Who is arming Ukraine?

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Export of military products in 2008 – 2012

According to the report of the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) "The main directions of international arms supplies in 2013 year" (Trends in International Arms Transfer, 2013) Ukraine in the indicated year ranked eighth in the list of global suppliers weapons. In the period of 2009 – 2013, enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex (MIC) supplied three percent of the total world arms exports. Of the total volume of military products produced by this country, 21 received a percentage of China, eight percent - Pakistan, seven percent - Russia. According to analysts, Ukraine also intends to expand its presence in the drug market of South-East Asia and Africa.

In March, the state concern Ukroboronprom announced that one of its enterprises (KMBM named after A. Morozov) signed a contract for the supply of five BTR-4 armored personnel carriers for the Indonesian Navy. Representatives of the concern said that if the first batch satisfied the Indonesian side, then in the future the defense department of this country will acquire more 50 machines. Ukroboronprom issued a statement on this matter stating that during the competition, the Indonesian government preferred the Ukrainian rather than the Russian proposal.

One of the enterprises of Ukroboronprom at the beginning of 2014 signed a contract for the supply of 50 main combat vehicles to an unnamed African country tanks (MBT) T-64BV-1. Despite the lack of official information, experts suggest that the contract is concluded with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Vadim Fedosov, director of the department of enterprises of armored vehicles, artillery weapons, automotive, engineering and special equipment of Ukroboronprom, noted that this means a significant advancement of Ukraine in the world market of armored vehicles.

Who is arming Ukraine?


According to experts, the actual military-technical cooperation (MTC) of Ukraine with Europe does not match the potential of the Ukrainian defense-industrial complex, which is actively trying to develop this sphere. In particular, in 2013, the Croatian Defense Ministry ordered the delivery of seven MiG-21bis fighters to be held this year. Currently, five MiG-21 are being upgraded at the Odessa Aircraft Repair Plant.

At the same time, the MTC of Ukraine and the NATO countries is increasing. In February of this year, a contract was signed with the American company Wilard Marine (Willard Marine) for the supply of four patrol vessels for Ukraine under the US Foreign Aid to FMS (Foreign Military Sales) program. According to the published statement, "Wilard Marin" the contract includes an option for the fifth patrol ship.

According to a number of Western experts, the main priority of Ukraine in the field of military-technical cooperation in the near future will be a reorientation towards Europe and the USA in order to ensure maximum independence from Russian military technologies.



During the 2008 – 2012 period, Ukraine was quite active in the supply of arms and military equipment (IWT) to foreign countries. The main types of weapons sold were the main battle tanks, armored combat vehicles (BBM) for various purposes, combat aircraft and helicopters, missile weapons, small arms and light weapons (SALW) of various types.

During this period, Ukraine exported mainly equipment that it inherited after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The exceptions are the BTR-3 of various modifications and a number of upgraded T-72 tanks. Supplies and transfers of warships in 2008 – 2012 were not recorded. As for SALW, the bulk of the exported products of this category are hunting, civil and sporting weapons.

The geography of supplies of Ukrainian weapons and military equipment included Asian, African, and Middle Eastern countries, as well as countries of the post-Soviet space. At the same time, a relatively small number of both military equipment and small arms were purchased by countries with a highly developed military industry, in particular, the United States, Great Britain, Israel, and South Africa. The largest importers of Ukrainian weapons and military equipment are Azerbaijan, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo.



Major Importers

According to SIPRI, the largest number of Ukrainian tanks acquired Ethiopia - 171 T-72 and T-72B1. Sudan bought a few less - X-NUMX T-155X72 tanks and outdated T-1 tanks. The third country to acquire large batches of Ukrainian tanks is the Democratic Republic of Congo - 55 T-130 and T-72. Thus, in the 55 – 2008 period, the export of Ukrainian MBTs was made up by obsolete T-2012 and T-55 tanks, and African countries became the main buyers, on whose territory potential conflicts might occur.

