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Azerbaijan is second big purchaser of tanks from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus in 2005-2010 - RESEARCH

Azerbaijan is second big purchaser of tanks from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus in 2005-2010 - <font color=red>RESEARCH</font>

25 November 2011 13:40 (UTC +04:00)

APA reports quoting the reports presented to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms that the Ukraine exported 531 tanks, Russia â€“ 428 tanks, Belarus â€“ 149 tanks.

According to the model qualification, T-72 tank (including T-72M1 modification) takes the first place in the exportation. According to the announced documents, Ukraine exported 485 T-72 tanks in 2005-2010. In its turn, 60 of them were T-72M1 tanks. Russia didnâ€™t publicize the reports about models and showed the numbers of exported tanks.

According to the sale list, T-55 tanks take the second place. Ukraine and Belarus sold 128 T-55 tanks over the last 5 years. These tanks were sold mostly to the African countries.

66 T-80 tanks and 1 T-80BV tanks are also in the list.

Russia, which presented the general numbers of the exportation, didnâ€™t publicize the reports on the models of sold tanks. But according to the press, this country most of all sold T-90, T-72 and T-55 tanks. About 72 percent of the tanks purchased by India, the biggest buyer of the Russian tanks, were T-90.

46.3% (512 tanks) of exportation fall to share of Africa, 40.8% (451 tanks) - to Asia, 10.5% (117 tanks) â€“ to America, 2.4% (27 tanks) â€“ Europe.

Algeria is the biggest purchaser of the tanks among the above-mentioned countries in the reporting period. This country has purchased 206 tanks (18.6% of general sale) from Russia and Ukraine over the last 5 years. Azerbaijan takes the second place in the list with 164 tanks (14.8% of general sale), India takes the 3rd place with 124 tanks (11.2%). The share of these countries in tank sales was 44.5%.

The tank exportation of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus in 2005-2010 was as follows:

№	Country	T-55	T-72	T-80	T-90	Total
1	Algeria		21			206
2	Azerbaijan		164			164
3	India				124	124
4	Congo	20	100			120
5	USA	55	61	1		117
6	Kenya		110			110
7	Georgia		91			91
8	Yemen			66		66
9	Uganda	23				46
10	Sudan	30				30
11	Cyprus				27	27
12	Turkmenistan					4
13	Korea					2

425 of 531 tanks exported by Ukraine were T-72 tanks (including 60 T- 72M1). 105 â€“ T-55 tank, 1 â€“ T-80BK tank. Congo (120), USA (117), Kenya (110) AND Georgia (91) are the main tank importers from Ukraine.

Belarus exported 66 T-80 tanks, 60 T-72 tanks, 23 T-55 tanks. The main purchasers of Belarus are Yemen (66) AD Azerbaijan (60).

Russiaâ€™s main clients are Algeria (185), India (124) and Azerbaijan (62).