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amphibious Weapon Systems

Weapon systems and military equipment tagged amphibious.

20 weapon systems

9K33 Osa, Short-range self-propelled surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense

Air Defense9K33 OsaShort-range self-propelled surface-to-air missile systemSide: Russia / UkraineBuilt: Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant (IEMZ) / Soviet UnionThe 9K33 Osa, NATO reporting name SA-8 Gecko, is a Soviet short-range self-propelled surface-to-air missile system that combines search radar, tracking radar, command guidance, and ready-to-fire missiles on a single amphibious 6x6 TELAR. In the Russia-Ukraine War it appears on both sides of the air-defense fight, including Ukrainian systems reinforced by Polish-supplied Osa vehicles and visually documented Russian losses.

BTR-60, 8x8 amphibious armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesBTR-608x8 amphibious armored personnel carrierSide: UkraineBuilt: Gorky Automobile Plant / Soviet UnionThe BTR-60 is a Soviet eight-wheeled amphibious armored personnel carrier that introduced the long-running BTR 8x8 layout later followed by the BTR-70 and BTR-80. Although lightly protected and ergonomically dated, the BTR-60 family remains relevant in Ukraine because older hulls can still move troops or be rebuilt as command, communications, evacuation, or upgraded APC variants.

BTR-80, 8x8 amphibious armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesBTR-808x8 amphibious armored personnel carrierSide: RussiaBuilt: Arzamas Machine-Building Plant / RussiaThe BTR-80 is a Soviet-designed, Russian-produced 8x8 amphibious armored personnel carrier built to move motor rifle troops while providing machine-gun fire support. Armed with a 14.5 mm KPVT heavy machine gun and a coaxial 7.62 mm machine gun, it remains a common Russian wheeled APC in the Russia-Ukraine War, where documented losses include destroyed, abandoned, and captured vehicles.

BTR-82/BTR-82A, 8x8 amphibious armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesBTR-82/BTR-82A8x8 amphibious armored personnel carrierSide: RussiaBuilt: Military Industrial Company / RussiaThe BTR-82/BTR-82A is a Russian 8x8 amphibious armored personnel carrier developed from the BTR-80 family. The BTR-82A adds a stabilized 30 mm 2A72 cannon, improved sights, a 300 hp KAMAZ diesel, spall liners, and other mobility and survivability upgrades, making it one of the more heavily armed wheeled APCs widely documented with Russian units in the Russia-Ukraine War.

BTR-3, 8x8 wheeled armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesBTR-38x8 wheeled armored personnel carrierSide: UkraineBuilt: Kyiv Armored Plant / UkrespectExport / UkraineThe BTR-3 is a Ukrainian 8x8 armored personnel carrier family derived from the Soviet-style wheeled APC layout but built around Ukrainian production and combat modules. In Ukrainian service, BTR-3 variants provide protected infantry mobility and turret fire support with a 30 mm cannon, machine gun, automatic grenade launcher, and anti-tank missile options.

BTR-4, 8x8 wheeled armored personnel carrier / infantry fighting vehicle, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesBTR-48x8 wheeled armored personnel carrier / infantry fighting vehicleSide: UkraineBuilt: Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau / Malyshev Plant / UkraineThe BTR-4 Bucephalus is a Ukrainian 8x8 armored personnel carrier and infantry fighting vehicle built around a rear troop compartment, amphibious mobility, and remote weapon stations such as the BM-7 Parus. In Ukrainian service it provides protected movement and direct fire support with a 30 mm cannon, machine gun, grenade launcher, and anti-tank missile capability.

KTO Rosomak, 8x8 wheeled armored personnel carrier / infantry fighting vehicle family, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesKTO Rosomak8x8 wheeled armored personnel carrier / infantry fighting vehicle familySide: UkraineBuilt: Rosomak S.A. / PolandThe KTO Rosomak is Poland's licensed Patria AMV-based 8x8 armored vehicle family, built by Rosomak S.A. in Siemianowice Slaskie for infantry transport, IFV, command, reconnaissance, medical, and mortar-carrier roles. In the Russia-Ukraine War, Rosomak vehicles became part of Polish-supported Ukrainian force modernization after official 2023 supply and purchase announcements.

