#122mm HE artillery projectiles

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Fresh Shells

As Ukraine is running low on Soviet-era 122mm HE artillery projectiles, it’s now receiving it from one of the few friendly places where it’s still produced- Pakistan.

The munition made by POF is transported to Ukraine by the British RAF via Romania.

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The massive needs of the Ukrainian Army when it comes to artillery are being met from some unorthodox sources- 

Ukrainian artillerymen were spotted using 122mm HE artillery projectiles made by Pakistani Ordnance Factories (POF) .

We can identify these projectiles through a few key aspects, even though the marking differs from what has been seen before: firstly, distinct British-origin packaging widely used by POF and then LIU-4 fuzes, unique to Pakistani 122mm.

These projectiles were manufactured only a few months ago - highly likely explicitly for export to Ukraine going by factors we won't detail here. 

 Yet another demonstration of just how Western partners obtain the most needed materiel for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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The defense industry of Serbia is the largest in the Western Balkans. For the 2017 calendar year, Serbia’s export of weapons and military equipment was valued at $888 million (€758 million). It consist of around 200 companies working in many different fields but usual joined on larger projects under Yugoimport SDPR or Military Technical Institute Belgrade.

Defense companies in Serbia often use Technical Testing Center services for testing and developing new defense products. Universities and schools in Serbia also participate through various contract and education to Serbia defense industries.

Serbia’s defence industry are expected to rise to $670 million (579.7 million euro) in 2018 from $570 million last year. The exports of Serbia’s defence industry have quadrupled between 2012 and 2017 as a result of the reforms carried out by the government, Serbia’s defence minister Aleksandar Vulin said in a video file posted on the website of news agency Tanjug.  Serbia’s defence minister Aleksandar Vulin said the order backlog of Serbia’s defence industry totalled $687 million as of November 2017. Defence accounts for 4% of Serbian exports and 10,000 jobs.

Yugoslavia is a major arms exporter to its allies in the Middle East, South Asia and North Africa.

Portfolio

Company Portfolio Employees Revenue 2017EUR Yugoimport SDPR Anti-armor, artillery systems, armored vehicles, combat boats 871 185.51 million Prvi Partizan Ammunition 1,546 67.62 million Sloboda Čačak Ammunition 2,015 67.50 million Krušik Valjevo Missiles, rockets, grenades, mines, artillery ammunition 2,615 87.44 million Milan Blagojević – Namenska Chemicals, gun-powders, rocket fuel 1,297 56.16 million Zastava Arms Firearms, rifles, grenade launchers and small caliber guns up to 40mm 2,422 29.69 million Trayal Corporation Protective devices and explosives, grenades 1,147 24.92 million Prva iskra Barič Explosives 151 12.82 million Zastava TERVO Terrain vehicles 12 0.005 million Fabrika automobila Priboj Terrain vehicles 270 2.39 million Yumco Vranje textile manufacturer, uniforms and personal protection 1877 10.00 million PPT-Namenska AD Hydraulics, airplane parts, Multiple rocket launcher, Mortars, grenade launchers, robots and anti aircraft systems 618 13.27 million Mihajlo Pupin Institute radars, electronics, airplane, submarine and tanks simulators, UAV command and control million Total 14841 557.325 million

Defense Enterprises

Factories owned completely or partially by Yugoimport includes:

Kovački centar Srbije – large caliber ammunition forgery

Borbeni složeni sistemi – Lazar 3, Nora B-52, BOV Milos, BOV M11, artillery barrels

PMC Inženjering – engineering and construction

Belom – hunting ammunition

Utva Aviation Industry – general aviation, combat and training airplanes, UAV

PPT Namenska – PPT Namenska is a producer of 38 mm and 40 mm grenade launchers; aircraft landing gear; 60 mm, 81 mm, 82 mm, and 120 mm mortar systems and the Milosh tracked unmanned ground vehicle (UGV). The plant at Trstenik was formerly reopened on 25 March having been renovated at a cost of EUR3.5 million (USD4.3 million).