The largest importer of Ukrainian-made BBM was Thailand, which acquired 121 BTR-3 of various modifications. 72 units BTR-4 purchased Iraq. Two BTR-3 were delivered to the USA, 12 of the same machines - Chad, 10 - to Sudan. In total, the 2008-2012 delivered 217 new Ukrainian BTR-3 and BTR-4 various modifications. Old BBM delivered twice as much - 440 units. A large batch of BTR-70 (part of which was delivered with the dismantled combat module) in the number of 132 units was purchased by Azerbaijan, which also purchased 14 universal multi-purpose tractor BTS-5B (version BREM-1). Georgia acquired the 45 obsolete BTR-70 and BMP-1.



The most significant buyer of Ukrainian artillery in the period under review was the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which was delivered 12 self-propelled units (SAU) 2S1 "Carnation», 12 ACS 2S3 «Acacia», 12 multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) BM-21 "Grad», 36 D-30 howitzers and six millimeter 82 mortars. A significant part of the Ukrainian artillery in 2008 – 2012 was acquired by Azerbaijan, which purchased the 54 ACS 2C1 “Gvozdika” and six ACS 2C3 “Acacia”. 41 ACS 2C1 and 30 MLRS BM-21 was delivered to Sudan. In this segment, African and post-Soviet countries also dominate, acquiring 78 percent of all artillery shells and MLRS.

In the combat segment aviation the largest importer of Ukrainian aircraft cannot be unambiguously identified - all importing countries purchased relatively equivalent small volumes of combat aircraft. In particular, a batch of five attack aircraft Su-25 and Su-25 UTG acquired Chad, Pakistan - two military transport aircraft / tanker aircraft Il-78. The Ukrainian training aircraft for basic flight training L-39 were in certain demand, 16 of which were purchased by Estonia, seven from Latvia, four from Armenia, and one from South Africa. Ukrainian aviation in small batches was also purchased by other African countries. For example, the Democratic Republic of the Congo acquired two Su-25 attack aircraft.



Algeria became the largest importer of Ukrainian missiles, purchasing a total of 91 units, including 54 Р-27. 21 rocket R-27 acquired Azerbaijan, 18 - Belarus, 12 - Bangladesh. 12 units P-24, P-27, P-73 acquired Italy. Thus, the African country is also leading in this segment.

Regarding SALW, it should be noted that a significant share of pistols, revolvers, rifles and carbines was supplied by Ukraine to the European and North American markets in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. The main buyers of military weapons were again African countries - Chad, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, and also the countries of the Middle East - Yemen, Syria, the United Arab Emirates. A large batch of Ukrainian machine guns and submachine guns (13 700 units) purchased the UK.

In the non-military weapons procurement segment, European countries are leading, while the overwhelming number of army SALWs have been acquired by African countries, including countries with unstable domestic conditions, such as Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Chad.
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  1. +8
    April 16 2014 11: 55
    The new government of Ukraine will last until the fall ... maximum!
    And then the drug will end!
    1. +29
      April 16 2014 12: 17
      Quote: Keeper
      And then the drug will end!


      The drug will end, but what will remain.

      1. The comment was deleted.
      2. +5
        April 16 2014 12: 23
        Quote: mejik
        The drug will end, but what will remain.

        pleased laughingall for Tarasov laughing
      3. Orc-xnumx
        +3
        April 16 2014 12: 50
        Good neighing, plus!
      4. +1
        April 16 2014 13: 27
        Tough but fun ....
      5. +5
        April 16 2014 15: 31
        In western Ukraine, a seismic weapon was developed under the working title "Whoever doesn’t ride, that is." During the tests, the Crimean peninsula fell off.
  2. +4
    April 16 2014 11: 55
    They sold everything, now there’s nothing to defend against Russia !!! NATO help, the Russians are coming !!!
    1. +1
      April 16 2014 12: 05
      To do this, and sell. So that later they come and say, Wah! Scary Russia is nearby, and our tanks are rusted, so we need to join NATO ...