BMD-1, Airborne amphibious infantry fighting vehicle, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesBMD-1Airborne amphibious infantry fighting vehicleSide: UkraineBuilt: Volgograd Tractor Plant / Soviet UnionThe BMD-1 is a Soviet airborne infantry fighting vehicle built for paratroop units, combining a very light amphibious tracked chassis with the BMP-1-style 73 mm 2A28 Grom gun and anti-tank missile armament. Its low weight and hydropneumatic suspension made it air-droppable, but the same design priorities left limited armor protection. In the Russia-Ukraine War archive, it is documented through Ukrainian Air Assault Forces service around Kramatorsk and Sloviansk in 2014.

BMD-4/BMD-4M, Airborne amphibious infantry fighting vehicle, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesBMD-4/BMD-4MAirborne amphibious infantry fighting vehicleSide: RussiaBuilt: Volgograd Tractor Plant; KBP Instrument Design Bureau; Kurganmashzavod / RussiaThe BMD-4/BMD-4M is a Russian airborne amphibious infantry fighting vehicle built for VDV units, combining a light, parachutable tracked chassis with the Bakhcha-U turret's 100 mm gun-launcher, 30 mm autocannon, and coaxial machine gun. In the Russia-Ukraine War it appears as a Russian airborne assault vehicle, with open-source loss documentation and later production batches showing how Russia has continued fielding and modifying the type for a drone- and artillery-heavy battlefield.

BMD-2, Airborne infantry fighting vehicle, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesBMD-2Airborne infantry fighting vehicleSide: RussiaBuilt: Volgograd Tractor Plant / Soviet UnionThe BMD-2 is a Soviet airborne infantry fighting vehicle built for paratrooper units, combining a very light amphibious tracked chassis with a 30 mm 2A42 cannon and anti-tank missile launcher. Its air-droppable design gives Russian VDV formations mobile fire support, but the same weight limits leave the vehicle lightly protected against modern anti-armor weapons and artillery fragments documented in Ukraine.

MT-LB, Amphibious tracked armored personnel carrier and artillery tractor, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesMT-LBAmphibious tracked armored personnel carrier and artillery tractorSide: Russia / UkraineBuilt: Kharkov Tractor Plant / Soviet UnionThe MT-LB is a Soviet tracked, amphibious armored carrier developed as a light multipurpose tractor and troop/cargo vehicle. Its low silhouette, large production run, and adaptable chassis made it a common base for command, air-defense, ambulance, anti-tank, and improvised fire-support variants, including widespread use by both sides in the Russia-Ukraine War.

Bandvagn 206, Articulated tracked all-terrain carrier, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesBandvagn 206Articulated tracked all-terrain carrierSide: UkraineBuilt: Hagglund & Soner; BAE Systems Hagglunds / SwedenThe Bandvagn 206 is a Swedish articulated tracked all-terrain carrier developed by Hagglunds for military mobility in snow, marsh, and other soft ground. Its two powered tracked units and amphibious layout make it useful as a troop, cargo, command, ambulance, or specialist support vehicle; Germany has documented deliveries of BV206 vehicles to Ukraine during the Russia-Ukraine War.

BTR-50, Tracked amphibious armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesBTR-50Tracked amphibious armored personnel carrierSide: RussiaBuilt: Volgograd Tractor Plant / Soviet UnionThe BTR-50 is a Soviet tracked amphibious armored personnel carrier based on the PT-76 light tank chassis. Designed to move infantry and light weapons across rivers and broken terrain, it carries a small crew plus a large troop compartment and relies on thin welded steel armor rather than modern protection. Its appearance in Russian service during the Russia-Ukraine War highlights Moscow's use of older stored armored vehicles to replace battlefield losses.

