UNROCA original report

United Kingdom 2019


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 Canada 1 Chieftain Mk2 Museum Display
I. Battle tanks Canada 1 Chieftain Mk10 Museum Display
I. Battle tanks Canada 1 T34/85 Museum Display
I. Battle tanks Canada 1 T72 Historical Vehicle Collection
I. Battle tanks Israel 1 Sherman Tank Public Display
I. Battle tanks United States 1 M18 Hellcat Historical Vehicle Collection
II. Armoured combat vehicles Australia 1 Government
II. Armoured combat vehicles Belgium 167 Government
II. Armoured combat vehicles Belgium 1 Sibmas Returned to Manufacturer
II. Armoured combat vehicles Belgium 1 Pandur II Returned to Manufacturer
II. Armoured combat vehicles Germany 1 Alvis Saracen Museum Display
II. Armoured combat vehicles Guyana 2 CVRT Demilitarised for transporting cargo
II. Armoured combat vehicles Israel 1 Scorpion Government Display
II. Armoured combat vehicles Kuwait 1 Humber FV1611 Private Collection
II. Armoured combat vehicles Latvia 123 Government
II. Armoured combat vehicles Spain 1 FVAPC 432 Private Collection
II. Armoured combat vehicles United Arab Emirates 1 FV 432 Film Production
II. Armoured combat vehicles United States 1 FV 432 Private Collection
II. Armoured combat vehicles United States 2 FV 432 Historic Collection
II. Armoured combat vehicles United States 1 FV 433 Public Display
II. Armoured combat vehicles United States 1 CVR(T) Sabre Private Collection
II. Armoured combat vehicles United States 2 CVR(T) Spartan Private Collection
II. Armoured combat vehicles United States 2 Saladin Private Collection
II. Armoured combat vehicles United States 1 Abbot Museum Display
II. Armoured combat vehicles United States 1 Ford M151 Museum Display
II. Armoured combat vehicles United States 1 Panzer 3 Museum Display
III. Large calibre artillery systems Belgium 1 CSE90 Returned to Manufacturer
III. Large calibre artillery systems Netherlands 1 LEFH 10.5cn Howitzer Private Collection
III. Large calibre artillery systems Sweden 1 FH70 155mm Howitzer Testing Site
III. Large calibre artillery systems United States 1 25 pdr Field Gun Public Display
III. Large calibre artillery systems United States 1 M1927 Field Gun Private Collection
III. Large calibre artillery systems United States 1 1916 4.5 Howitzer Museum Display
III. Large calibre artillery systems United States 1 WW1 German Trench Mortar Museum Display
III. Large calibre artillery systems United States 1 M40 106mm Recoiless Rifle Museum Display
III. Large calibre artillery systems United States 1 1916 3 inch 20cwt anti-aircraft gun Museum Display
III. Large calibre artillery systems United States 1 FH70 155mm Howitzer Private Collection
III. Large calibre artillery systems United States 1 M30 Howitzer Private Collection
III. Large calibre artillery systems United States 2 1918 Field Gun Public Display
IV. (a) Combat aircraft Estonia 1 Tornado F3 - decomissioned Museum Display
IV. (a) Combat aircraft Mauritius 1 1974 Jaguar XX747 -decommissioned Public Display
V. (a) Attack helicopters Australia 1
V. (a) Attack helicopters Bahrain 1
V. (a) Attack helicopters Italy 9
V. (a) Attack helicopters Norway 15
V. (a) Attack helicopters Philippines 2
V. (a) Attack helicopters South Africa 2
V. (a) Attack helicopters United States 9
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers Chile 39
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers Oman 48
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers Philippines 97
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers Qatar 170
VII. (b) Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems (MANPADS). Indonesia 100

