Arms industry in Romania

Before 1989, Romania was among the top ten arms exporters in the world, however its arms industry declined considerably during the 1990s. Exports fell from roughly $1 billion before 1989 to about $43 million in 2006,[1] and the number of employees also fell from 220,000 in 1990 to 20,000 in 2009.[2] Sales to the Romanian Armed Forces have plunged after Romania's accession to NATO in 2004, as factories continue to produce Warsaw Pact-caliber weapons and ammunition, which are incompatible with their Western counterparts.

PSL sniper rifle
Small arms made by UM Cugir
B-33 Zimbru APC (licensed built BTR-80)
IAR 99 Şoim jet trainer and light attack aircraft
IAR 330 Puma Naval

As of 2009, sales are roughly evenly divided between the Romanian state and foreign customers such as European Union and Arab countries such as Egypt, Algeria and Iraq.[3] Other countries which have shown interest in Romanian equipment include Afghanistan, Israel, Switzerland, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, India, Georgia and a slew of African countries.[4] There have been some signs of slight recovery, with exports reaching €141 million in 2009. However, the arms industry in Romania still lags behind neighboring countries such as Ukraine,[5] Bulgaria[6] and Serbia.[7]

In recent years, the Romanian government has called, unsuccessfully, for the lifting of the European Union arms embargo on the People's Republic of China.

Manufacturers

Weapons and equipment

Small arms

AFVs

Artillery

  • M-1980/1988 30 mm x 3 towed anti-aircraft gun
  • M-1988 60 mm infantry mortar
  • M-1977 81/82 mm infantry mortar
  • M-1982 120 mm infantry mortar
  • M-1982 76 mm mountain gun M48
  • M-1993 98 mm mountain howitzer
  • M-1977 100 mm antitank gun 2A19/T-12 antitank gun
  • M-1982 130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)
  • M-1981 152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20)
  • M-1985 152 mm howitzer 2A65
  • M-1989 122 mm self-propelled howitzer 2S1
  • LAROM MLRS 122 mm x 20 rockets x 2 / 160 mm x 13 rockets x 2
  • ATROM 155mm self-propelled howitzer System

Aircraft

Weapons produced during World War II and the Interwar period

9 mm Orița submachine gun
120 mm Reșița mortar
37 mm Astra anti-aircraft gun
75 mm Reșița anti-tank gun
Mareșal tank destroyer
TACAM R-2 tank destroyer
IAR-80 fighter aircraft
Amiral Murgescu minelayer/destroyer escort

Non-self-propelled weapons

Romanian monthly armament production (October 1942)[27]

Model Number
Orița M1941 submachine gun666
ZB vz. 30 machine gun250
Brandt 60 mm mortar26
Brandt 81 mm mortar30
M1938 120 mm mortar80
Rheinmetall 37 mm AA gun6
Vickers 75 mm AA gun5
Schneider 47 mm AT gun14

AFVs

Aircraft

Warships

Weapons produced during World War I and prior

250 mm Negrei mortar

Artillery

Aircraft

Warships

References

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  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-11-13. Retrieved 2009-11-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  6. Mark Axworthy, London: Arms and Armour, 1995, Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945, p. 75
  7. Mark Axworthy, London: Arms and Armour, 1995, Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945, p. 149
  8. John Walter, Greenhill Books, 2004, Guns of the Third Reich, p. 86
  9. Mark Axworthy, London: Arms and Armour, 1995, Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945, p. 75
  10. Mark Axworthy, London: Arms and Armour, 1995, Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945, pp. 29-30 and 75
  11. Great Britain. Foreign Office, Ministry of Economic Warfare, 1944, Rumania Basic Handbook, p. 27
  12. Mark Axworthy, London: Arms and Armour, 1995, Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945, pp. 147, 76 and 29
  13. Mark Axworthy, London: Arms and Armour, 1995, Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945, pp. 29-30 and 75
  14. Great Britain. Foreign Office, Ministry of Economic Warfare, 1944, Rumania Basic Handbook, p. 27
  15. Mark Axworthy, London: Arms and Armour, 1995, Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945, pp. 147, 76 and 29
  16. Mark Axworthy, London: Arms and Armour, 1995, Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945, p. 75
  17. Mark Axworthy, London: Arms and Armour, 1995, Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945, photo album between pages 96 and 97 (page 12 of the album)
  18. Mark Axworthy, London: Arms and Armour, 1995, Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945, pp. 30 and 75
  19. Mark Axworthy, London: Arms and Armour, 1995, Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945, pp. 30 and 75
  20. Mark Axworthy, London: Arms and Armour, 1995, Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945, pp. 29-30 and 75
  21. Great Britain. Foreign Office, Ministry of Economic Warfare, 1944, Rumania Basic Handbook, p. 27
  22. Mark Axworthy, London: Arms and Armour, 1995, Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945, pp. 149 and 235-237
  23. Mark Axworthy, London: Arms and Armour, 1995, Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945, p. 29
  24. Mark Axworthy, London: Arms and Armour, 1995, Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945, p. 29
  25. Mark Axworthy, London: Arms and Armour, 1995, Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945, p. 75
  26. Francesco Sorge, Giuseppe Genchi, Springer, 2015, Essays on the History of Mechanical Engineering, p. 144
  27. Francesco Sorge, Giuseppe Genchi, Springer, 2015, Essays on the History of Mechanical Engineering, p. 144
  28. Francesco Sorge, Giuseppe Genchi, Springer, 2015, Essays on the History of Mechanical Engineering, p. 144
  29. Morgała, Andrzej (1997), Samoloty wojskowe w Polsce 1918-1924 [Military aircraft in Poland 1918-1924] (in Polish), Warsaw: Lampart, pp. 63 and 69
  30. Bernád, Dénes, Rumanian Air Force: The Prime Decade 1938-1947, Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications Inc, 1999, p. 45
  31. Spencer C. Tucker, World War II at Sea: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia, p. 633
  32. Adrian Storea, Gheorghe Băjenaru, Artileria română în date și imagini (Romanian artillery in data and pictures), p. 54 (in Romanian)
  33. Adrian Storea, Gheorghe Băjenaru, Artileria română în date și imagini (Romanian artillery in data and pictures), p. 63 (in Romanian)
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