      This is the stupidity of the Ukrainian authorities + the strategic calculation of NATO.
      1. 0
        April 16 2014 13: 06
        NATO does not include countries with unfinished territorial problems. So Ukraine either recognize Crimea as Russian or NATO membership as a bite of an elbow.
    2. +16
      April 16 2014 12: 13
      Quote: moremansf
      They sold everything, now there’s nothing to defend against Russia !!! NATO help, the Russians are coming !!!
    3. +14
      April 16 2014 12: 25
      Called up? Help has arrived. Payment for assistance - in advance. bully
    4. 0
      April 16 2014 17: 02
      and even the Yankees gave money for them to cut their tanks, that’s what would happen if they hadn’t refused. It would have turned out like with the bombers who had cut from their supply, and now they are biting their elbows, Russia is to blame, Yanukovych destroyed the army. there was nothing to pacify, as if NATO had some Romanian used tanks to lease.
  3. +5
    April 16 2014 11: 56
    According to a number of Western experts, the main priority of Ukraine in the field of military-technical cooperation in the near future will be a reorientation towards Europe and the USA in order to ensure maximum independence from Russian military technologies.


    This is a grandmother wrote with a pitchfork on water ... hehe he southeast with the industrial areas will break away with the formation of their republics and zapadentsev except fat EUROPE will have nothing to offer.
    1. +19
      April 16 2014 12: 06
      Sorry people off topic! But this is a bomb ... !!! The Ukrainian military entered armored vehicles under the Russian flag in Kramatorsk and Slavyansk !!! They swore allegiance to the Donetsk Republic !!! smile
      1. GDP
        +2
        April 16 2014 14: 13
        Yes! Already seen the video - Class!
        Such losses in military equipment and personnel without a single shot!
        Glory to heroes!
        So you look, and little by little during the terrorist operation the new government will form a full-fledged army in the Donbas! laughing
    2. +4
      April 16 2014 12: 09
      Soon they will start the HOLODOMOR 2.0 (sowing has not begun), again grinning will be to blame
      1. +1
        April 16 2014 12: 30
        Russians will be to blame, how to give drink
      2. +1
        April 16 2014 13: 29
        Quote: KazakPatrol
        Soon they will start the HOLODOMOR 2.0 (sowing has not begun), again grinning will be to blame

        In addition to the HOLODOMOR they have a COLD HOUSEHOLD, without gas it can happen. Especially in large cities where stove heating has long been eliminated.
    3. Orc-xnumx
      +1
      April 16 2014 12: 55
      Salo - it is impossible, according to the European dignity. regulations. All that remains is your own asshole!
  4. +3
    April 16 2014 11: 59
    Sale APU!
    Come on, hurry up!
    Buy and .. fuck!
    laughing
    1. Orc-xnumx
      +1
      April 16 2014 12: 59
      Quote: gandalf
      Sale APU!
      Come on, hurry up!
      Buy and .. fuck!
      laughing
      But who needs it - a bite?
  5. +4
    April 16 2014 12: 00
    All the facts are familiar, the conclusion has long been known - the stocks of Soviet weapons in Ukraine are not endless, and when those wishing to buy will end, old, slightly repaired Soviet weapons, even at the price of scrap metal ... then what place will Ukraine ... or rather in which
    1. +4
      April 16 2014 12: 09
      In addition to Soviet military equipment, probably there are still products of the Kharkov plant. The East of Ukraine will break away, then really there will be only scrap metal from the Soviet past.
    2. +2
      April 16 2014 12: 11
      C'mon, there are still plenty of Soviet tractors,
      1. 0
        April 16 2014 15: 26
        That's damn laughing and the tractor is the Kharkov Tractor Plant !!!
  6. +2
    April 16 2014 12: 04
    How quickly the world is changing, cartographers do not have time to make changes. I think they still have to work a lot. Who are the pieces of Ukraine?
    1. Orc-xnumx
      0
      April 16 2014 13: 03
      It remains for Moldova to make a claim to the Odessa region! =)
  7. JoylyRoger
    +3
    April 16 2014 12: 04
    Smiled in Latvia ISU-152 in the amount of 1 pcs. In 2008 year.
    Sale at a Junk Shop
    1. 0
      April 16 2014 12: 21
      So this is for sure the museum.
    2. +7
      April 16 2014 12: 25
      Quote: JoylyRoger
      Smiled in Latvia ISU-152 in the amount of 1 pcs. In 2008 year.
      Sale at a Junk Shop