Aside from government owned or controlled companies there are many non-state owned companies. Partial list includes:

Teleoptik – žiroskopi Zemun – electronics, guidance for missiles and optics for rifles, electronics and optics for tanks, IR homing heads

EDePro – rockets, ammunition, UAV, seekers for IR guided missiles, engines for rockets and UAV

Iritel – electronics, radars

Tigar Corporation Pirot – NBC protection, tank and vehicle parts

Proivodnja Mile Dragić – uniforms, shoes, boots, personal protections etc.

NB Inat – pistols, rifles and guns

SovaNVision – electronics and optics

Senzor Infiz – electronics, battery chargers, laser designations, ballistic computers

Imtel komunikacije – portable radars, radar detectors, electronics

PPT-TMO – mechanical parts for rifles, tanks, rockets

Imtel komunikacije – portable radars, radar detectors, electronics

Pneumatik flex – hydraulics for self propelled artillery and other vehicles

Pneumo logic – acclimatization and ventilation systems for self propelled artillery and other vehicles

Poliester Grupa Priboj – tubes for Man-portable anti-tank systems Osa, Strsljen and Zolja

Istraživački-razvojni centar VLATACOM – security systems, radars

Ei-OPEK Nis – ammunition fuzzes, multiple rocket launchers controllers and electronics

FTN-IRAM-RT – radar spare parts, electronics for radar data acquisition and radar controllers

Tehnoremont – combat vehicles overhaul

Azimuth-DPS – combat vehicles overhaul, tank overhaul, T-55 modernization, combat wheeled vehicles production and many others companies that are not on this list.[8]

Also involved in airplane, helicopter, UAV, vehicle, armament and ammunition repair and overhaul are:

Technical overhaul institute Cacak – (Serbian: TRZ Čačak)

Technical overhaul institute Kragujevac – (Serbian: TRZ Kragujevac)

Aeronautical Plant “Moma Stanojlović” Batajnica (Serbian: VTRZ “Moma Stanojlović” Batajnica) as part of Ministry of Defence (Serbia).

Products of YugoImports

BOV M11 APC

SORA self-propelled 122mm gun-howitzer

LRSVM Morava is a multiple rocket launcher system

Anti-Armour Systems

Bumbar Portable ATGM system

ALAS (missile)

LORANA (missile)

Tracked Armored vehicles

M-84AS/M-84AS1 M-84 Tank Upgrade

Artillery systems

Nora B-52 Self-propelled Howitzer

LRSVM Morava MLRS (On testing the new version.)

Sora 122mm Self-Propelled artillery

Soko SP RR 122mm Self-Propelled gun

Sumadija (rocket launcher)

M-56 Howitzer

M-77 Oganj MLRS

M84 NORA Gun-howitzer

М-80А / 98М IFV Upgrade

M-80AB1 IFV Upgrade

Armored vehicles

Lazar 3 MRAV

BOV M10 APC

BOV M11 APC

BOV M16 Milosh Armoured multi-purpose combat vehicle

Naval boats and systems

Premax 39 Multirole combat boat

Aircraft and UAV

Pegaz 011 Long range UAV

Strsljen UCAV helikopter long range

UTVA Kobac

Antiaircraft systems

PASARS-16 “Terminator” Hybrid Air Defence system

Ammunition’s

Many different calibers including small arms and large artillery weapons

Products of Military Tecchnical Institute

Military aircraft

S-49, Soko J-20 Kraguj, Soko G-2 Galeb, Soko J-21 Jastreb, Soko J-22 Orao, Soko G-4 Super Galeb, UTVA 75, (all developed by the Aeronautical Technical Institute), Galeb G-4MD, Kobac, Lasta 95, HN-45M Gama, HN-45M Gama 2

Unmanned aerial vehicle

Vrabac Mini UAV, Pegaz 011, IBL-2000

Vrabac Mini UAV

Robots

Unarmed and armed robots. Unmanned ground vehicle Miloš – armed version introduced in Serbian army during 2017.

