UNROCA (United Nations Register of Conventional Arms)

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Bulgaria 2022


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. 12 Т-72М/М1 with Gun 2A46, cal. 125 mm
I. Battle tanks Iraq 10 T-72M1 with standard armament
I. Battle tanks Uganda 31 T-55 with standard armament
II. Armoured combat vehicles Czech Rep. 31 BMP-1 with Gun 2A28, cal. 73 mm and PKT MG, kal. 7,62 mm
II. Armoured combat vehicles Hungary 1 PTS-M (1M)
II. Armoured combat vehicles Iraq 20 BMP-1 with standard armament
II. Armoured combat vehicles Poland 84 MTLB
II. Armoured combat vehicles Slovenia 2 GJ 800 - Artillery Tractor ATS-59G - Medium Artillery Tractor without armament without armament
III. Large-calibre artillery systems Côte d'Ivoire 2 Mortar, cal. 82 mm
III. Large-calibre artillery systems Czech Rep. 6 M-70 multiple rocket launcher, cal. 122 mm
III. Large-calibre artillery systems Ghana 20 Mortar, cal. 81 mm
III. Large-calibre artillery systems Poland 370 Mortar, cal. 82 mm – 255 pcs Mortar, cal. 120 mm – 19 pcs Self-propelled howitzer 2S1 GVOZDIKA, cal. 122 mm – 82 pcs Howitzer gun D-20, cal. 152 mm – 6 pcs BM-21 – 8 pcs
III. Large-calibre artillery systems Romania 138 Mortar, cal. 82 mm – 118 pcs Mortar, cal. 120 mm – 20 pcs
III. Large-calibre artillery systems Senegal 12 Mortar, cal. 120 mm
III. Large-calibre artillery systems Serbia 1 Mortar, cal. 120 mm
V. (a) Attack helicopters United States 2 Mi-8MTB-1

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 Slovenia 1 T-34 Tank Canon, cal. 85 mm
II. Armoured combat vehicles Czech Rep. 21 BMP-1 with standard armament – 20 pcs BREM Armored Recovery Vehicle – 1 pcs
III. Large-calibre artillery systems Hungary 207 Mortar, cal. 82 mm – 185 pcs Mortar, cal. 120 mm – 22 pcs
III. Large-calibre artillery systems Slovenia 2 Self-propelled howitzer 2S1 Gvozdika, cal. 122 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 900
IV. (a) Combat aircraft 39
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 Algeria 5
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Austria 625
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Egypt 1
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols France 192
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols United States 6966 SAM7K-34 Semi-Automatic Pistol, cal. 7.62x39 mm – 5000 pcs
2. Rifles and carbines Egypt 1 cal. .12
2. Rifles and carbines France 200 cal. 7,62x39 mm
2. Rifles and carbines South Africa 50 cal. 7,62x39 mm
2. Rifles and carbines Switzerland 100 cal. 7,62x39 mm
3. Sub-machine guns Albania 10 SHIPKA SMG, cal. 9x19 mm
4. Assault rifles Albania 1130 cal. 7,62x39 mm – 1000 pcs cal. 5,56x45 mm – 30 pcs cal. 5,45x39,5 mm – 100 pcs
4. Assault rifles Chad 7600 cal. 7,62x39 mm
4. Assault rifles Côte d'Ivoire 2000 cal. 7,62x39 mm
4. Assault rifles Egypt 1 cal. 7,62x39 mm
4. Assault rifles France 30 cal. 7,62x39 mm
4. Assault rifles India 5 cal. 7,62x39 mm
4. Assault rifles Indonesia 925 cal. 7,62x39 mm
4. Assault rifles Jordan 31 cal. 5,56x45 mm – 4 pcs cal. 7,62x39 mm – 27 pcs
4. Assault rifles Rep. of Korea 58 cal. 7.62x39 mm
4. Assault rifles Maldives 500 cal. 7.62x39 mm
4. Assault rifles Mali 50 cal. 7.62x39 mm
4. Assault rifles Nigeria 800 cal. 7.62x39 mm
4. Assault rifles Poland 4 cal. 7.62x39 mm
4. Assault rifles United Kingdom 5230 cal. 7.62x39 mm – 130 pcs cal. 5,56x45 mm – 5000 pcs cal. 5,45x39 mm – 100 pcs
4. Assault rifles United States 1022 cal. 7.62x39 mm
5. Light machine guns Bangladesh 223 cal. 7,62x54 mm
5. Light machine guns Dem. Rep. of the Congo 500 cal. 7,62x54 mm
5. Light machine guns Côte d'Ivoire 200 cal. 7,62x54 mm
5. Light machine guns Croatia 30 cal. 7,62x54 mm – 15 pcs cal. 7,62x51 mm – 15 pcs
5. Light machine guns Czech Rep. 50 cal. 7,62x54 mm
5. Light machine guns Egypt 1 cal. 7,62x54 mm
5. Light machine guns France 6 cal. 7,62x54 mm
5. Light machine guns Iraq 500 cal. 7,62x54 mm
5. Light machine guns Maldives 15 cal. 7,62x54 mm
5. Light machine guns Mali 10 cal. 7,62x54 mm
5. Light machine guns Nigeria 176 cal. 7,62x54 mm – 140 pcs cal. 7,62x51 mm – 36 pcs
5. Light machine guns Philippines 8 cal. 7,62x51 mm
5. Light machine guns Poland 1800 cal. 7,62x54 mm
5. Light machine guns Romania 389 cal. 7,62x54 mm
5. Light machine guns Rwanda 11 cal. 7,62x54 mm
5. Light machine guns Saudi Arabia 100 cal. 7,62x54 mm
5. Light machine guns Somalia 36 cal. 7,62x54 mm
5. Light machine guns Togo 25 cal. 7,62x51 mm
5. Light machine guns Turkey 25 cal. 7,62x54 mm
5. Light machine guns United Kingdom 100 cal. 7,62x54 mm
5. Light machine guns United States 93 cal. 7,62x54 mm – 73 pcs cal. 7,62x51 mm – 20 pcs

