Central African Rep. 120
4. Assault rifles Chad 600
4. Assault rifles India 39732
4. Assault rifles Jordan 510
4. Assault rifles Lebanon 20
4. Assault rifles Qatar 600
4. Assault rifles Saudi Arabia 12000
4. Assault rifles Tunisia 2
4. Assault rifles Turkey 2
4. Assault rifles United States 3448
4. Assault rifles Uzbekistan 1
5. Light machine guns Bangladesh 200
5. Light machine guns Central African Rep. 15
5. Light machine guns Czech Rep. 4
5. Light machine guns France 12
5. Light machine guns Philippines 2
5. Light machine guns Qatar 250
5. Light machine guns Saudi Arabia 600
5. Light machine guns Turkmenistan 12
5. Light machine guns United States 5446

Light Weapons Exports

Category Final Importer state Number of Items State of origin (if not exporter) Intermediate location(s) (if any) Description of Items Comments on the transfer
1. Heavy machine guns Algeria 138 23 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun – 48 pcs 12,7 x 108 mm – 90 pcs
1. Heavy machine guns Burkina Faso 3 12,7 x 108 mm – 1 pc 23 mm Aviation Gun – 2 pcs
1. Heavy machine guns Côte d'Ivoire 5 12,7 x 108 mm
1. Heavy machine guns Cyprus 2 23 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun 2А14
1. Heavy machine guns Saudi Arabia 504 14,5 mm – 250 pcs 12,7 x 108 mm – 160 pcs 23 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun – 94 pcs
1. Heavy machine guns Serbia 50 14,5 mm
1. Heavy machine guns United Arab Emirates 300 14,5 mm
1. Heavy machine guns United States 680 12,7 x 108 mm
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Algeria 1200 MSGL – 50 pcs ATGL – 1 150 pcs
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers France 2 UBGL
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Israel 4 ATGL
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Kazakhstan 20 MSGL
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Saudi Arabia 2300 ATGL
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Turkey 201 ATGL
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers United States 2 ATGL
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Uzbekistan 333 MSGL
4. Recoilless rifles Afghanistan 158 ATGL-H
4. Recoilless rifles Algeria 40 ATGL-H
4. Recoilless rifles France 5 ATGL-H
4. Recoilless rifles Iraq 210 ATGL-H
4. Recoilless rifles Rwanda 65 ATGL-H
4. Recoilless rifles Saudi Arabia 254 ATGL-H
4. Recoilless rifles United States 90 ATGL-H
5. Portable anti-tank missile launchers and rocket systems United Arab Emirates 8 9P151
5. Portable anti-tank missile launchers and rocket systems United States 29 9P135M
6. Mortars of calibres less than 75 mm France 13 60 mm
6. Mortars of calibres less than 75 mm Poland 1 60 mm

Small Arms Imports

Category Exporter state Number of Items State of origin (if not exporter) Intermediate location(s) (if any) Description of Items Comments on the transfer
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Austria 896
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Croatia 68
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Czech Rep. 78
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Germany 585
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Italy 6
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols United States 88
2. Rifles and carbines Austria 74
2. Rifles and carbines Belgium 176
2. Rifles and carbines Cyprus 132
2. Rifles and carbines Czech Rep. 94
2. Rifles and carbines Finland 383
2. Rifles and carbines France 15
2. Rifles and carbines Germany 423
2. Rifles and carbines Italy 540
2. Rifles and carbines Portugal 745
2. Rifles and carbines Serbia 47
2. Rifles and carbines Spain 92
2. Rifles and carbines eSwatini 4
2. Rifles and carbines Turkey 243
2. Rifles and carbines United Kingdom 45
2. Rifles and carbines United States 248
4. Assault rifles Romania 2000
4. Assault rifles Turkey 2
5. Light machine guns Czech Rep. 618
5. Light machine guns Hungary 4
6. Others Poland 31 30 mm AK-630 Close-in Weapon System (CIWS) Gatling gun – 1 pcs 57 mm C-60 gun– 30 pcs

Light Weapons Import

Category Exporter state Number of Items State of origin (if not exporter) Intermediate location(s) (if any) Description of Items Comments on the transfer
1. Heavy machine guns Hungary 11 23 mm Aviation Gun – 6 pcs 30 mm Aviation Gun – 5 pcs
1. Heavy machine guns Poland 194 23 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun ZU-23-2 – 94 pcs 23 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun 2A14 – 100 pcs
1. Heavy machine guns Romania 159 12,7 x 108 mm – 10 pcs 12,7 x 99 mm – 1 pc 14,5 x 114 mm – 148 pcs
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Turkey 2 UBGL
5. Portable anti-tank missile launchers and rocket systems Belarus 230 9P151 – 200 pcs 9M135(M, M1) – 30 pcs
5. Portable anti-tank missile launchers and rocket systems Czech Rep. 2 9P135M

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Departure of equipment from the exporter's territory

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