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 of 19 November 1990, the Joint Consultative Group decided on 11 May 1993, that the additional procedures for the reduction of battle tanks and armored combat vehicles by destruction, as specified in the following texts, shall be deemed sufficient to carry out the reduction of conventional armaments and equipment by limited by the Treaty. This decision does not prejudice any State Party's right to apply the procedures as set forth in the aforementioned Protocol.

1. ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES FOR REDUCTION OF BATTLE TANKS BY DESTRUCTION
   1. Procedures for destruction by severing:
      1. removal of special equipment form the chassis, including detachable equipment, that ensures the operation of on­board armament systems;

      2. removal of the turret if any;

      3. for the gun breech system, either:
         1. welding the breech lock to the breech ring in at least two places; or

         2. cutting of at least one side of the breech ring along the axis of the cavity that receives the breech block; or

         3. welding the wedge to the breech block in at least two places; or

         4. cutting a through slot of no less than half of the length of one side of the breech block along the long axis of the cavity that receives the wedge;

      4. for the gun tube, either:
         1. severing of the gun tube in two parts at a distance of no more than 100 millimeters from the breech ring; or

         2. severing of the gun tube in two parts at a distance of no more than 200 millimeters from the breech ring; or

         3. cutting of a through slot in the gun tube of no less than 150 millimeters in length at a distance of no more than 1000 millimeters from the breech ring;

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

      6. for the hull, either
         1. severing of two sections from the perimeter of the hull turret aperture, each constituting a portion of a sector with an angle of no less than 60 degrees and, at a minimum, 200 millimeters in radial axis, centered on the longitudinal axis of the vehicle; or

         2. severing at least one section from the perimeter of the hull turret aperture, constituting a portion of a sector with an angle of no less than 60 degrees and, at a minimum, 200 millimeters in radial axis, centered on the longitudinal axis of the vehicle; or

         3. severing the hull deck, beginning with the front glacis plate and extending along both sides of the hull to the rear edge of the hull turret aperture at a distance of no less than 500 millimeters from the hull deck, and connected at the same height to the cut in the front glucose plate; and

      7. for the hull, either:
         1. severing of sections from both sides of the hull which include the final drive apertures, by vertical and horizontal cuts in the side plates and diagonal cuts in the deck or belly plates and front or rear plates, so that the final drive apertures are contained in the severed portions; or

         2. severing of one section from the side of the hull which includes the final drive aperture, by vertical and horizontal cuts in the side plate and diagonal cuts in the deck or belly plates and front or rear plates, so that the final drive aperture is contained in the severed portion; or

         3. severing of the middle portion of the hull not less than 800 millimeters in length, including at least one of the central road wheel stations of either side, and severing of separate portions so that the road wheel stations are contained in the severed portions, so that the hull is in at least three major sections.

   2. Procedure for destruction by explosive demolition:
      1. explosive charges shall be placed on the outside and the inside of the battle tank ( or each of tits main elements: the hull, the turret and the gun tube when they are being destroyed separately); and

      2. all charges shall be fired that the main hull and turret are cracked and distorted; the mounting area in the hull for the engine is destroyed; at least one of the places for the trunnion mounts in the turret is destroyed; the breech block of the gun tube is stripped from the gun tube or is fused to the gun tube or is visibly deformed; the gun tube is split or ruptured or deformed so as to be visibly bent; and the gun mount or cradle is ruptured or visibly deformed so as to be unable to mount a gun tube.

2. ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES FOR THE REDUCTION OF ARMORED COMBAT VEHICLES BY DESTRUCTION
   1. Procedure for destroying by severing:
      1. for all armored combat vehicles, removal of special equipment form the chassis, including detachable equipment, that ensures the operation of on­board armament systems;

      2. for tracked armored combat vehicles either:
         1. severing of sections from both sides of the hull which include the final drive apertures, by vertical and horizontal cuts in the side plates and diagonal cuts in the deck or belly plates and front or rear plates, so that the final drive apertures are contained in the severed portions; or

         2. severing of one section from the side of the hull which includes the final drive aperture, by vertical and horizontal cuts in the side plates and diagonal cuts in the deck or belly plates and front or rear plates, so that the final drive apertures are contained in the severed portions;

      3. for wheeled armored combat vehicles, either;
         1. severing of sections from both sides of the hull which include the front wheel final gearbox mounting areas by vertical, horizontal and irregular cuts in the side, front, deck and belly plates so that the wheel final gearbox mounting areas are included in the severed portions at a distance of no less than 100 millimeters from the cuts; or

         2. severing of one section from the side of the hull which include the front wheel final gearbox mounting areas by vertical, horizontal and irregular cuts in the side, front, deck and belly plates so that the wheel final gearbox mounting areas are included in the severed portions at a distance of no less than 100 millimeters from the cuts; and

      4. in addition, for armored infantry fighting vehicles and heavy armament combat vehicles:
         1. removal of the turret;

         2. severing of either of the gun trunnions and its trunnion mount in the turret;

         3. for the gun breech system, either:
            1. welding the breech lock to the breech ring in at least two places; or

            2. cutting of at least one side of the breech ring along the long axis of the cavity that receives the breech block; or

            3. severing of the breech casing in two approximately equal parts;

         4. for the gun tube, either;
            1. severing of the gun tube in two parts at a distance of no more than 100 millimeters from the breech ring; or

            2. severing of the gun tube in two parts at a distance of no more than 500 millimeters from the breech ring; or

            3. cutting of a through slot in the gun tube of no less than 100 millimeters in length at a distance o f no more than 500 millimeters from the breech ring; or

         5. for the hull, either:
            1. severing at least two sections from the perimeter of the hull turret aperture, constituting a portion of a sector with an angle of no less than 60 degrees and, at a minimum, 200 millimeters in radial axis, centered on the longitudinal axis of the vehicle; or

            2. severing at least two sections from the perimeter of the hull turret aperture, constituting a portion of a sector with an angle of no less than 60 degrees and, at a minimum, 150 millimeters in radial axis, centered on the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

   2. Procedure for destruction by explosive demolition:
      1. explosive charges shall be placed on the outside and the inside of the armored combat vehicle ( or each of tits main elements: the hull, the turret and the gun tube when they are being destroyed separately); and

      2. all charges shall be fired that the main hull and turret are cracked and distorted; the mounting area in the hull for the engine is destroyed; at least one of the places for the trunnion mounts in the turret is destroyed; the breech block of the gun tube is stripped from the gun tube or is fused to the gun tube or is visibly deformed; the gun tube is split or ruptured or deformed so as to be visibly bent; and the gun mount or cradle is ruptured or visibly deformed so as to be unable to mount a gun tube.

   3. Procedure for destruction by deformation:
      1. removal of special equipment form the chassis, including detachable equipment, that ensures the operation of on­board armament systems;

      2. removal of the turret, if any;

      3. for armored combat vehicles equipped with a gun;
         1. deformation by compression of the gun breech system so that its with is reduced by at least 20 percent;

         2. deformation by compression of the breech block cavity so that its with is reduced by at least 20 percent;

         3. folding the tube, if any, so as to be visibly bent between the breech ring and the approximate center of the tube; and

         4. severing of either of the gun trunnions, if any, and;

      4. deformation by compression of the hull and, if equipped with a gun, of the turret in at least three different point so that the height on the longitudinal axis or width is reduced in points so compressed by at least 20 percent.