In addition to adoption of the Navy’s common amphibious APC vehicle, which is a ‘marinized’ variant of the BTR-4E, the Marine Infantry will be fielded with wheeled Kozak-2M1 APC vehicles produced by PrAT Practika, a private defense contractor and member of the Ukrainian League of Defense Industries.
The Kozak-2M1 had succeeded through official qualification trials that were held from October 2018 through December 2019, and received approval for Military Service use on April 3, 2020.
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The new APC features an armored unibody/monocoque hull, unlike recent, domestically developed body-on-frame alternatives built on utility truck/pickup truck chassis.
As reported earlier this year, the Kozak-2M1 wiil also be fielded to the Ukrainian Armed Forces Air Assault Forces and SpecOps Forces, with initial deliveries scheduled for the latter part of this year.
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