Editing Krupp (section)

===Balkan wars===

Russia and the Ottoman Empire both bought large quantities of Krupp guns. By 1887, Russia had bought 3,096 Krupp guns, while the Ottomans bought 2,773 Krupp guns. By the start of the [[Balkan wars]] the largest export market for Krupp worldwide was Turkey, which purchased 3,943 Krupp guns of various types between 1854 and 1912. The {{nowrap|second-largest}} customer in the Balkans was Romania, which purchased 1,450 guns in the same period, while Bulgaria purchased 517 pieces, Greece 356, Austria-Hungary 298, Montenegro 25, and Serbia just 6 guns.<ref name="StockerGrant2003">{{cite book|author1=Donald J. Stocker|author2=Jonathan A. Grant|title=Girding for Battle: The Arms Trade in a Global Perspective, 1815-1940|year=2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KN-oJ_5Gy7UC&pg=PA32YEAR|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-97339-1|pages=31–32}}</ref>