"Hayk's Arrow" Armenian Strategic Center
Follows weapons and equipment from announcements and contracts to reported deliveries and public display. Identifies suppliers, systems, quantities where disclosed and the evidence supporting each stage, without treating an order as a completed delivery.
Spain reported four items for Kazakhstan in its combat-aircraft category, without identifying models.
The description and comments are blank. This declaration is not assigned to C295 or A400M and is not treated as delivery of four fighters. Possible overlap with already documented aircraft programmes remains unresolved. These are declared annual transfers, not current stocks or evidence of operational readiness.
MoD reported acquiring 53 Arlan and 45 COBRA II vehicles, alongside an A400M and the Shapshan landing craft.
The annual account reports more than 100 newly acquired units and 85 overhauled or modernised units. The A400M overlaps its separate delivery record and must not be added twice.
Airbus announced delivery of the first of Kazakhstan’s two ordered A400M aircraft.
The manufacturer’s release is dated 10 December. It schedules the second aircraft for 2026; that schedule is not treated as a completed second delivery.
The ministry’s 2024 review reports completion of ANKA trials and acceptance into service.
Türkiye’s original return lists 68 wheeled armoured personnel carriers for Kazakhstan.
The model is not named. The original misspelling is preserved in the evidence cells. These 68 cannot be equated with, or automatically added to, the 45 COBRA II vehicles in Kazakhstan’s 2024 acquisition review: reporting basis and programme overlap are unresolved. These are declared annual transfers, not current stocks or evidence of operational readiness.
Airbus announced a two-aircraft order with maintenance and training support.
The same announcement records a maintenance-cooperation memorandum and a proposed local C295 maintenance centre. The order is distinct from delivery.
MoD reported arrival of new Su-30SM aircraft at the Nurken Abdirov air base.
The release says “zveno” but does not provide a numeral. No four-aircraft quantity is inferred from the formation term. The stated crew retraining and type description do not establish the later readiness or present stock of this batch.
Kazakh and Russian-language MoD accounts date acquisition of a Buk-M2E system to 2020.
The 2022 account specifies one battalion/divizion; launcher and missile quantities are not supplied. Neither the exact receipt day nor the total number of launchers and missiles is established here.
Russia declared four attack helicopters for Kazakhstan.
Models are not identified in the UN rows; categories are retained without assigning aircraft, helicopter or artillery types. These are declared annual transfers, not current stocks or evidence of operational readiness.
Airbus announced a firm order for one C295 transport for Kazakhstan’s Border Service.
The package included training, spares and ground support equipment. The release’s projected national fleet total of nine is not nine new aircraft, and the Border Service aircraft is not assigned to the Air Force. No completed delivery date is established by this contract announcement.
Serbia listed ten items for Kazakhstan, described jointly as 122/128 mm rockets and rocket engines.
The source does not split rockets from engines or explain the unit of count. Ten complete missiles, ten launchers or ten additional weapon systems cannot be inferred. These are declared annual transfers, not current stocks or evidence of operational readiness.
Kaspex announced contracts covering Su-30SM, Mi-35M, Tigr, Skylark 1-LEX and Atlas-LT equipment.
The procurement party names Irkut, Rosoboronexport/Russian Helicopters, VPK and Elbit. It also reports Safran/Thales cooperation memoranda and avionics contracts. Quantities, prices and delivery dates are not disclosed. Signing is not delivery and may overlap later annual export declarations.
Russia declared 24 artillery systems, four combat aircraft and four attack helicopters for Kazakhstan.
Models are not identified in the UN rows; categories are retained without assigning aircraft, helicopter or artillery types. These are declared annual transfers, not current stocks or evidence of operational readiness.
Serbia reported 45 items for Kazakhstan under missiles and missile launchers.
The item description is blank. The number is not presented as 45 launchers or assigned a missile model. These are declared annual transfers, not current stocks or evidence of operational readiness.
Ukraine’s original return lists six R-27 items exported to Kazakhstan.
No variant, delivery month or unit allocation is disclosed. This is distinct from the same-year Serbian missile-category row. These are declared annual transfers, not current stocks or evidence of operational readiness.
Kaspex reported delivery of two Irkut-built Su-30SM fighters to Kazakhstan’s Air Force.
The state exporter’s 5 January 2018 post explicitly dates receipt to 27 December 2017 and links it to a 2016–2018 framework contract. Publication in 2018 is not a second delivery year.
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The regional administration reported that the missile-artillery vessel joined the Navy after its flag ceremony.
The administration dates its earlier launch to 25 April 2017 and identifies Zenit as builder. Launch and commissioning are two stages of the same vessel, not two acquisitions.
Airbus announced a contract for two C295 transports with spares and support.
The two were the final aircraft covered by the 2012 memorandum. Delivery in the second half of 2017 was a forecast in this release; it is not recorded here as completed delivery or eight newly ordered aircraft.
A U.S. Army programme manager described completion of Kazakhstan’s fourth Huey II delivery in January.
The firsthand account says final assembly took place in Almaty and the case was finalised on 19 January. That administrative milestone is not assigned as an exact formal handover day. “Fourth” is a cumulative delivery sequence, not four new helicopters in 2017 or a current fleet count.
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China reported three unmanned combat aerial vehicles exported to Kazakhstan.
The description explicitly says unmanned combat aerial vehicles, although the row is placed under attack helicopters. The report does not name Wing Loong or another model; three attack helicopters are not inferred. These are declared annual transfers, not current stocks or evidence of operational readiness.
Dated developments cover 1991–2026. Ministry programme-budget observations cover 1997–2026; SIPRI separately covers 1994–2025. Personnel estimates, spending ratios and historical Kazakhstan Engineering group financial measures have their own indicators. Transfers and conflicting government returns are attributed, not summed into a current inventory. Group industry figures include civilian and dual-use business. Budget coverage changes, intermediate amendments and unknown dates remain in source details. This is a selected reference, not a complete inventory or readiness assessment.
This is a curated public-source reference, not a complete inventory. Each record identifies an event or publication date, implementation stage and evidence type; the detail explains which date is known. An official report establishes what the issuer said; a contract does not establish delivery, and delivery does not establish readiness. Unknown quantities remain unknown. Records count publications or developments, not weapons, personnel or military strength.