UNROCA (United Nations Register of Conventional Arms)

UNROCA original report

Bulgaria 2021


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
I. Battle tanks Czech Rep. 10 T-72M/M1 With 2A46 Gun, cal. 125 mm
II. Armoured combat vehicles Niger 11 Guardian Extreme MRAP 4x4
II. Armoured combat vehicles Poland 3 MTLB-U
III. Large-calibre artillery systems Algeria 110 Smoke discharger system 902-B "Tucha", cal. 81 mm
III. Large-calibre artillery systems Burkina Faso 4 BM-21
III. Large-calibre artillery systems Philippines 1 Mortar, cal. 81 mm
III. Large-calibre artillery systems Uganda 110 Mortar, cal. 82 mm
V. (a) Attack helicopters Côte d'Ivoire 1 MI-24D

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
I. Battle tanks Czech Rep. 10 T-72-M1 Tank With 2A46 Cannon, cal. 125, machine gun cal. 12,7 mm and machine gun cal. 7,62 mm
II. Armoured combat vehicles Belarus 31 BMP-1P With 9P135 Rocket launcher, cal. 120 mm, 2A28 Gun, cal. 73 mm and machine gun PKT, cal. 7,62 mm
III. Large-calibre artillery systems Czech Rep. 20 Smoke discharger system 902-B "Tucha", cal. 81 mm
III. Large-calibre artillery systems Ukraine 110 Smoke discharger system 902-B "Tucha", cal. 81 mm

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

Category(I-VII) Number of Items Description of Items Comments on the transfer
I. Battle tanks 313
II. Armoured combat vehicles 557
III. Large-calibre artillery systems 899
IV. (a) Combat aircraft 40
V. (a) Attack helicopters 11
VI. Warships 6

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 Austria 662
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Czech Rep. 180
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols France 180
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Nigeria 94
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols United States 1095
2. Rifles and carbines Austria 795
2. Rifles and carbines France 1155
2. Rifles and carbines Qatar 100
2. Rifles and carbines Switzerland 170
2. Rifles and carbines United States 10002
3. Sub-machine guns Czech Rep. 2
4. Assault rifles Chad 2530
4. Assault rifles Côte d'Ivoire 205
4. Assault rifles Czech Rep. 1701
4. Assault rifles Egypt 2
4. Assault rifles Mozambique 215
4. Assault rifles Niger 372
4. Assault rifles Nigeria 3575
4. Assault rifles Philippines 10
4. Assault rifles Qatar 1500
4. Assault rifles United States 182
5. Light machine guns Algeria 45
5. Light machine guns Bangladesh 500
5. Light machine guns Burkina Faso 50
5. Light machine guns Chad 4
5. Light machine guns Czech Rep. 4
5. Light machine guns France 11
5. Light machine guns Iraq 1000
5. Light machine guns Mozambique 50
5. Light machine guns Niger 12
5. Light machine guns Nigeria 90
5. Light machine guns Turkey 78
5. Light machine guns United States 6

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 79 30 mm ZTM-2 Automatic Machine gun - 28 pcs; 14,5x114 mm - 50 pcs; 23 mm 2A7M Canon - 1 pcs
1. Heavy machine guns Czech Rep. 30 14,5 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun ZPU-2
1. Heavy machine guns Morocco 1300 14,5x114 - 1000 pcs; 14,5 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun ZU-2 - 300 pcs
1. Heavy machine guns Niger 8 12,7 x 108 mm – 6 pcs 14,5 mm – 2 pcs
1. Heavy machine guns Nigeria 1 12,7 x 108 mm
1. Heavy machine guns Serbia 10 14,5 x 114 mm
1. Heavy machine guns Turkey 23 14,5 mm
1. Heavy machine guns Uganda 100 23 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun ZU-23-2
1. Heavy machine guns United States 15 14,5 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun ZPU-2
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Algeria 220 ATGL
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Burkina Faso 310 ATGL-L1 – 100 pcs UBGL – 210 pcs
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers France 11 ATGL
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers India 25 UBGL
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Iraq 400 ATGL-L1
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Israel 10 ATGL-L1
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Mozambique 30 ATGL-L2
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Nigeria 50 MSGL – 20 pcs ATGL – 30 pcs
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Philippines 722 ATGL-L2 – 711 pcs UBGL – 6 pcs MSGL – 5 pcs
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Turkey 117 ATGL-L5 – 59 ATGL - 58
3. Portable anti-tank guns Azerbaijan 2015 One-shot disposable anti-tank rocket launcher Bulspike, cal. 72.5 mm
3. Portable anti-tank guns Israel 15 One-shot disposable anti-tank rocket launcher Bulspike, cal. 72.5 mm
4. Recoilless rifles Morocco 56 ATGL-H
5. Portable anti-tank missile launchers and rocket systems Australia 1 9P135-M Launcher, cal.120 mm
5. Portable anti-tank missile launchers and rocket systems Czech Rep. 3 9P151 Launcher
5. Portable anti-tank missile launchers and rocket systems United States 7 9P135-M Launcher, cal.120 mm – 1 pc 9P163-1 Launcher – 4 pcs 9P151 Launcher – 2 pcs
6. Mortars of calibres less than 75 mm Burkina Faso 6 60 mm
6. Mortars of calibres less than 75 mm Philippines 7 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 1135
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Czech Rep. 266
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Germany 209
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Italy 16
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Slovakia 10
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols United States 239
2. Rifles and carbines Austria 31
2. Rifles and carbines Belgium 179
2. Rifles and carbines Canada 3
2. Rifles and carbines Czech Rep. 44
2. Rifles and carbines Finland 658
2. Rifles and carbines France 4
2. Rifles and carbines Germany 330
2. Rifles and carbines Italy 690
2. Rifles and carbines Portugal 280
2. Rifles and carbines Serbia 7 Sniper rifle M93 cal. 12,7x99 mm - 5psc; Sniper rifle M91 cal 7,62x54 mm - 2 psc
2. Rifles and carbines Spain 494
2. Rifles and carbines Switzerland 5
2. Rifles and carbines Turkey 144
2. Rifles and carbines United Kingdom 64
2. Rifles and carbines United States 576
3. Sub-machine guns Czech Rep. 2
3. Sub-machine guns Germany 5
4. Assault rifles Belarus 1
4. Assault rifles Romania 19993

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 Poland 141 23 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun ZU-23-2CP – 140 pcs 23 mm 2A7M Canon – 1 pc
1. Heavy machine guns Romania 426 14,5 mm ZU-2M – 47 pcs 14,5 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun ZU-2 – 241 pcs 14,5 mm MR-4M – 50 pcs 14,5 mm MR-4 – 88 pcs
1. Heavy machine guns Serbia 1 M02 Machine Gun – cal. 12,7 x 108 mm
1. Heavy machine guns Ukraine 29 30 mm ZTM-1 Automatic Machine Gun – 1 pc 30 mm ZTM-2 Automatic Machine Gun – 28 pcs
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Czech Rep. 517 ATGL
7. Others Poland 6 57 mm S-60 Anti-Aircraft Gun

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