UNROCA original report

Poland 2017


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. 23 T-72
I. Battle tanks Germany 3 Marder Gepard Leopard Museum purpose
I. Battle tanks United States 1 T-34 Museum purpose
I. Battle tanks United States 7 Leopard 1A5 Museum purpose
II. Armoured combat vehicles Czech Rep. 3 R-3M
II. Armoured combat vehicles Senegal 2 Oncilla
V. (a) Attack helicopters Senegal 1 Mi-24
V. (a) Attack helicopters Turkey 2 S-70i
V. (a) Attack helicopters United States 2 S-70i
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers Bulgaria 5 9P148 Konkurs
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers Niger 8 B8-M1 launcher
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers Niger 4 UB-32 launcher
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers Sweden 50 122 mm missiles
VII. (b) Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems (MANPADS). Lithuania 80 GROM

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 Norway 12 NSM
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers Norway 6 MLV

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

Category(I-VII) Number of Items Description of Items Comments on the transfer
I. Battle tanks 247 Leopard 2
I. Battle tanks 232 PT-91
I. Battle tanks 260 T-72
II. Armoured combat vehicles 54 AMV Rosomak S, Rosomak M-3
II. Armoured combat vehicles 1662 BMP-1, BRM-1, Rosomak
III. Large calibre artillery systems 530 Gun/How
III. Large calibre artillery systems 307 Mortars
III. Large calibre artillery systems 198 MLRS
IV. (a) Combat aircraft 32 MIG-29
IV. (a) Combat aircraft 32 SU-22
IV. (a) Combat aircraft 50 F-16
V. (a) Attack helicopters 28 Mi-24
V. (a) Attack helicopters 18 Mi-2URP
V. (a) Attack helicopters 25 W-3W Sokol
V. (a) Attack helicopters 7 W-3PL Gluszec
VI. Warships 30

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 27 AMV Rosomak S, Rosomak M-3
III. Large calibre artillery systems 24 155 mm Krab Howitzer
III. Large calibre artillery systems 17 120 mm Howitzer
V. (a) Attack helicopters 7 W-3PL
VI. Warships 1

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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 Belgium 5
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Canada 50
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Switzerland 31
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols United States 949
2. Rifles and carbines Belgium 15
2. Rifles and carbines Bhutan 5
2. Rifles and carbines Czech Rep. 109
2. Rifles and carbines Iraq 4000
2. Rifles and carbines Jordan 2
2. Rifles and carbines Nigeria 540
2. Rifles and carbines Slovakia 2200
2. Rifles and carbines Switzerland 60
2. Rifles and carbines United States 1026
5. Light machine guns Austria 38

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 United States 2
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers United States 18
3. Portable anti-tank guns Ukraine 1
4. Recoilless rifles Czech Rep. 1
7. Others Bulgaria 214

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 408
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Germany 70
2. Rifles and carbines Finland 13
2. Rifles and carbines United Kingdom 16
3. Sub-machine guns Germany 100
3. Sub-machine guns Switzerland 142
4. Assault rifles Germany 190
6. Others Italy 1
6. Others Turkey 4
6. Others United Kingdom 3

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
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Czech Rep. 200
6. Mortars of calibres less than 75 mm Czech Rep. 59

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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