Major conventional arms (Category I-VII) - Imports

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

Category(I-VII) Number of Items Description of Items Comments on the transfer
I. Battle tanks 302 Challenger II
II. Armoured combat vehicles 3 AJAX
II. Armoured combat vehicles 1 APOLLO
II. Armoured combat vehicles 1 ATLAS
II. Armoured combat vehicles 1 ATHENA
II. Armoured combat vehicles 7 ARES/ARGUS
II. Armoured combat vehicles 181 CVR(T) Scimitar (Mk1) Disposal in progress for 36 vehicles.
II. Armoured combat vehicles 28 CVR(T) Scimitar (Mk2)
II. Armoured combat vehicles 244 CVR(T) Spartan (Mk1) Disposal in progress for 27 vehicles.
II. Armoured combat vehicles 17 CVR(T) Spartan (Mk2)
II. Armoured combat vehicles 92 CVR(T) Sultan (Mk1) Disposal in progress for 17 vehicles.
II. Armoured combat vehicles 4 CVR(T) Sultan (Mk2)
II. Armoured combat vehicles 33 CVR(T) Samson (Mk1) Disposal in progress for 9 vehicles.
II. Armoured combat vehicles 5 CVR(T) Samson (Mk2)
II. Armoured combat vehicles 39 CVR(T) Samaritan (Mk1) Disposal in progress for 3 vehicles.
II. Armoured combat vehicles 2 CVR(T) Samaritan (Mk2)
II. Armoured combat vehicles 891 FV430 Series (Bulldog)
II. Armoured combat vehicles 395 Panther
II. Armoured combat vehicles 120 Viking Includes 21 Watchkeeper VIKING variants
II. Armoured combat vehicles 767 Warrior
II. Armoured combat vehicles 0 Warthog Front Cab Out of service
II. Armoured combat vehicles 0 Warthog Rear Cab Out of service
II. Armoured combat vehicles 412 Mastiff 25 vehicles pending disposal.
II. Armoured combat vehicles 165 Ridgback 15 vehicles CAST pending disposal.
II. Armoured combat vehicles 316 Husky 6 x Training Aids, 1 x Imperial War Museum.
II. Armoured combat vehicles 125 Wolfhound
III. Large calibre artillery systems 89 AS90 155mm SP Howitzer 47 vehicles in the disposal process.
III. Large calibre artillery systems 126 105mm Light Gun This includes 4 Light Gun that aren’t fitted with the Automatic Pointing System, and are only used as training aids.
III. Large calibre artillery systems 35 MLRS
IV. (a) Combat aircraft 18 F35B - Lightning 3 remain in the US
IV. (a) Combat aircraft 3 Tornado
IV. (a) Combat aircraft 137 Typhoon
V. (a) Attack helicopters 46 Apache Mk1 Total Fleet Jan 19 – 52 Total Fleet Dec 19 – 46; 30 in Fwd Fleet; 14 in Sustainment Fleet; 1 in Trials; 1 in Storage. 6 taken Out of Service into E-Model remanufacture programme
V. (a) Attack helicopters 34 Wildcat AH Mk1 34 in total Fleet. 24 in Forward Fleet; 3 in maintenance; 3 undergoing upgrades/ modifications; 4 held in storage.
V. (a) Attack helicopters 28 Wildcat HMA Mk2 28 in total Fleet. 21 in Forward Fleet, 3 in trials, 2 in maintenance, 2 undergoing upgrades/ modifications
V. (a) Attack helicopters 30 Merlin Mk2 30 in Total Fleet. 17 in Forward Fleet, 6 in Trials/Mods, 5 in MDMF, 2 in Maintenance.
V. (a) Attack helicopters 25 Merlin Mk4/Mk3a/Mk3i 25 in Total Fleet. 16 in Forward Fleet, 5 in Mods, 3 in MDMF, 1 in Maintenance.
VI. Warships 2 QEC Aircraft Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, HMS Prince of Wales
VI. Warships 19 Frigates and Destroyers Type 45 and Type 23 Type 45 x 6 (Dragon, Defender, Daring, Dauntless, Duncan, Diamond) Type 23 x 13 (Westminster, Lancaster, Kent, Iron Duke, St Albans, Portland, Montrose, Sutherland, Monmouth, Somerset, Richmond, Northumberland, Argyll)
VI. Warships 2 Amphibious Ships Landing Platform Dock x 2 Albion, Bulwark
VI. Warships 13 Mines Countermeasures Vessels Sandown Class x 7 (Grimsby, Blyth, Bangor, Ramsey, Shoreham, Pembroke, Penzance) Hunt Class x 6 (Chiddingford, Ledbury, Brocklesby, Cattistock, Hurworth, Middleton)
VI. Warships 5 Offshore Patrol Vessels Tyne, Mersey (* Clyde decommissioned December 2019) Forth, Medway
VI. Warships 1 Primary Casualty Receiving Facility/Aviation Training ship Interpreted as ‘Primary Casualty Receiving Ship/Aviation Training Ship’ (Argus)
VI. Warships 12 Royal Fleet Auxiliaries/ Replenishment ships Fleet Tanker x 6 (Wave Knight, Wave Ruler, Tidespring, Tiderace, Tidesurge, Tideforce) Fleet Replenishment Ship x 3 (Fort Victoria, Fort Rosalie, Fort Austin) Landing Ship Dock x 3 (Lyme Bay, Mounts Bay, Cardigan Bay)
VI. Warships 4 Survey Vessels Ocean Survey Vessel x 1 (Scott) Coastal Survey Vessel x 2 (Echo, Enterprise) Inshore Survey Vessel x 1 (Magpie)
VI. Warships 1 Ice Patrol Vessel Protector
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers 2935 Guided or unguided rockets, ballistic or cruise missiles capable of delivering a warhead or weapon of destruction to a range of 25 kilometres.
VII. (b) Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems (MANPADS). 2590 Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems (MANPADS)
IV. (b) Unmanned combat aerial vehicles 9 Reaper

