UNROCA (United Nations Register of Conventional Arms)

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Romania 2024


Major conventional arms (Category I-VII) - Exports

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 United States 12 POLARIS DRAGOR A1 armoured vehicle Romanian Ministry of Defence
IV. (a) Combat aircraft Norway 12 United States F-16 Fighting Falcon Romanian Ministry of Defence
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers Rep. of Korea 108 CHIRON missiles in container Romanian Ministry of Defence
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers United States 9 ATACMS M57 Romanian Ministry of Defence
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers United States 6 PAC-3 guided missile Romanian Ministry of Defence
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers United States 18 HIMARS M142 missile launcher with enhanced armoured cabin Romanian Ministry of Defence
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers United States 8 PATRIOT MIM-104C training missile Romanian Ministry of Defence
VII. (b) Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems (MANPADS) Rep. of Korea 51 CHIRON missiles launcher with BCI and CLU Romanian Ministry of Defence
IV. (b) Unmanned combat aerial vehicles Turkey 24 TB2 unmanned aerial vehicle with LOS Romanian Ministry of Defence
IV. (b) Unmanned combat aerial vehicles United States 8 Unmanned aerial vehicle with FLIR Romanian Ministry of Defence

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

Category(I-VII) Number of Items Description of Items Comments on the transfer
I. Battle tanks 627
II. Armoured combat vehicles 1171
III. Large-calibre artillery systems 2793
IV. (a) Combat aircraft 123
V. (a) Attack helicopters 22
VI. Warships 16
VII. (b) Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems (MANPADS) 281

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

Related policies

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 Poland 213 For civil use
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols South Africa 15 For civil use
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Switzerland 25 For civil use
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols United States 18010 For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines Belgium 20 State of origin: 10 – BELGIUM, 1 – CZECH REPUBLIC, 9 - GERMANY For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines Croatia 33 Germany For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines Germany 6 State of origin: 1 - ROMANIA, 5 - GERMANY For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines Italy 1 Italy For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines South Africa 45 For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines Switzerland 135 For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines United States 2230 For civil use
3. Sub-machine guns Czech Rep. 145 7.62x39mm semi-automated rifle
4. Assault rifles Bulgaria 200 7.62x39mm semi-automated rifle
4. Assault rifles Czech Rep. 185 9x19mm assault rifle
4. Assault rifles Turkey 6 7.62x39mm semi-automated rifle

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
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Czech Rep. 215 40 mm grenade launcher
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers United States 6 40 mm grenade launcher

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 461 State of origin: 396 – AUSTRIA, 46 - GERMANY, 14 – TURKEY, 4 – USA, 1 – CZECH REPUBLIC For civil use
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Austria 340 Various types and calibres
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Croatia 58 United States For civil use
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Czech Rep. 6146 Various types and calibres
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Czech Rep. 144 State of origin: 2- USA, 142 – CZECH REPUBLIC For civil use
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Germany 247 State of origin: 6 – AUSTRIA, 1 – BELGIUM, 4 – CZECH REPUBLIC, 51 – GERMANY, 9 – ITALY, 2 – RUSSIA, 7 – SPAIN, 35 – USA, 130 - TURKEY, 1 -ARGENTINA, 1- CHINA For civil use
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Hungary 1 For civil use
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Italy 147 State of origin: 85 – ITALY, 51 – USA, 1 – AUSTRIA, 3 – GERMANY, 7 - CZECH REPUBLIC For civil use
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Slovakia 1 For civil use
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Slovenia 27 Russian Federation For civil use
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Switzerland 3 For civil use
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Turkey 35 For civil use
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Ukraine 15 Turkey For civil use
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols United States 1 For civil use
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols United States 1332 Various types and calibres
2. Rifles and carbines Austria 43 State of origin: 42 – GERMANY, 1- TURKEY For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines Belgium 456 State of origin: 70 – BELGIUM, 386 - USA For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines Canada 3 United States For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines Croatia 23 State of origin: 12 – JAPAN, 3 – USA, 8 – GREAT BRITAIN For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines Czech Rep. 385 State of origin: 7 – USA, 378 – CZECH REPUBLIC For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines Finland 302 For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines France 48 For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines Germany 1235 State of origin: 36– AUSTRIA, 6 – BELGIUM, 2 - BRAZIL, 13 – CZECH REPUBLIC, 1 – SWITZERLAND, 1 – UAE, 1 – FINLAND, 4 – FRANCE,1006– GERMANY 21 – ITALY, 2 – JAPAN, 4 – GREAT BRITAIN, 84 - ROMANIA, 12 – RUSSIA, 1 – SERBIA, 13 – SPAIN, 25 – USA, 1 – SWEDEN,1 – HUNGARY, 1 - TURKEY For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines Greece 180 State of origin: 50- ITALY, 130- USA For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines Hungary 84 State of origin: 54- FINLAND, 30 - ITALY For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines Italy 1931 State of origin: 133 - FINLAND, 34- GERMANY, 1764 - ITALY For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines Spain 398 State of origin: 213 – SPAIN, 185 - ITALY For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines Switzerland 4 For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines Turkey 348 State of origin: 323 – TURKEY, 25 - JORDAN For civil use
2. Rifles and carbines United States 10 For civil use
3. Sub-machine guns Germany 42

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 United States 3 Various types and calibres
1. Heavy machine guns United States 36 7.62x51mm machine gun
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Czech Rep. 10 40mm grenade launcher

National criterion to determine when a transfer takes effect

Departure of equipment from the exporter's territory

Source of information

Data reflects actual transfers

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