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 Benin 11 DNM/127-1, cal. 12,7x108 mm
1. Heavy machine guns Chad 30 Anti-Aircraft Gun ZU-2 / ZPU-2, cal. 14,5x114 mm
1. Heavy machine guns Côte d'Ivoire 66 9-А-624, cal. 12,7x108 mm – 2 pcs DShKM, cal. 12,7x108 mm - 60 pcs 2А14 (Left) Anti-Aircraft Gun (ZU-23-2), cal. 23 mm – 2 pcs Aviation Gun GSh-23L, cal. 23 mm – 2 pcs
1. Heavy machine guns Czech Rep. 20 KPVT, cal. 14,5x114 mm
1. Heavy machine guns Iraq 150 BROWNING М2QCB, cal. 12,7x99 mm
1. Heavy machine guns Mali 20 DShK, cal. 12,7x108 mm
1. Heavy machine guns Niger 10 Anti-Aircraft Gun ZPU, cal. 14,5x114 mm
1. Heavy machine guns Rwanda 3 DShKM, cal. 12,7x108 mm
1. Heavy machine guns Saudi Arabia 200 KPVT, cal. 14,5x114 mm – 100 pcs cal. 12,7x108 mm - 100 pcs
1. Heavy machine guns Turkey 48 NSV, cal. 12,7x108 mm – 27 pcs cal. 14,5x114 mm – 21 pcs
1. Heavy machine guns Uganda 100 Anti-Aircraft Gun ZU-23-2, cal. 23 mm
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Algeria 764 ATGL-L2, cal. 40 mm – 2 pcs MSGL-L, cal. 40 mm – 40 pcs UBGL, cal. 40 mm – 205 pcs RPG-7V2, cal. 40 mm – 517 pcs
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Dem. Rep. of the Congo 592 ATGL-L2, cal. 40 mm – 200 pcs RPG-7, cal. 40 mm – 392 pcs
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Côte d'Ivoire 125 ATGL-L2, cal. 40 mm – 75 pcs RPG-7 WARRIAR, cal. 40 mm – 50 pcs
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Egypt 1 ATGL-L2, cal. 40 mm
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Iraq 1369 ATGL-L1, cal. 40 mm
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Mongolia 25 ATGL-L1, cal. 40 mm
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Nigeria 91 ATGL-L1, cal. 40 mm
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Poland 14845 RPG-7, cal. 40 mm – 2495 pcs UBGL, cal. 40 mm – 5200 pcs ATGL-L1, cal. 40 mm – 300 pcs ATGL-L2, cal. 40 mm – 2850 pcs ATGL-L3, cal. 40 mm – 4000 pcs
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Romania 2920 ATGL-L2, cal. 40 mm – 1000 pcs RPG-7/RPG-7D, cal. 40 mm – 1920 pcs
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Tajikistan 200 RPG-7 WARRIAR, cal. 40 mm
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers United Kingdom 110 UBGL, cal. 40 mm – 50 pcs RPG-7, cal. 40 mm – 60 pcs
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers United States 21 ATGL-L1, cal. 40 mm
3. Portable anti-tank guns Czech Rep. 5000 One-shot disposable anti-tank rocket launcher Bulspike-AT, cal. 72.5 mm – 1750 pcs One-shot disposable anti-tank rocket launcher Bulspike-TB, cal. 72.5 mm – 250 pcs RPG-22 NETTO, cal. 72.5 mm – 3000 pcs
3. Portable anti-tank guns Poland 9930 One-shot disposable anti-tank rocket launcher Bulspike-AT, cal. 72.5 mm – 6000 pcs One-shot disposable anti-tank rocket launcher Bulspike-AP, cal. 72.5 mm – 1750 pcs One-shot disposable anti-tank rocket launcher Bulspike-TB, cal. 72.5 mm – 1075 pcs RPG-22 NETTO, cal. 72.5 mm – 1105 pcs
3. Portable anti-tank guns Romania 5580 RPG-22 NETTO, cal. 72.5 mm
3. Portable anti-tank guns United Kingdom 6100 One-shot disposable anti-tank rocket launcher Bulspike-AT, cal. 72.5 mm – 3100 pcs One-shot disposable anti-tank rocket launcher Bulspike-AP, cal. 72.5 mm – 3000 pcs