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

Category(I-VII) Number of Items Description of Items Comments on the transfer
VI. Warships 5 Type 31 Frigates Design and Build (Manufacturing) contract for 5 Frigates placed in November 2019.
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers 2754 Guided or unguided rockets, ballistic or cruise missiles
VII. (b) Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems (MANPADS). 2590 Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS)

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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 Australia 9 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Bahrain 4 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Bangladesh 3 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Bulgaria 1 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Cyprus 5 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Czech Rep. 1 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols France 1 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Georgia 2 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Iceland 38 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Italy 10 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Kuwait 12 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Malawi 3 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Malta 12 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols New Zealand 4 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Oman 7 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Pakistan 14 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Qatar 4 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols South Africa 22 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Switzerland 25 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Ukraine 146 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols United Arab Emirates 24 Pistols
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols United States 192 Pistols
2. Rifles and carbines Argentina 4 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Armenia 1 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Australia 1 Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Australia 154 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Australia 2539 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Austria 3 Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Austria 14 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Austria 1 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Bahrain 11 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Bangladesh 1 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Barbados 1 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Belgium 4 Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Belgium 17 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Belgium 18 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Botswana 3 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Brazil 8 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Bulgaria 1 Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Bulgaria 12 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Canada 1 Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Canada 241 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Canada 1122 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Croatia 1 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Cyprus 20 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Czech Rep. 1 Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Czech Rep. 4 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Denmark 11 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Denmark 65 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Dominican Rep. 20 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Finland 10 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Finland 1 Tactical Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Finland 7 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines France 44 Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines France 257 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines France 18 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Germany 2 Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Germany 29 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Germany 1093 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Greece 4 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Hungary 2 Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Hungary 12 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Hungary 52 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Iceland 6 Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Iceland 27 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Indonesia 3 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Ireland 17 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Ireland 10 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Italy 1 Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Italy 14 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Italy 1 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Japan 274 Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Japan 51 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Japan 5 Tactical Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Japan 3 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Jordan 20 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Jordan 8 Tactical Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Jordan 3 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Kazakhstan 140 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Kenya 3 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Kuwait 3 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Kyrgyzstan 7 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Latvia 4 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Latvia 