Decision of the Joint Consultative Group on an Additional Procedure for Reduction by Conversion for Non-Military Purposes of Battle Tanks Limited by the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe

12 October 1993

Pursuant to Section I, paragraph 5 of the Protocol on Procedures Governing the Reduction of Conventional Armaments and Equipment Limited by the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe on 19 November 1990, the Joint Consultative Group decided on 12 October 1993 that the additional procedure for reduction of battle tanks by conversion for non-military purposes, as specified in the following text, shall be deemed sufficient to carry out the reduction of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty. This decision does not prejuidice any State Party's right to apply the reduction procedures set forth in the aforementioned Protocol or the additional procedures for reduction set forth in the Decisions of the Joint Consultative Group of 11 May 1993 and 29 June 1993.

ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE FOR REDUCTION OF BATTLE TANKS BY CONVERSION FOR NON-MILITARY PURPOSES

The following procedure shall be carried out before conversion of battle tanks at reduction sites:

(1) removal of special equipment from the chassis, including detachable equipment, that ensures the operation of on-board armament systems;

(2) removal of the turret, if any;

(3) for the gun breech system, either;

(a) welding the breech block to the breech ring in at least two places; or

(b) cutting of at least one side of the breech ring along the long axis of the cavity that receives the breech block;

(4) for the gun tube, either;

(a) severing of the gun tube into two parts at a distance of no more than 100 millimetres from the breech ring; or

(b) severing of the gun tube into two parts at a distance of no more than 2,000 millimetres from the breech ring; or

(c) cutting of a through slot in the gun tube of no less than 150 millimetres in length at a distance of no more than 1,000 millimetres from the breech ring;

(5) severing of either of the gun trunnions and its trunnion mount in the turret; and

(6) for the hull, either;

(a) cutting out and removal of a portion of the hull top armour beginning from the front glacis to the middle of the hull turret aperture, together with the associated portions of the side armou at a height of no less than 200 millimetres (for the T-64 and T-72, no less than 100 millimetres) below the level of the hull top armour, as well as associated portion of the front glacis plate severed at the same height. The severed portions of this front glacis plate shall consist of no less than the upper third; or

(b) cutting out and removal of all of the following:

1. four sections from the right side and four sections from the left side of the hull, each no less than 450 x 250 millimetres;

2. one section from the hull front glacis plate and one from the hull rear plate, each of them no less than 600 x 800 millimetres;

3. two circular sections from the hull beside the the hull turret aperture, one from the left side and one from the right side of the full, each centred on the transverse axis of the vehicle, and each constituting a portion of a sector with an angle of no less than 60 degrees and 200 millimetres in radial axis;

4. all grips, blocks and consoles that are designed to hold ammunition and external fuel tanks; and

5. the mounting for the electrical system of the turret.

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