      On YouTube there is a video showing how search engines in Ukraine discovered and even started ISU-152 "St. John's wort" during the Second World War. So, it was not by chance that he was driven to Latvia?
      1. +8
        April 16 2014 12: 51
        That's because the quality of the equipment was hi good
        1. 0
          April 16 2014 15: 52
          Quote: KazakPatrol
          That's because the quality of the technology was hi good


          Thanks to veterans of the Great Patriotic War and all those who worked in the name of victory! No to fascism!
    3. Orc-xnumx
      +3
      April 16 2014 13: 05
      Quote: JoylyRoger
      Smiled in Latvia ISU-152 in the amount of 1 pcs. In 2008 year.
      Sale at a Junk Shop

      MUSEUM EXHIBIT!
      1. +1
        April 16 2014 14: 34
        ) this exhibit can even bring out such a schucher) banderlogs will definitely obser)
  8. 0
    April 16 2014 12: 08
    With the transition of zapadentsev to maidan dope, fat will be expensive as a memory
  9. +3
    April 16 2014 12: 09
    Continuous blah blah blah, the article is not interesting to read. It is interesting to know which submachine guns and machine guns were bought by Britain in the amount of 13 units. And why do not they write anything about the export of tires, stones and bits?)))
  10. +3
    April 16 2014 12: 14
    Ukraine. Arms. Wastes.

    Kharkov tank repair plant.


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    .
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    Kiev tank repair plant.

    .
    And further down the list.
    Syki.
    1. +3
      April 16 2014 12: 25
      Quote: Baikal
      And further down the list.

      in Afghanistan, the tanks dislocated along the roads. In my opinion, they were preserved in better condition. Yes, no words !!!
      1. +3
        April 16 2014 12: 44
        But independent and independent. And all his overwork.
        And be sure, when you drink the last thing-to bill Russia for the USSR ...
    2. Com T-64a
      +3
      April 16 2014 13: 19
      Crying hunting ... fool crying
  11. +2
    April 16 2014 12: 19
    So they sell, basically, the inheritance of the USSR, which they got. Its then crumbs done. Mostly prototypes.
  12. +8
    April 16 2014 12: 20
    Today's Ukraine has no need for heavy weapons. The democratic authorities deal with their opponents with bats and fittings in the hands of the Bandera gangs that are not dependent on it (the authorities). So that "Everything is fine, beautiful marquise ...". bully
  13. +4
    April 16 2014 12: 21
    they sell their heritage! reminds an alcoholic who drinks furniture after a divorce)
  14. +1
    April 16 2014 12: 25
    Well, since such a sale, you need to take the Southeast for debts! one h..n they will not repay debts ...
    1. 0
      April 16 2014 12: 38
      A very sensible idea and do not give up equipment in the Crimea.
      And still they will have to, until they give the rest
  15. +1
    April 16 2014 12: 28
    It's time to give up), Latvia in 2008 bought the ISU-152
    1. The comment was deleted.
    2. +2
      April 16 2014 12: 42
      Not ah! Latvia will conquer Estonia!
    3. Orc-xnumx
      +3
      April 16 2014 13: 14
      Rather, a private collector from Latvia ...
  16. 0
    April 16 2014 12: 36
    Quote: Sid.74
    Sorry people off topic! But this is a bomb ... !!! The Ukrainian military entered armored vehicles under the Russian flag in Kramatorsk and Slavyansk !!! They swore allegiance to the Donetsk Republic !!! smile

    "It was not a seizure of the self-defense forces. The Ukrainian military arrived here, which is typical, under the Russian flag. Thus, they went over to the side of the people," the Rossiya 24 TV channel reported.

