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Global Armoured Vehicle Holdings Revealing the total number and type of armoured vehicles in service worldwide and future procurement plans for each country Contents Page 1 Summary Page 4 Annex A: Regional Distribution of Main Battle Tanks Annex B: Regional Distribution of Light Armoured Vehicles Page 5 Europe Page 10 Asia-Pacific Page 14 Middle East and North Africa Page 18 Africa Page 22 Latin America Page 25 North America Page 27 Russia and CIS Page 29 International Armoured Vehicles XV SOURCES: STEVE PHILPOTT, MILTECH 2014 WORLD DEFENCE ALMANAC, JANES LAND WARFARE – ARMOURED VEHICLES 2014 The market for armoured globe (see annex B). Nearly Although Latin America vehicles continues to be a third of these are only has 7,735 light buoyant, with the Asia- operated by Russia and the armoured vehicles (3.3%), Pacific region predicted to CIS countries (28.7%), with several vehicles are be the major growth area Russia alone accounting for successfully produced in over the next 10 years. 25% of the world total. the region and Brazil is the Afghanistan, Australia, Europe operates 18.2% largest market, with China, India, Malaysia, New of the total (42,401) and 25 procurement programmes Zealand, Pakistan, the European countries have also in Argentina, Jamaica, Philippines, Singapore, procurement programmes Paraguay (planned) and South Korea, Taiwan and under way or planned, with Venezuela. Thailand all have major many new vehicles on the Around 11,000 light armoured vehicle market from European tracked vehicles are procurement programmes manufacturing companies. forecast to be produced under way or planned. The Middle-East over the next decade, Despite large budget cuts, accounts for over 15.1% of valued at over $30 billion, the US still plans to devote the world fleet (35,270), whereas nearly 27,000 light significant funds to its with active procurement wheeled vehicles, valued at AMPV, JLTV and ACV programmes in Algeria, over $12 billion are also programmes. Bahrain, Iraq, Israel, Libya, forecast to be produced. There are still large Morocco, Qatar, Saudi numbers of Main Battle Arabia, Tunisia and the Tanks (MBTs) in service U.A.E. and increased worldwide. An estimated spending on armoured 89,619 are in current vehicles forecast until at inventories, the Asia-Pacific least the end of the decade. region accounting for 31.2% of the total (27,982) and Russia and the CIS countries 23.75% (21,255). Europe (excluding Russia and the CIS countries) now has some 11,383 MBTs, equating to 12.7% of the global fleet (see annex A). Nevertheless, 6,000 MBTs are forecast to be produced globally over the next 10 years, valued at $26 billion. Excluding MBTs, there are an estimated 233,568 light armoured vehicles (armoured cars, AIFVs and APCs) in service around the Annex A: Regional Distribution of Main Battle Tanks 24% 9% 3% 13% Europe 3% Asia-Pacific M. East Africa 17% L. America 31% N. America Russia +CIS Annex B: Regional Distribution of Light Armoured Vehicles 29% Europe 20% Asia-Pacific 18% M. East Africa 3% 3% L. America 12% N. America 15% Russia +CIS COUNTRY CURRENT ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES FUTURE PLANS Programme for the procurement of a wheeled APC Albania M113 Tracked APCs, Type 531 APC is expected Austria MBTS: 56 LEOPARD 2A4s (+58 Stored), 206 KURASSIER 6 DINGO 2/Med. Armoured Ambulances on order. (all stored) AIFVs and APCs: 112 ULANs, 71 PANDURS, 20 DINGO 2s, 12 DINGO 2/NBCs, 3+6 DINGO 2/Med, 1 OT-90 APCs: 40 PANDURs (Recce), 3 PANDURs (Support), 220 