Global Armoured Vehicle Holdings

29 Pages·2014·3.12 MB·English

by  Andrew Elwell

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%
L. America
3%
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.
Recce: 401 BRMD-2s (Some being upgraded), 37 307 additional ROSOMAK 8x8 Multi-purpose armoured
Poland BWRs, 92 WDR-5s vehicles for delivery by 2019.
AIFVs and APCs: 1,297 BWP-1s, 354 +307 Requirements for tracked and wheeled vehicles.
ROSOMAKs, 208 HMMWVs 1600 4x4 Light Multi-Purpose Vehicles being procured.
PL-01 AFV being developed
MBTs: 249 T-55s, 42 TR-580s, 54 TR-85MIs, 5 T-72 A d d itional 8x8 vehicles are planned
Romania AIFVs and APCs: 20 MLI-84s, 69 B33 TAB ZIMBRUs,
374 TAB-71s, 150 TAB-77s, 364 TAB-79s, 31
PIRANHA IIICs, 60 MRAPs
MBTs: 199 M-84s, 15 T-72s
Serbia AIFVs and APCs: 320 M-80s, 49 M86 CAV-VPs, 46
BRDM-2
MBTs: 69 T-72s 30 Wheeled Armoured Command & Control Vehicles
AIFVs and APCs: 103 BMP-1s, 90 BMP-2s, 24 OT-90s, being procured.
Slovakia
1 OT-64, 10 TATRAPAN 6x6, 10 LMV PANTHER,
Some BRDM-2
MBTs: 45 M-84 and 55 M-55S1 (upgraded T-55s) 135 Patria 8x8 AMVs are being procured in 6 variants.
Slovenia APCs: 30 SVARUNs, 85 VALUKs, 41 M1114
HMMWVs, 10 COBRA NBC Recce Vehicles
MBTs: 219 LEOPARD 2Es, 108 LEOPARD 2A4s, 184
Spain has abandoned its programme to buy a new AIFV.
M60A3
Spain Armoured cars: 84 CENTAURO B1s, 95 VEC-M1s 6 Husky VMMDs delivered in 2013.
AIFVs and APCs: 345 PIZARROs, 682 BMR-600s, 395
LINCEs, 180 RG-31s, 270 LMV PANTHER
MBTs: 120 Strv-122 (LEOPARD 2Ss) 113 Patria 8x8 AMVs are on order for delivery from 2012-
2014, with an option on a second batch (of 113).
Sweden AIFVs and APCs: 549 CV-90s, 490 Pbv-302s, 170 Requirement for 100 light tracked vehicles. 6 KODIAK
Patria XA-200 6x6, 93 Bv-206S, 280 RGM-32s, 150 armoured engineer vehicles are being delivered.
BvS 10 MkII (for delivery by 2015)
12 Surplus Pz87 MBTs are being converted into KODIAK
MBTs: 380 Pz87 LEOPARD 2s
armoured engineer vehicles.
AIFVs and APCs: 186 CV930s, 535 PIRANHA 8x8, 8 An additional 130 DURO IIIPs are on order for delivery by
PIRANHA IIIC 2017.
Switzerland
Other AFVs: 40 PIRNAHA 6x6 protected ambulances,
12 PIRANHA III NBC Recce. vehicles, 154 EAGLE I,
175 EAGLE II and 120 EAGLE III recce vehicles,
290+130 DURO IIIP protected carriers
MBTs: 298 LEOPARD 2A4s, 863 M-60A1/A3s and M- ALTAY MBT planned for production by 2015.
60Ts, 394 LEOPARD 1A1/1A3/1A4s, 2,876 M-
48A5T1/-T2s
AIFVs and APCs: 1,698 AIFV series, 3,000+ M- 468 BMC KIRPI/Hedgehog MRAPS on order for army,
113A1/A2, 535 BTR-80, 300+ KOBRA gendarmerie (300+ delivered so far)
100 KIRPI planned by police
Turkey Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) planned, also System
Carrier Vehicle (tracked), 4x4 crowd/riot control vehicle
for the police
12 Amphibious Armoured Combat Engineering
Earthmover (AACEE) procured in 2012.
Requirement for 336 FIRTINAs and 138 PANTERS
Up to 2,700 tactical wheeled vehicles required
MBTs: 345 CHALLENGER IIs (reducing to 227) Warrior upgrade programme- 445 vehicles.
ASCOD SV selected as Scout SV for service entry in 2015
Armoured reconaissance: 318 SCIMITARs
or 2016 - up to 589 vehicles to replace SCIMITARs.
AIFVs and APCs: 786 WARRIORs, 1,150 FV-432s/FV- 99 Royal Marines Vikings are to be updated by BAE
432 Mk3 BULLDOGs, (400 MASTIFFs, 160 Systems, subject to financial approval
UK RIDGBACKs, 125 WOLFHOUNDs , 325 HUSKYs, 400
JACKALs/JACKAL 2s, 100 WARTHOGs, 70 COYOTEs,
400 FOXHOUNDS – to be taken into Core
Programme), 401 PANTHER command and liaison
vehicles, 30 Terrier armoured combat engineer
vehicles
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rmoured vehicle production does not just exist to enhance the capabilities of an armed force. In many
parts of the world, it is energising local industry and solidifying bilateral partnerships. However, as
Defence IQ’s latest survey data and analysis reveals in this report, the market is never certain from one
year to the next, primarily because it is reactive to the demands of the unpredictable operational
environment. While confidence in the once burgeoning African and Middle Eastern markets appears to
have slowed, confidence is returning in the European market. Defence budgets fluctuate, strategies adapt
and force structures are realigned. The only way to stay on top of these changes is to continue to
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