AMX-10P, Tracked amphibious infantry fighting vehicle, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesAMX-10PTracked amphibious infantry fighting vehicleSide: UkraineBuilt: GIAT Industries (now Nexter) / FranceThe AMX-10P is a French tracked amphibious infantry fighting vehicle built by GIAT Industries to carry mechanized infantry with a 20 mm autocannon and light armor protection. Its Russia-Ukraine War entry is included with caution: late-2024 reporting tied the vehicle to Ukrainian operations around Kursk, while other defense reporting disputed both official transfer evidence and the Russian identification.

BMP-2, Tracked amphibious infantry fighting vehicle, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesBMP-2Tracked amphibious infantry fighting vehicleSide: Russia / UkraineBuilt: Kurganmashzavod / Soviet Union / RussiaThe BMP-2 is a Soviet tracked infantry fighting vehicle that replaced the BMP-1's low-velocity gun with a stabilized 30 mm 2A42 autocannon while retaining an anti-tank missile launcher and amphibious mobility. Its mix of troop carriage, direct fire, and ATGM capability keeps it widely present in post-Soviet armored units, including documented Russian and Ukrainian use during the Russia-Ukraine War.

BMP-3, Tracked amphibious infantry fighting vehicle, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesBMP-3Tracked amphibious infantry fighting vehicleSide: RussiaBuilt: Kurganmashzavod / RussiaThe BMP-3 is a Soviet-designed, Russian-built tracked amphibious infantry fighting vehicle notable for combining a 100 mm gun-launcher, 30 mm autocannon, and machine guns in a light armored troop carrier. In the Russia-Ukraine War it has appeared in Russian mechanized formations and fire-support roles, where its heavy armament is useful but its protection remains vulnerable to anti-armor weapons and drones.

BVP M-80, Tracked infantry fighting vehicle, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesBVP M-80Tracked infantry fighting vehicleSide: UkraineBuilt: FAMOS factory / YugoslaviaThe BVP M-80 is a Yugoslav tracked amphibious infantry fighting vehicle built to move infantry with armor protection while adding a 20 mm cannon, coaxial machine gun, and Malyutka anti-tank missile capability. In the Russia-Ukraine War record, the relevant variant is the Slovenian-held M80A, a more powerful production model that Slovenia transferred to Ukraine as armored mobility aid in 2022.

BTR-70, Wheeled armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesBTR-70Wheeled armored personnel carrierSide: RussiaBuilt: Gorky Automobile Plant / Arzamas Machine-Building Plant / Soviet UnionThe BTR-70 is a Soviet 8x8 amphibious armored personnel carrier developed from the BTR-60 family to move motor-rifle troops under small-arms and shell-fragment protection. Its one-man turret with a 14.5 mm KPVT heavy machine gun and 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun made it a common Cold War APC, and Russian BTR-70 losses have been documented in the Russia-Ukraine War.

2S1 Gvozdika, 122 mm tracked self-propelled howitzer, Artillery

Artillery2S1 Gvozdika122 mm tracked self-propelled howitzerSide: Russia / Ukraine / Syrian government and allies / Opposition and anti-government forces / Armenia / ArtsakhBuilt: Kharkiv Tractor Plant; Plant No. 9 for the 2A31 howitzer / Soviet UnionThe 2S1 Gvozdika is a Soviet 122 mm tracked self-propelled howitzer built around the 2A31 gun on an amphibious armored chassis derived from the MT-LB family. In the Russia-Ukraine War it remains a common short-to-medium-range artillery system for both Russian and Ukrainian forces, combining mobility, indirect fire, and widespread 122 mm ammunition compatibility.

2S9 Nona, Air-droppable 120 mm self-propelled mortar, Artillery

Artillery2S9 NonaAir-droppable 120 mm self-propelled mortarSide: Russia / UkraineBuilt: Motovilikha Plants Corporation / Soviet Union / RussiaThe 2S9 Nona is a Soviet airborne self-propelled mortar built around a 120 mm gun-mortar on a tracked amphibious BTR-D-derived chassis. Designed to give airborne and other high-mobility units organic indirect fire, it combines mortar-style high-angle fire with limited direct-fire capability and remains documented in Russia-Ukraine War service with both Russian and Ukrainian forces.