BSN: Serbian artillery and missiles a sought-after commodity in the world

According to the article, Serbia's main markets were Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Armenia, the United States and Israel.

“Heavy arms - artillery and combat vehicles were exported to Cyprus. It is a continuation of the work that has been realized since 2019, which includes the division of self-propelled artillery systems Nora-B52 of a 155-millimetre calibre, artillery command and reconnaissance combat vehicles Milos and associated logistics vehicles. The report for 2019 states that 12 artillery systems and four combat vehicles were exported,” it says.

The export list includes 60 artillery weapons for Uganda, and according to the sources of that portal, those are 120-millimetre mortars.

"1,500 artillery rockets were exported from Serbia to Turkey and 25 to Greece. Although the Greek deal is modest in quantity, this year it has grown into an economically and politically important business because the Belgrade company EDePro has contracted the export of a large quantity of G-2000 122 mm calibre missiles with a range of 40 kilometres,” the BSN said.

Greece has decided to procure rockets for its RM-70 multi-barrel rocket launchers, a Czechoslovak derivative of the famous Soviet BM-21 Grad.

“For the Greek army, increasing the range with solid precision is extremely important because the RM-70 launchers are mostly deployed on the islands as a reinforcement to defend against potential Turkish aggression,” it is stated.

The OSCE report also states the export of as many as 9,600 107 mm calibre missiles to the UAE, in the category of artillery systems exports. The UAE has been a frequent user of rockets from Serbia before, and according to the data for 2019, they procured 23,705 of them, and 14,200 a year prior.

The list for rockets and launchers includes 122 mm rockets and rocket engines, and in addition to Turkey and Greece, there are 1,000 pieces for Saudi Arabia, 100 for Armenia and 10 for Israel.

“The samples that went to the Caucasus attracted the attention of the media because Azerbaijani authorities pointed out that G-2000 missiles were falling on the positions of their army,” the article said. it is added.

The article said that, according to a UN report, the list of small arms exports includes 56,218 pieces of various arms.

“Quite expectedly, there are also firearms there that the citizens handed over to the state under the pressure of the law on firearms, with a complex procedure for approving possession permits. Later, those firearms, through private companies, go further mainly to the United States, judging by the advertisements from the American media and presentations on social networks,” it said.

In the light arms category, there are more than 1,100 heavy machine guns, nine anti-tank weapons, six anti-tank guns and more than 4,000 60-millimetre mortars.