UNROCA (United Nations Register of Conventional Arms)

UNROCA original report

Germany 2015

Major conventional arms (Category I-VII) - Exports

Category(I-VII)	Final importer state	Number of Items	Description of Items	Comments on the transfer
I. Battle tanks	Indonesia	14	Leopard 2
I. Battle tanks	Poland	28	Leopard 2A5
I. Battle tanks	Qatar	10	Leopard 2
II. Armoured combat vehicles	Algeria	4	Fuchs
II. Armoured combat vehicles	Indonesia	6	Marder
III. Large-calibre artillery systems	Qatar	5	Panzerhaubitze 2000
V. (a) Attack helicopters	Sweden	1	NH90 NFH
VI. Warships	Colombia	2	Class 206	These two submarines were already subject of the German 2013 UNROCA-report, because the export license was granted in that year. In 2015 the physical export and hand-over to the Colombian authorities took place.
VI. Warships	Israel	1	Dolphin AIP

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
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers	Sweden	11			RBS 15 Mk3

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

Category(I-VII)	Number of Items	Description of Items
I. Battle tanks	816	145 Leopard 1 (MBT) 671 Leopard 2 (MBT)
II. Armoured combat vehicles	1752	916 Marder (AIFV+Recce) 358 Fuchs (APC) 136 Boxer (APC) 169 Fennek (Recce) 98 Wiesel (Recce) 75 BV 206S (APC)
III. Large-calibre artillery systems	345	200 (SPH) 122 Tampella (BMS) 54 MLRS Mars 10 FH M101 2M109 (SPH)
IV. (a) Combat aircraft	224	105 Tornado 111 EF-2000 8 P-3C Orion
V. (a) Attack helicopters	87	40 UH Tiger 25 BO-105 PAH-1 22 SEA LYNX
VI. Warships	52	10 Frigates 5 Corvettes 4 Fast Patrol Boats 14 MCM Boats 5 Submarines 14 Auxiliary Ships
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers	614
VII. (b) Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems (MANPADS)	828	STINGER

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

Category(I-VII)	Number of Items	Description of Items
II. Armoured combat vehicles	37	Puma
IV. (a) Combat aircraft	10	EF 2000
V. (a) Attack helicopters	8	UH-Tiger / Step 2 G-COM

