Since the restoration of Montenegro's independence in 2006 until the end of last year, the Ministry of Defense has sold 7.129,09 tons of ordnance (ammunition, artillery shells, unguided and guided missiles, mines and other explosives), as well as 66.748 pieces of weapons and other combat equipment that were previously declared surplus or unnecessary for the Army of Montenegro (AVCG).
Of this, as stated in the information provided by the department headed by Dragan Krapović (Democrats) submitted to the Government, by December 31, 2024, all 7.129,09 tons of ammunition and 66.741 pieces of weapons and other combat equipment had been taken over by commission agents and buyers, while seven of these pieces had not been taken over, so they are still listed as surplus in the Armed Forces of Montenegro.
In the period from June 2006 to December 2024, 2.987 pieces of military motor and trailer vehicles, engineering and work machines, 34 vessels, 11 items of equipment and spare parts for vessels and workshop equipment, and 106 items of spare parts for aircraft and equipment and tools for their maintenance were sold.
"The total price by type of weapons and military equipment in this period is: for weapons and ammunition 26.649.331,76 US dollars and 3.072.485,04 euros; for motor and trailer vehicles and engineering and work machines 4.177.589,41 euros; for vessels and spare parts for vessels 2.085.309,16 euros and 529.900 dollars; for spare parts for aircraft and equipment and tools for their maintenance 59.409,2 euros," the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
The department headed by Krapović stated that 25.524.761,84 dollars or 95,78 percent, and 3.072.485,04 euros, or 100 percent of the funds from the sale of weapons and military equipment were collected. The entire amount of the achieved sales price of motor and trailer vehicles, work machines and engineering equipment of almost 4,18 million euros was collected, or the entire amount of the price for sold spare parts for aircraft and equipment and tools for their maintenance of 59,4 thousand euros, and 99,85 percent of the achieved price for watercraft of 2,025 million euros and 529.900 dollars.
On the last day of last year, the warehouses of the Armed Forces of Montenegro contained 400,98 tons of surplus ammunition, which is slightly less than four percent of the total amount of surplus ammunition and weapons that the Army had at its disposal at the time of the restoration of state independence. At that time, the total amount of ammunition and weapons that were declared surplus amounted to 11.649,57 tons, of which 96,67 percent has since been eliminated through various methods. Of this, 4.085,69 tons of surplus were destroyed, 7.129 tons were sold, and 434,79 tons were donated to partner countries.
According to data from the Ministry of Defense, in the second half of last year, buyers took over a total of 471,81 tons of previously sold surpluses from the VCG warehouse, while 27,73 tons were donated to partner countries.
Of the remaining 400,98 tons of surplus ordnance remaining in military warehouses at the end of last year, 113,12 tons, depending on their quality condition, will be sold, destroyed or used for training of the Armed Forces of Montenegro units this year, while 287,87 tons will be preventively destroyed by the defense ministry. The ordnance that will be destroyed is the hulls of anti-ship cruise missiles, or torpedoes.
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