4. Recoilless rifles Algeria 15 ATGL-H, cal. 73 mm
4. Recoilless rifles Czech Rep. 262 SPG-9, cal. 73 mm
4. Recoilless rifles Iraq 250 SPG-9, cal. 73 mm
4. Recoilless rifles Portugal 1350 ATGL-H, cal. 73 mm – 1050 pcs SPG-9, cal. 73 mm – 300 pcs
5. Portable anti-tank missile launchers and rocket systems Saudi Arabia 10 9P135M1 Launcher, cal. 120 mm
6. Mortars of calibres less than 75 mm Nigeria 45 Mortar, cal. 60 mm
6. Mortars of calibres less than 75 mm Poland 100 Mortar, cal. 60 mm
6. Mortars of calibres less than 75 mm Tajikistan 300 Mortar, cal. 60 mm
7. Others Slovakia 1 S-60 Anti-Aircraft Gun, cal. 57 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 1343
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Canada 1
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Czech Rep. 546
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Germany 208
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Slovakia 19
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Turkey 17
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols United States 641
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Montenegro 300
2. Rifles and carbines Austria 49
2. Rifles and carbines Belgium 89
2. Rifles and carbines Canada 2
2. Rifles and carbines Croatia 70 Sniper rifle M4, cal. 12,7x99 mm
2. Rifles and carbines Czech Rep. 61
2. Rifles and carbines Finland 684
2. Rifles and carbines Germany 252
2. Rifles and carbines Italy 74
2. Rifles and carbines Italy 690
2. Rifles and carbines Portugal 290
2. Rifles and carbines Serbia 446 Sniper rifle M93, cal. 12,7x108 mm – 106 pcs Sniper rifle M07 AF, cal. 7,62x54 mm – 20 pcs Sniper rifle M91, cal. 7,62x54 mm – 300 pcs
2. Rifles and carbines Slovakia 28
2. Rifles and carbines Spain 541
2. Rifles and carbines Switzerland 13 Sniper rifle B&T, cal. .308Win, .338LM – 2 pcs
2. Rifles and carbines Turkey 126
2. Rifles and carbines United States 966
5. Light machine guns Czech Rep. 30 cal. 7,62x54 mm
5. Light machine guns Romania 100 cal. 7,62x54 mm
5. Light machine guns Turkey 2 cal. 7,62x54 mm
5. Light machine guns United States 12 cal. 7,62x51 mm

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 Czech Rep. 130 NR-30 Automatic Cannon, cal. 30 mm
1. Heavy machine guns Hungary 10 NSV, cal. 12,7x108 mm
1. Heavy machine guns Poland 60 Anti-Aircraft Gun ZU-23-2, cal. 23 mm
1. Heavy machine guns Romania 589 MR-4M, cal. 14,5 mm - 379 pcs DShKM, cal. 12,7x108 mm - 210 pcs
1. Heavy machine guns Slovakia 40 MG-1270 (DShK), cal. 12,7x108 mm
1. Heavy machine guns Turkey 150 cal. 12,7x99 mm
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Azerbaijan 2 AGS-30, cal. 30 mm
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Serbia 1 Automatic grenade launcher M93, cal. 30 mm
4. Recoilless rifles Romania 120 SPG-9 (AG-9M), cal. 73 mm
6. Mortars of calibres less than 75 mm Serbia 300 M06C "Commando", cal. 60 mm
7. Others Poland 9 S-60 Anti-Aircraft Gun, cal. 57 mm
7. Others Slovenia 1 ZSU-57-2 with two canons, cal. 57 mm

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