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Georgia Arms Supply
Relatively little of the military industry of the Soviet
Union was located in Georgia. One Tbilisi plant assembled
military training aircraft that were the basis of a small
Georgian air force. Most weapons obtained by the various armed
units operating in Georgia after 1990 apparently were purchased
illegally from Soviet (and later Russian) officers and soldiers
stationed in the Caucasus. In May 1992, leaders of the CIS set
quotas for the transfer of Soviet military equipment to republic
armed forces. According to this plan, Georgia was to receive 220
tanks, 220 armored vehicles, 300 artillery pieces, 100 military
aircraft, and fifty attack helicopters. Kitovani complained in
December 1992 that Georgia, unlike the other republics, had not
yet received any of its allotment.
Data as of March 1994
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