Ukraine: new guided projectile Kvitnyk ready for testing

Ukraine’s state-run defense concern UkrOboronProm says a new 152 mm high precision-guided artillery projectile Kvitnyk is ready to undergo scheduled testing. All components of the new ammunition are 100% Ukraine-made, the arms manufacturer boasts. “The state-owned Progres Research and Production Complex, which is a part of UkrOboronProm, has completed the works on total import substitution…

Ukraine: new armored recon vehicle Mongoose revealed

Ukraine’s defense giant UkrOboronProm has presented at the annual Arms and Security Expo in Kyiv its new armored reconnaissance vehicle Mongoose. The Mongoose (formerly BRDM-NIK) armored reconnaissance vehicle is a modernized version of the Soviet-built BRDM-2 amphibious armored vehicle developed by the SE “Mykolayiv Armored Plant.” The Mongoose is enhanced with front armor. The hull…

Ukraine: army gets brand-new Butsefal armored personnel carrier

The military of Ukraine’s Joint Forces Operation (JFO) have received a brand-new armored personnel carrier (BTR) Butsefal (“Bucephalus”), developed by the Kharkiv-based Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau, a state-owned enterprise. “The newest BTR-4E Butsefal is an eight-wheel drive armored personnel carrier, developed in Ukraine by the Kharkiv-based Machine Building Design Bureau and manufactured at the…