    According to the correspondent of the TV channel, at present, the cordon of self-defense units of Slavyansk is put up along the convoy of equipment. The correspondent claims that residents approach military personnel, communicate with them.

    See the original material at http://www.interfax.ru/world/371950
  17. +1
    April 16 2014 12: 38
    All evil will come to an end anyway.
    http://youtu.be/rR4jT3_lOas
  18. 0
    April 16 2014 12: 45
    What they achieved, they will receive !!!
  19. 0
    April 16 2014 12: 59
    I wonder why mattressers need technology in single quantities, moreover, obsolete, for Hollywood or for provocations?
    1. Ev58
      0
      April 16 2014 13: 08
      Both for that and for another.
    2. COLUN
      +1
      April 16 2014 13: 36
      In single quantities, they are usually purchased to study and identify weak spots, dead zones. Well, to develop tactics of struggle and the development of instructions.
  20. 0
    April 16 2014 13: 25
    They mainly trade in the Soviet backlog. Only cooperation with Russia supported the military industry at the proper level. We hope that he will soon become Russian.
  21. 0
    April 16 2014 13: 53
    Well, about the Ukrainian defense industry only in the past tense. In general, a good idea, to forgive debts in exchange for land. One FIG will have to forgive.
  22. 0
    April 16 2014 13: 59
    Yes, not a frail arsenal was sold, that’s where the arsenal is Ukrainian army, but now they continue to rip off the people of Ukraine (junta) SMS for 5 UAH, Tipo restore the Ukrainian army. laughing

    from clowns ...
  23. 0
    April 16 2014 14: 03
    In one talk show, I don’t remember, but it seems like OTR, there was a figure from Ukraine, (it was in early March and Crimea was still in limbo), so he said that there was a discussion in the Ukrainian leadership that we agree to give Russia the Crimea in exchange for Yamal, in response there was a friendly laugh.
  24. +1
    April 16 2014 14: 28
    Quote: ev58
    At the same time, the MTC of Ukraine and the NATO countries is increasing. In February of this year, a contract was signed with the American company Wilard Marine (Willard Marine) for the supply of four patrol vessels for Ukraine under the US Foreign Aid to FMS (Foreign Military Sales) program. According to the published statement, "Wilard Marin" the contract includes an option for the fifth patrol ship.

    And where they will swim, I'm not talking about what to walk. If only along the Pripyat along Chernobyl.
  25. 0
    April 16 2014 14: 29
    it seems Iraq did not take the BTR-4 because of cracks in the armor due to welding it in cold shops, the steamer hung with them unloaded for some time at sea
  26. 0
    April 16 2014 14: 55
    soon no one will be able to — not even themselves — except for stones and sticks as an arsenal of primitive man.
  27. 0
    April 16 2014 14: 56
    soon no one will be able to — not even themselves — except for stones and sticks as an arsenal of primitive man.
  28. federal
    0
    April 16 2014 15: 05
    It is good that during the collapse of the Union they did not get vigorous weapons, otherwise there would be nothing to discuss.
    True, there are factories for the production of rockets, by the way, standing in our arsenal and this is already bad. There will soon be no one to produce something in Ukraine, but those. Stsuki documentation can be sold over a hill.
    1. 0
      April 16 2014 15: 24
      Got ... only during their seized.
    2. 0
      April 16 2014 16: 08
      Quote: federal
      but those. Stsuki documentation can be sold over a hill.

      I give a rupee for a hundred that all the documentation that they could, well, or for which there was a demand, has already been sold. We need to build missile potential based on this!
  29. +1
    April 16 2014 17: 40
    Now I am not surprised why all the equipment falls, burns and explodes.
    Because from what went after the collapse that went flying and shot already sold
  30. +1
    April 18 2014 19: 27
    One could mention that Ukraine agreed to supply 100 BTR-4 to KZ, which will be assembled in Kazakhstan itself.
    Ukrainians also helped launch the Semipalatinsk repair armored plant, and also offered their services to modernize outdated tanks that are being mothballed.

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