77 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Lithuania 2 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Lithuania 90 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Malaysia 15 Sniper RiflesSniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Malta 3 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Malta 5 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Mongolia 100 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Mongolia 5 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Netherlands 4 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Netherlands 75 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines New Zealand 1 Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines New Zealand 33 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines New Zealand 1 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Nigeria 12 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Norway 18 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Norway 5 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Oman 36 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Oman 141 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Pakistan 8 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Pakistan 21 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Poland 5 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Poland 2 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Portugal 1 Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Portugal 17 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Qatar 12 Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Qatar 6 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Romania 5 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Romania 2 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Saudi Arabia 2 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Serbia 2 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Singapore 1 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Slovakia 7 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Slovenia 2 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines South Africa 87 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines South Africa 313 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Spain 21 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Spain 33 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Sweden 5 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Sweden 2 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Switzerland 4 Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Switzerland 40 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Switzerland 66 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines United Rep. of Tanzania 1 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Thailand 34 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Thailand 24 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Tunisia 10 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Turkey 11 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Ukraine 4 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines United Arab Emirates 28 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines United Arab Emirates 6 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines United States 23 Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines United States 5519 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines United States 21457 Sniper Rifles
2. Rifles and carbines Zambia 51 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
2. Rifles and carbines Montenegro 8 Sporting guns/ Shotguns
3. Sub-machine guns Bahrain 4
3. Sub-machine guns Belgium 2
3. Sub-machine guns Iceland 1
3. Sub-machine guns Japan 45
3. Sub-machine guns Netherlands 4
3. Sub-machine guns New Zealand 8
3. Sub-machine guns Switzerland 10
3. Sub-machine guns Trinidad and Tobago 80
4. Assault rifles Afghanistan 28
4. Assault rifles Bahrain 5
4. Assault rifles Finland 2
4. Assault rifles France 58
4. Assault rifles Germany 514
4. Assault rifles Hungary 145
4. Assault rifles Iceland 40
4. Assault rifles Japan 27
4. Assault rifles Kuwait 4
4. Assault rifles Malaysia 42
4. Assault rifles Malta 25
4. Assault rifles Netherlands 6
4. Assault rifles New Zealand 11
4. Assault rifles Saudi Arabia 2
4. Assault rifles South Africa 210
4. Assault rifles Sweden 20
4. Assault rifles Switzerland 1
4. Assault rifles United Arab Emirates 10
4. Assault rifles United States 4
5. Light machine guns Iceland 1
5. Light machine guns Japan 2
5. Light machine guns Malta 4
5. Light machine guns New Zealand 1
5. Light machine guns South Africa 1
6. Others Egypt 508 Heavy Machine Guns
6. Others Indonesia 19 Heavy Machine Guns
6. Others Japan 2 Heavy Machine Guns
6. Others Latvia 90 Heavy Machine Guns
6. Others Malta 2 Heavy Machine Guns
6. Others Netherlands 19 Heavy Machine Guns
6. Others Thailand 1158 Heavy Machine Guns
6. Others Turkey 1 Heavy Machine Guns
6. Others United Arab Emirates 1 Heavy Machine Guns
6. Others United States 8 Heavy Machine Guns

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 Israel 72
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Japan 1
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers New Zealand 1
3. Portable anti-tank guns Netherlands 2 Private collection
3. Portable anti-tank guns United States 1 Private collection
4. Recoilless rifles United States 1 Museum display
6. Mortars of calibres less than 75 mm United Arab Emirates 368
7. Others France 1 Artillery Returned after testing
7. Others Germany 4 Anti-aircraft gun Private collection
7. Others India 1 Aircraft cannon Museum display
7. Others Netherlands 1 Anti-aircraft gun Private collection
7. Others Philippines 12 Artillery Law enforcement agency
7. Others United Arab Emirates 300 Aircraft cannon Government
7. Others United States 2 Anti-aircraft gun Private collection

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