AZERBAIJAN’S MAJOR ARMS PURCHASES

Thu 29 March 2012 09:10 GMT | 10:10 Local Time

A record of major arms procured by Azerbaijan in 2007-11, compiled
by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI),
as of 28 March.

Note: The “No. delivered/produced” and the “Year(s) of deliveries”
columns refer to all deliveries since the beginning of the contract.

Deals in which the recipient was involved in the production of the
weapon system are listed separately. The “Comments” column includes
publicly reported information on the value of the deal. Information
on the sources and methods used in the collection of the data,
and explanations of the conventions, abbreviations and acronyms,
can be found at the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database. The database is
continuously updated as new information becomes available.

Recipient/

Supplier (S)

or Licenser (L)

No

ordered

Weapon

designation

Weapon

description

Year of

order/

licence

Year(s)

of

delivery

No delivered/

produced

Comments

Azerbaijan

S. Belarus

(3) 2S7 Pion 203mm Self-propelled gun (2008) 2008 3 Ex-Belarusian (9)
2S7 Pion 203mm Self-propelled gun 2009 2009 9 Ex-Belarusian (30) D-30
122mm Towed gun 2009 (2010) 30 Ex-Belarusian   (6) Su-25/Frogfoot-A
Ground attack ac 2009 2009-10 6 Ex-Belarusian Israel (50) EXTRA SSM
(2005) 2008-09 (50) For Lynx MRL   4 Aerostar UAV 2007 2008 4    
(5) ATMOS-2000 155mm Self-propelled gun 2008 2010 (5)     (5) CARDOM
120mm Self-propelled mortar 2008 2010 (5)     (10) Hermes-450 UAV 2008
2011 (2)     (100) Spike-MR/LR Anti-tank missile 2009 2009-10 (100)
Spike-LR version   (10) Sufa |APV 2008 2009-10 (10)     (1) Barak-8
SAM system (2011)     Part of $1.6bn deal; designation uncertain  
(75) Barak-8 SAM (2011)         (1) EL/M-2080 Green Pine Air search
radar (2011)     Part of $1.6bn deal     Gabriel-5 Anti-ship missile
(2011)     Part of $1.6bn deal; designation uncertain   5 Heron UAV
(2011)     Part of $1.6bn deal   (5) Searcher UAV (2011)     Part
of $1.6bn deal Russia (62) T-72M1 Tank (2006) 2007 (62) Designation
uncertain; probably ex-Russian   70 BTR-80A IFV (2007) 2007-10 (70)
    (100) 9M133 Kornet/AT-14 Anti-tank missile (2008) 2009-10 (100)
    (75) 48N6E2/SA-10E SAM 2010 2011 (37)     24 Mi-24VM/Hind-E
Combat helicopter 2010 2011 (4) Mi-35M version; possibly ex-Russian
Mi-24 rebuilt to Mi-35M   (60) Mi-8MT/Mi-17/Hip-H Helicopter (2010)
2010-11 (23) Incl 20 for border guards   2 S-300PMU-2/SA-20B SAM
system 2010 2011 (1) $300m deal South Africa (10) Vector Helicopter
turret 2007 2009-10 (10) For modernization of Azerbaijani Mi-24 to
Mi-24G in Ukraine   25 Marauder APC 2009 2009-11 (25) Incl assembly
in Azerbaijan   25 Marauder APC 2009 2009-11 (25) Incl assembly in
Azerbaijan   30 Marauder APC 2011     Assembled in Azerbaijan   30
Matador APC 2011     Assembled in Azerbaijan Turkey (60) Cobra APV
2010 2010-11 (60) $30m deal   (30) Roketsan 107mm Self-propelled MRL
(2011) 2011 (10)   Ukraine (15) MiG-29/Fulcrum-A Fighter aircraft
2005 2006-09 (15) Ex-Ukrainian; modernized before delivery; incl
some MiG-29UB   (18) BTR-80 APC 2006 (2007) 18 Ex-Ukrainian   (4)
BTS ARV (2006) 2007 4 Ex-Ukrainian; BTS-5B version   55 D-30 122mm
Towed gun (2006) 2007 55 Ex-Ukrainian   (43) R-27/AA-10 Alamo BVRAAM
(2006) 2007 43     (54) 2S1 122mm Self-propelled gun (2007) 2008-10
54 Ex-Ukrainian   (3) 2S7 Pion 203mm Self-propelled gun (2007)
2008 3 Ex-Ukrainian   (12) Mi-24V/Hind-E Combat helicopter 2007
2009-10 12 Ex-Ukrainian; modernized to Mi-24G before delivery   (18)
Strela-3/SA-14 Gremlin Portable SAM (2007) 2008 (18) Ex-Ukrainian  
(16) 2S3 152mm Self-propelled gun (2008) 2009-10 16 Ex-Ukrainian  
(400) R-2 Anti-tank missile (2008) 2009-10 (400) For portable Skif
anti-tank system and for Barrier (Baryer) system (from Belarus and
Ukraine) on Mi-24 combat helicopters modernized to Mi-24G USA (50)
Cummins-6V Diesel engine 2009 2009-11 (50) For 50 Matador and Marauder
APC from South Africa; designation uncertain   60 Cummins-6V Diesel
engine 2011     For 60 Matador and Marauder APC from South Africa;
designation uncertain L:  Israel (10) Aerostar UAV 2010 2011 (2)
Incl production of components in Azerbaijan Ukraine   R-2 Anti-tank
missile 2011     Contract not yet signed

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress