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It is very difficult to estimate the losses Armenia and Azerbaijan suffered in the second war in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. What is even more difficult – if not impossible – is for the Army Staff of each country to accurately reveal its losses.
Thus, the only source of information that an analyst can have regarding the magnitude of the disaster is open source intelligence (OSINT). The amount of material available on the internet is enormous and its detailed recording seems like a very difficult task. Nevertheless, the most accurate record of military equipment destroyed or seized during the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan can be found on oryx spioenkophowever website.
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In its article, dated 27/09/2020 (the day when the war broke out), the website records, based on available information, all the seized or damaged equipment of the two countries to date. The source of information on the website is mainly the Army Staff of each country and the material published during the war, various photos and videos of war correspondents on the battlefield, photos and videos posted by the soldiers themselves and all audiovisual material available (and deemed valid) on the internet.
Of course, the oryx spioenkop website explicitly points out that the amount of military equipment destroyed is undoubtedly higher than what is recorded in the post, because some losses may not have been visually recorded.
In the article entitled: “The Fight For Nagorno-Karabakh: Documenting Losses on The Sides Of Armenia and Azerbaijan”, you can see in detail all the tanks, armoured fighting vehicles, armoured personnel carriers, multiple rocket launchers, trucks and even the strategic points that were destroyed, all documented with photos.
What follows is a summary of the military equipment that was either seized, destroyed or damaged.
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Armenia – Defence Army
Tanks: 229, of which 136 were destroyed, 4 were damaged and 89 were seized
Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs): 62, of which 25 were destroyed and 37 were seized
Infantry fighting vehicles: 75, of which 21 were destroyed, 1 was damaged and 44 were seized
Self-propelled anti-tank missile systems: 10, of which 2 were destroyed and 8 were seized
Towed artillery: 209 of which 119 were destroyed, 10 were damaged and 80 were seized
Self-propelled artillery: 24, of which 16 were destroyed, 1 was damaged and 7 were seized
Multiple rocket launchers: 76, of which 72 were destroyed, 3 were seized and 1 was abandoned
Ballistic Missiles: 1, which was destroyed
Mortars: 40, of which 4 were destroyed and 36 were seized
Anti-tank guided missiles: 82, of which 3 were destroyed and 79 were seized
Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS): 3, which were all destroyed
Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns: 7, of which 1 was destroyed and 6 were seized
Surface-to-air missile systems: 29, of which 26 were destroyed and 3 were seized
Radars: 15, of which 12 were destroyed and 3 were seized
Jammers and Deception systems: 2, which were all destroyed
Aircraft and helicopters: 2, which were all destroyed
Unmanned aerial vehicles: 4, which were all destroyed
Trucks, Vehicles and Jeeps: 556, of which 262 were destroyed, 8 were damaged and 286 were seized
Decoys: 2, which were all destroyed
Strategic locations hit: 22
Azerbaijan
Tanks: 40, of which 24 were destroyed, 12 were damaged, 1 was abandoned and 3 were seized
Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs): 15, of which 2 were destroyed, 1 was damaged, 4 were abandoned and 10 were seized
AInfantry ghting vehicles: 37, of which 20 were destroyed, 3 were damaged, 6 were abandoned and 8 were seized
Multiples Rocket launchers: 1, which was destroyed
Mortars: 1, which was seized
Aircraft and helicopters: 13, which were all destroyed
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: 25, of which 22 were destroyed and 3 were seized
Trucks, Vehicles and Jeeps: 47, of which 15 were destroyed, 8 were abandoned and 3 were seized
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