Related policies

Small Arms Exports

Category	Final Importer state	Number of Items	Comments on the transfer
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols	Iraq	40	Support of the Kurdistan Regional Government
2. Rifles and carbines	Bulgaria	26
3. Sub-machine guns	Austria	1001	Conversion to decorative weapons
3. Sub-machine guns	Belgium	164
3. Sub-machine guns	Brazil	31
3. Sub-machine guns	Bulgaria	12
3. Sub-machine guns	Canada	7
3. Sub-machine guns	Central African Rep.	50	UN-Mission
3. Sub-machine guns	Czech Rep.	102
3. Sub-machine guns	Estonia	32
3. Sub-machine guns	Finland	56
3. Sub-machine guns	France	2013
3. Sub-machine guns	India	239
3. Sub-machine guns	Indonesia	226
3. Sub-machine guns	Italy	550
3. Sub-machine guns	Jordan	2
3. Sub-machine guns	Kenya	5	UN-Mission
3. Sub-machine guns	Latvia	10
3. Sub-machine guns	Lebanon	4	UN-Mission
3. Sub-machine guns	Libya	10	UN-Mission
3. Sub-machine guns	Malta	20
3. Sub-machine guns	Netherlands	54
3. Sub-machine guns	Norway	93
3. Sub-machine guns	Poland	220
3. Sub-machine guns	Romania	35
3. Sub-machine guns	Spain	15
3. Sub-machine guns	Sweden	30
3. Sub-machine guns	Switzerland	40
3. Sub-machine guns	Uganda	9	UN-Mission
3. Sub-machine guns	United Arab Emirates	3000
3. Sub-machine guns	United Kingdom	10
3. Sub-machine guns	Uruguay	15
3. Sub-machine guns	United States	3
3. Sub-machine guns	Yemen	10	UN-Mission
3. Sub-machine guns	Andorra	2
4. Assault rifles	Austria	57062	Conversion to decorative weapons
4. Assault rifles	Canada	18
4. Assault rifles	Central African Rep.	75	UN-Mission
4. Assault rifles	Croatia	12
4. Assault rifles	Czech Rep.	42
4. Assault rifles	Estonia	25
4. Assault rifles	Finland	5
4. Assault rifles	France	963
4. Assault rifles	Greece	1
4. Assault rifles	Iraq	4080	Support of the Kurdistan Regional Government
4. Assault rifles	Iraq	25	Diplomatic Mission
4. Assault rifles	Ireland	31
4. Assault rifles	Italy	151
4. Assault rifles	Japan	43
4. Assault rifles	Jordan	526
4. Assault rifles	Kenya	30	UN-Mission
4. Assault rifles	Lebanon	6	UN-Mission
4. Assault rifles	Libya	20	UN-Mission
4. Assault rifles	Luxembourg	8
4. Assault rifles	Netherlands	183
4. Assault rifles	Norway	2
4. Assault rifles	Poland	145
4. Assault rifles	Romania	30
4. Assault rifles	Spain	168
4. Assault rifles	Sweden	46
4. Assault rifles	Turkey	775
4. Assault rifles	Uganda	5	UN-Mission
4. Assault rifles	United Arab Emirates	30
4. Assault rifles	United Kingdom	402
4. Assault rifles	Uruguay	12
4. Assault rifles	United States	583
4. Assault rifles	Yemen	10	UN-Mission
5. Light machine guns	Albania	192
5. Light machine guns	Croatia	3
5. Light machine guns	Estonia	2
5. Light machine guns	Iraq	10	Support of the Kurdistan Regional Government
5. Light machine guns	Japan	2
5. Light machine guns	Qatar	196
5. Light machine guns	Spain	1
5. Light machine guns	Turkey	5

Light Weapons Exports

Category	Final Importer state	Number of Items	Comments on the transfer
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers	Canada	640
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers	Czech Rep.	22
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers	Estonia	2
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers	France	110
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers	Hungary	30
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers	Italy	14
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers	Japan	2
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers	Luxembourg	8
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers	Malta	4
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers	Norway	3
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers	South Africa	2
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers	Spain	10
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers	Switzerland	1
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers	Turkey	141
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers	United Kingdom	8
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers	United States	2861
4. Recoilless rifles	Belgium	111
4. Recoilless rifles	Brunei Darussalam	2000
4. Recoilless rifles	Jordan	600
4. Recoilless rifles	Luxembourg	10
5. Portable anti-tank missile launchers and rocket systems	Belgium	30
5. Portable anti-tank missile launchers and rocket systems	Botswana	15
5. Portable anti-tank missile launchers and rocket systems	Indonesia	12
5. Portable anti-tank missile launchers and rocket systems	Iraq	243	Support of the Kurdistan Regional Government
5. Portable anti-tank missile launchers and rocket systems	Qatar	53

Small Arms Imports

Category	Exporter state	Number of Items
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols	Austria	1
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols	Russian Federation	4
2. Rifles and carbines	Finland	1
4. Assault rifles	Belgium	8
4. Assault rifles	Italy	5

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	Belgium	35

National criterion to determine when a transfer takes effect

Departure of equipment from the exporter's territory

Source of information

Views on the future operation of the Register

UNROCA is a vital instrument for creating transparency in the international trade of conventional weapons. It is Germany's view that it should be as comprehensive as possible, notably concerning the inclusion of SALW as an obligatory category. It is also important to keep track with technological and strategic developments, which is why Germany supports the explicit reporting of armed and unarmed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in categories 4 and 5 of UNROCA.