Robot unarmed

Robot armed

Tanks and armored vehicles

M-84, M-84A, M-84AB, M-84ABN, M-84ABK, M-84AS, BVP M-80, M-80A, M-80A1, M-80A KC, M-80A KB, M-80A Sn, M-80AK/M-98A, OT M-60

Artillery

Field artillery

Gun-howitzer M84 NORA, M-56 Howitzer

Self-propelled artillery

Nora B-52, Sora 122mm

Multiple rocket launcher

LRSVM Morava, M-87 Orkan, M-96 Orkan 2, M-77 Oganj, M-63 Plamen, Nimr 107mm MLRS,

Mortars

Mortar 120mm M95 Long Range, Mortar 60mm M70, Light mortar 120mm M75, Mortar 82mm M69A

Reconnaissance vehicles

BOV M11, Kurjak

Engineering vehicles

VIU-55 Munja, M-84AI

Anti-tank warfare

Bumbar, M79 Osa, Zolja, M-80A LT, POLO M-83, Malyutka-2T M90 Stršljen

Anti aircraft weapons

Sava M-90, SPAT 30/2, BOV-3, BOV-30, Strela 2M2J Sava, STERLA-10M

Mines and Mine layers

Self-Propelled Minelayer MOS, TMA – 4, TMRP – 6

Military trucks

FAP 1118, FAP 2026, FAP 2228, FAP 2832, FAP 3240. Zastava NTV

Turrets, cupolas and RCWS

Family of turrets M91, M86, M86/06, M10 RCWS, 12,7mm RCWS, M20 RCWS

Missiles

Unguided missiles

M-77, Plamen A, Plamen D,

Air-to-surface missile

Grom A, Grom B, LVBF-250

Surface to surface missiles

Kosava-1

Projectiles and large calibers ammunition

105mm HE ER-BB M02, 105 mm HE ER, 125mm APFSDS–T M88, 155mm HEERFB–BB M03

Rifles,guns,sub-machine guns and snipers

Zastava M21, M97 and M97K Submachine Gun

Radars

Radar PR15, Zirafa Radar M-85, L and S radars over 300 km range

Electronics, optoelectronic stations, fuzes, homing heads, sensors, etc

MIP 11 TV Homing Heads for Guided missiles, Laser Homing Heads for Guided missiles, System for acoustic source localization – HEMERA, inertial guidance systems for missiles, Explosive reactive armour M99, Battery command and control system for Nora B-52, M07G Mortar ballistic computer, Tank engine protection from wrong start-up, system for automatic control and jamming of mobile telephony, Radio jammers against remotely controlled improvised explosive devices, Software packages for command and control of air defense assets from the command and control centers, MOMS surveillance-sighting system

Upgrades modernization and modifications

Neva-M1T, SA-341, Upgraded Howitzer 105 mm M56/33, Upgraded Howitzer 105mm M101/33, Programs for modernization of the T-55 family of tanks,including their Chinese derivates, as well as of the T-72 family of tanks, Upgraded BTR-50

Export Destinations

Algeria signed a contarct with YugoImport to build three arms factories at cost of $400 million. Serbia signed a contract worth $500m to build a military hospital in at least one Arab country. Serbia signed a contract worth $400m to modernise 149 M-84 tanks that Yugoslavia exported to Kuwait in 1991. Serbia exported arms almost $250m (£150m) to countries like Iraq. Twenty Lasta training aircrafts have recently been sold to the Iraqi air force, with US authorisation, as part of a deal worth $235m (£140m).

Serbia exports small arms, artillery systems, missiles, ammunition and various equipment through 173 licensed companies to dozens of countries, including the United States, Israel, Canada, Myanmar and Saudi Arabia.

Serbia exported Nora B-52 self-proprelled artilery to Bangladesh and Myanmar. Bangladeshi contract was worth 5,230,400 dollars.

* USA – 41,091,300 dollars

* Bangladesh – 5,230,400 dollars

* Egypt – 3,726,600 dollars

* Germany – 2,727,500 dollars

* Angola – 2.268 million dollars

* Australia 1,562,900 dollars

* France – 1,037,400 dollars

* United Kingdom – 810,600 dollars

Delegation of the Ministry of Defence at this exhibition was led by Acting Assistant Minister for Material Resources Dr Nenad Miloradović. He underscored that the appearance of our military industry had attracted great attention of the host headed by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed, the crown-prince of the UAE.

    Serbian Defense Industry Capabilities The defense industry of Serbia is the largest in the Western Balkans. For the 2017 calendar year, Serbia's export of weapons and military equipment was valued at $888 million (€758 million).