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Poland 2015


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 Bulgaria 1 T-54
I. Battle tanks Czech Rep. 6 T-72
II. Armoured combat vehicles Bulgaria 1
II. Armoured combat vehicles Czech Rep. 4 WZT-2
II. Armoured combat vehicles Czech Rep. 4 BWP-1
II. Armoured combat vehicles France 1 BTR-6
II. Armoured combat vehicles Germany 3
II. Armoured combat vehicles Sweden 1 BRDM-2
III. Large calibre artillery systems Czech Rep. 3
III. Large calibre artillery systems Sweden 1
III. Large calibre artillery systems United States 1 SA-28
III. Large calibre artillery systems Viet Nam 16 ZU-23-2
IV. (a) Combat aircraft Finland 1 TS Iskra
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers Senegal 6
VII. (b) Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems (MANPADS). Lithuania 40

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 Germany 56 Leopard-2A
II. Armoured combat vehicles Belarus 105
II. Armoured combat vehicles Bulgaria 193
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers Norway 14 NSM

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

Category(I-VII) Number of Items Description of Items Comments on the transfer
I. Battle tanks 984 Leopard 2 PT-91 T-72
II. Armoured combat vehicles 1691 AMV Rosomak S BMP-1 BRM-1 Roomak
III. Large calibre artillery systems 1007
IV. (a) Combat aircraft 116 F-16 MIG-29 SU-22
V. (a) Attack helicopters 87 Mi-24 Mi-2URP W-3W Sokol
VI. Warships 31

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

Category(I-VII) Number of Items Description of Items Comments on the transfer
II. Armoured combat vehicles 21

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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 313
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Switzerland 13
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols United States 5394
2. Rifles and carbines Burkina Faso 3850
2. Rifles and carbines Congo 2301
2. Rifles and carbines Czech Rep. 5602
2. Rifles and carbines Oman 1
2. Rifles and carbines Switzerland 22
2. Rifles and carbines United States 5303
3. Sub-machine guns Austria 1807
3. Sub-machine guns Belgium 50
3. Sub-machine guns Congo 10
3. Sub-machine guns Czech Rep. 206
3. Sub-machine guns United States 5010
4. Assault rifles Czech Rep. 10686
4. Assault rifles Germany 25
4. Assault rifles Nigeria 512
4. Assault rifles United States 1537
5. Light machine guns Bulgaria 20
5. Light machine guns Congo 115
5. Light machine guns Czech Rep. 483
5. Light machine guns United States 2067

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 Bulgaria 18
1. Heavy machine guns Congo 152
1. Heavy machine guns Czech Rep. 335
1. Heavy machine guns Israel 2
1. Heavy machine guns Ukraine 30
1. Heavy machine guns United States 58
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Czech Rep. 155
3. Portable anti-tank guns United States 44
4. Recoilless rifles Czech Rep. 22
4. Recoilless rifles France 2
5. Portable anti-tank missile launchers and rocket systems Czech Rep. 5
6. Mortars of calibres less than 75 mm Iraq 776

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
2. Rifles and carbines Belgium 5
2. Rifles and carbines Finland 7
2. Rifles and carbines Germany 145
2. Rifles and carbines United States 14
3. Sub-machine guns Belgium 8
3. Sub-machine guns Germany 220
5. Light machine guns United States 10

Light Weapons Import

National criterion to determine when a transfer takes effect

Departure of equipment from the exporter's territory

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