Azerbaijan has bought nearly 1,000 new artillery and missile systems in the past 12 years, APA reported.

The country ordered mostly Russian weapons, including 500 artillery systems. Of them, 454 pieces have already been delivered to Baku, APA said, citing the UN Register of Conventional Arms.

The military equipment supplied by Russia included 120-mm 2S12 Sani mortars, 18 units of MSTA-S self-propelled howitzers, 18 TOS-1A Solntsepyok heavy flamethrowers, 18 2S31 Vena self-propelled howitzers, 26 2S9 Nona-S self-propelled mortars and 18 9A52 Smerch heavy multiple rocket launchers.

Azerbaijan has also purchased 294 artillery systems from Ukraine, including 12 BM-30 Smerch heavy multiple rocket launchers, 85 PM-38 mortars, 72 MT-12 guns, 54 2S1 Gvozdika and 16 2S3 Acacia self-propelled howitzers.

Belarus has delivered 12 2S7 Pion self-propelled guns with 203-mm caliber and 120 D-30 howitzers to Azerbaijan.

During the period, Azerbaijan has bought LAR-160, Lynx Grad and Lynx EXTRA from Israel and multiple launch rocket systems T-107, T-122 Sakarya and T-300 Kasirga from Turkey.

Bakudaily.az