The Piranha IIIC has been selected under the AIV DINGO-2s (includes Armoured Ambulances), 99 PIRANHA programme to replace all tracked vehicles IIICs (Leopards; YPR-765’s; M-113s). APC; Command Belgium Post; Engineer; Ambulance and Recovery Vehicle Variants are being procured. Armoured Support vehicles: 440 IVECO LMVs, 4 LEGUAN 440 LMV Panther being delivered, plus options on AVLBs, 3 LEOPARD CEVs, 3 LEOPARD ARVs 180 MBTs: 72 T-84/M-84s, 36-50 AMX-30s, 45 M-60A1/A3s, 71 T-55s (Type T59), 12 T-54s, 5 T-34s, 12 others Armoured combat vehicles: 32 BOV-1s, 21 BOV-VPs, 91 M- Bosnia and 80s, 21 M-80A1s, 18 M-60Ps, 80 M-113s, 15 OT M-60PBs, Herzegovina 25 AMX-10PHQs, 4 BTR-50/50Ks, 1 BTR-60, 3 BTR-70s, 4 BOV-Ms, 1 MT-LB, 1 PT-76, 1 BRDM-1, 2 BRDM-2s, 3 SNAR- 10s, 8 9P-122s, 9 9P133s, 5 M-60PBs, 62 others MBTs: 301 T-72s Bulgaria AIFVs and APCs: 160 BMP-1s/BMP-23s, 20 BTR-60Cs, 100 MT-LBs. 50 HMMWV MBTs: 75 M-84s, 186 T-54/55, 3 T-72 The modernisation of 56 M-84s is on hold due to AIFVs and APCs: 102 BVP M-80s, 37 M-83 POLOs, 10 LMV financial difficulties. 126 Patria AMV 8x8 wheeled Croatia Panther AFVs are being delivered (delivery completion 2014). 40-50 of these may be sold. MBTs: 82 T-80U/UKs, 61 AMX-30Gs, AIFVs and APCs: 43 BMP-3s, 126 VABs, 168 LEONIDAS Is, Cyprus 124 EE-9 CASCAVEL, 15-40 EE-3 JARARACA, 16 VCI, 180 STEYR, ? SHORLAND (Police) MBTs: 30 T-72 M4CZs 30 Wheeled Armoured Command and Control Czech AIFVs: 106 BMP-2s, 103 PANDURs 8x8 CZ Vehicles to be procured. Republic APCs: 27 DINGO-2s, 50 OT-90, 120 LMV Panther Requirement to replace M-113 APCs. 360 vehicles MBTs: 51 LEOPARD 2A5s required – first deliveries possible in 2015. Denmark AIFVs and APCs: 40 CV9035 MkIIIs, 254 M-113s APCs, 118 14 Heavy Tactical Recovery Vehicles (HTRVs) on PIRANHA IIIs, 36 MOWAG EAGLE IVs, 26 MOWAG DURO order for delivery 2014-2015. IIIP 6x6 armoured ambulances 81 SISU XA-188 wheeled AFVs being procured from Estonia APCs: 64 XA-188s, 56 XA-180S, 2 BTR-80s, 7 MAMBAs Dutch surplus, for delivery by 2015. Requirement for IFVs. MBTs: 124 LEOPARD 2 A14s 106 LEOPARD 2A6 being procured from Dutch AIFVs: 110 BMP-2s, 102 CV90s surplus. Finland APCs: Total 300 tracked (BMP-1TJs, MT-LBUs, MT-LBVs, BTR-50YVIs) and 675 wheeled SISU XA series, 74 RG32Ms 630 Nexter 8x8 VBCI IFVs are being delivered in 2 variants- 520 VCI (infantry combat vehicle) and 110 MBTs: 254 LECLERCs (200 to be modernised) VPCs (command post vehicles), with deliveries continuing until 2015, to replace AMX-10Ps. Armoured cars: 337 AMX-10RCs, 110 ERC-90s (to be 236 AMX-10RC being upgraded. France withdrawn by 2019) AIFVs and APCs: 500+ VBCIs, 335 AMX-10P/PCs, 3,200 Scorpion programme- 2,080 VBMR multi-role VABs, 15 ARAVIS, 5 BUFFALOs, 53 BvS10 MkIIs armoured vehicles to replace VAB from 2018. 248 EBRC armoured recce/combat vehicles to replace AMX-10RC and SAGAIE armoured cars from 2020. MBTs: 225 LEOPARD 2A6s (176 Operational) LEOPARDs to be upgraded to 2A7 Standard AIFVs and APCs: 374 MARDERs, 244 FUCHS TPZ- 272 KMW BOXER 8x8 are being procured for delivery by 1s, 100+ GTK BOXERs, 473 EAGLE IV, 62 Bv-206S, 2016. Up to 600 eventually required. 143 DURO, 400+ MUNGOS, 689 DINGO 1/2, 101 342 PUMA IFVs are on order to replace MARDER Is. WIESEL 1 FUCHS being upgraded to 1A8 configuration (177 ordered Germany so far). 100 GDEL Eagle IVs are being delivered by 2015 (+76 on option). KMW and RMMV are competing for the GFF4 class vehicle competition. MBTs: 170 LEOPARD 2A6 HELs, 183 LEOPARD Transfer of 250-300 M113A3 to replace part of M- 2A4s, 208 M-60A3s, 527 LEOPARD 1A4/A5, 703 113A1s/A2 inventory, approved by U.S. Government. M-48A5 Greece Armoured cars: 242 VBLs AIFVs and APCs: 398 BMP-1s, 419 BMP-3, 439 LEONIDAS Mk/Mk2s, 1,818 M-113A1s/A2s, 432 STEYR MBTs: 30 T-72s Hungary APCs: 380 BTR-80/BTR-80As, 2 OT-90 Tanks: 14 SCORPIONs Armoured cars: 37 AML-90s, 16 AML-60 re- Ireland turreted with 20mm cannon. APCs: 80 PIRANHA IIIHs, 27 RGM-32 Light Tactical Armoured Vehicles (LTAV). 249 IVECO Freccia IFVs are being procured in 4 variants, for delivery by 2014. 1,739 LINCE (IVECO LMV) are being MBTs: 200 ARIETE (150 Operational) delivered in a 5 year programme. 16 VTMM armoured ambulances are on order. The ARIETEs, CENTAUROs and DARDOs are to be Armoured cars: 140 B-1 CENTAUROs Italy upgraded. AIFVs and APCs: 398 M-113 (All Stored), 2,238 VCC-1/VCC-2, 15 LVTP-7, 200 DARDOs, 14 VBA under development VBRI NBC, 560 PUMAs, 109 Bv-206Ss 123 Surplus Combat Recce. Vehicles (CRV (T) to be MBTs: 3 T-54/55 (Training) received from the UK. Latvia AIFV/APC: 1 HMMWV, Bv206 AFVs: 439 M-113A1/A2 APCs, 40 HMMWVs, SISU Lithuania E13TP 8x8 armoured trucks Luxembourg AIFV/APC: 48 DINGO 2s, 24 HMMWV MBTs: 31 T-72s Wheeled APCs are planned for procurement APCs and AIFVs: 10 BMP-2s, 1BMP-2K, 12 BTR- Macedonia 80s, 58 BTR-70s, 28 M113s, 9 LEONIDAS, 81 HERMELINs, 3 HERMELIN Sn, 10 MT-LBs, 10 BRDM-2, 10 STEYR AIFVs and APCs: 192 C9035 MKIIIs, 6 FOX-NBC-RS, 212 BOXER 8x8 AFVs are on order for delivery by 2016 Netherlands 86 BUSHMASTERs, 410 FENNEKs (including 27 cargo only variants) MBTs: 57 LEOPARD 2A4NOs 146 new or re-manufactured BAE Hagglands CV-90s are AIFVs and APCs: 104 CV-9030Ns, 500 M-113s, 74 being procured- 74 IFVs; 15 command posts; 16 combat Norway Patria XA-Series wheeled APCs, 24 DINGO 2s, 170 engineering vehicles; 16 multi-role vehicles; 21 LMV PANTHER reconnaissance vehicles; 4 training vehicles. MBTs: 128+119 LEOPARD 2A4/A5s, 232 PT-91, Additional 119 LEOPARDS 2s procured from German Army 586 T-72Ms surplus, for delivery 2014-2015.
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    TheRaising Chinese Red Flags: QLZ87 Automatic Grenade An Examination of Arms & Munitions in the Ongoing LauncherConflict in Ukraine 2014 Jonathan Ferguson & N.R. Jenzen-Jones RESEARCH REPORT No. 3 COPYRIGHT Published in Australia by Armament Research Services (ARES) © Armament Research Services Pty. Ltd. Published in November 2014 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Armament Research Services, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organisation. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Publications Manager, Armament Research Services: [email protected] CREDITS Authors: Jonathan Ferguson & N.R. Jenzen-Jones Contributors: Yuri Lyamin & Michael Smallwood Technical Review: Yuri Lyamin, Ian McCollum & Hans Migielski Copy Editor: Jean Yew Layout/Design: Yianna Paris, Green Shell Media ABOUT ARMAMENT RESEARCH SERVICES Armament Research Services (ARES) is a specialist consultancy which offers technical expertise and analysis to a range of government and non-government entities in the arms and munitions field.ARES fills a critical market gap, and offers unique technical support to other actors operating in the sector. Drawing on the extensive experience and broad-ranging skillsets of our staff and contractors, ARES delivers full-spectrum research and analysis, technical review, training, and project support services, often in support of national, regional, and international initiatives. ARMAMENT RESEARCH SERVICES Pty. Ltd. t + 61 8 6365 4401 e [email protected] w www.armamentresearch.com Jonathan Ferguson & N.R.