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This book is intended as a primer with very brief specifications for the various armored vehicles in the Russian present-day military. Note that the pictures on the cover are a graphical Table of Contents. The page number is written before the vehicle name. We included description of some anti-tank weapons as well. This book does not include law enforcement vehicles, internal security vehicles or Rosgvardia (National Guard) vehicles. For a more complete description of these vehicles, I recommend the TRADOC Worldwide Equipment Guide (WEG). Unfortunately, the WEG is only available online, so we downloaded (most) of the information and publish an extract of the Russian vehicles only (including tanks) as a separate title. That book is available on Amazon.com.

“Typhoonok” 4x4 MRAP (In Design) 

KAMAZ-63968 “Typhoon-K” 6x6 MRAP

KAMAZ-63969 Amphibious 6x6 MRAP 

KAMAZ-53949 “Typhoon-L” 4x4 MRAP

KAMAZ “Typhoon-K” VDV 4x4 MRAP

2S41 “Drok” 4x4 Self Propelled Mortar 

KAMAZ-4386 “Typhoon-PVO” 4x4 MRAP

KAMAZ-4386 Typhoon 4x4 ATGM 

URAL-63095 “Typhoon-U” 6x6 MRAP 

URAL-63099 “Typhoon-U” 

Federal-M 6x6 MRAP 

Highlander-K “Gortsa-K” 4x4 MRAP 

BPM-97 KAMAZ “Vystrel” 4x4 MRAP 

MIC-39274 “Volk-4” 6x6 MRAP 

ZIL Karatel (‘Punisher’) 4x4 MRAP

GAZ-233036 “Tiger-6A” 4x4 Combat Support Vehicle 

MK-BLA-01 “Tiger” 4x4 C-UAS 

BMR 6x6 Ambulance 

BRDM Armored Cars 

BRDM-2 9P148 “Konkurs” 4x4 ATGM 

Vpk-3927 “Volk-3” 4x4 Infantry Mobility Vehicle 

ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS AND INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLES 

BMO-T Heavy Flamethrower Personnel Carrier 

BMO-2 Armored Personnel Carrier 

BMP-3 Amphibious Infantry Fighting Vehicle 

BMP-3 Amphibious IFV

BMP-3 2K23 Two-Man Turret 

BMP-3 Bakhcha-U Combat Turret 

BMP-3 DUBM-30 mm “Epocha” Remotely-Controlled Turret 

BMP-3 AU-220M “Baikal” 57 mm Automatic Cannon Unmanned Turret 

BMP-3 2S38 ZAK-57 Derivatsiya-PVO SPAAG 

BMP-3 “Chrysanthemum-S” 9K123 Self-propelled ATGM 

BMP-2 Amphibious Infantry Fighting Vehicle 

BMP-2 Amphibious IFV

BMP-2 “Berezhok” Turret

BMP-2M “Berezhok” Amphibious IFV 

BMP-1 Amphibious Infantry Fighting Vehicle 

BMP-1 Amphibious IFV

BMP-1 Firing Port Locations

BMP-1AM “Basurmanin” Turret 

BMP-1AM “Basurmanin” Amphibious IFV

BMPT-72 “Terminator 3” Armored Fighting Vehicle 

BMD-1 Airborne Amphibious IFV 

BMD-4M “Sadovnitsa” Airborne Combat Vehicle 

2S31 120 mm JAO “Lotos” Self-propelled Mortar System 

BMD-3 Airborne Amphibious Infantry Fighting Vehicle 

BRM Armored Reconnaissance Vehicles 

BRM-1 Amphibious Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle 

BRM-3K Rys Amphibious Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle 

BRM-4K 8x8 Amphibious Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle 

BTR APC 

BTR-60 8x8 Amphibious APC 

BTR-70 8x8 Amphibious APC 

BTR-80 2S23 8x8 Amphibious APC 

BTR-80A 8x8 Amphibious APC

BTR-82 8x8 Amphibious APC

BTR-87 8x8 IFV 

BTR-90 8x8 Amphibious APC 

BTR-D Airborne Armored Personnel Carrier

BTR-MD “Rakushka” Amphibious APC 

BTR-RD “Robot” ATGM 

DT-10PM “Vityaz” All Terrain Carrier 

VPK-7829 “Bumerang” Amphibious IFV 

KAMAZ-5350-379 6x6 APC 

Kurganets-25 IFV 

Kurganets-25 Turret Components

MT-LB Armored Personnel Carriers 

MT-LB Amphibious APC

9M120 Shturm-VM ATGM 

T-15 Heavy Infantry Fighting Vehicle

SBA-60K3 “Bulat” 6x6 APC

SBA-70K “RAT” 6x6 C-UAS 

ANTI-TANK GUIDED MISSILES 

9M120 Ataka (AT-9 “Spiral-2”) 

9M123 Khrizantema (AT-15 “Springer”) 

9M133 Kornet (AT-14 “Spriggan”) 

9M111 Fagot ATGM (AT-4 “Spigot”) 

According to the latest Russian definition of Electronic Warfare (EW), “(radio)electronic warfare is a set of coordinated actions, the goal of which would be to radioelectronically strike the radioelectronic and ICT1 facilities ofthe enemy, radioelectronically protect own radioelectronic and ICT facilities, create countermeasures against the enemy surveillance measures, and provide radioelectronic and ICT support for own forces”

Today, Russian Ground Forces do not conduct operations without electronic warfare support. Russia does not fully disclose its capabilities in conducting Electronic Warfare (offensive and defensive in nature), and the specifications of the equipment are closely guarded secrets so that the adversary does not fully recognize its capabilities. Consequently, there are many gaps in the equipment specifications included here.  RUMINT is shown in RED font.

By now, everyone is aware that the incident where a Su-24 bomber allegedly flew over the American destroyer ‘Donald Cook’ described in practically all Russian media, during which the Russian aircraft supposedly employed its newest ‘Khibiny’ system to disable the ship’s electronics is RUMINT (RUMINT - RUmor INTelligence [military]). RUMINT can be described as single-source disinformation that obfuscates or “puffs up” an adversary’s capabilities.

Much of the open source information on Russian EW capabilities today comes from the Ukraine where EW plays a big part in Russian military operations. The Russian military has learned many lessons in recent years. EW was not sufficiently used to suppress Georgia’s air defenses, and EW assets were not used to cover advancing forces against attack. There were insufficient numbers of jammers and they spent too little time creating jamming zones. Russians learned there was a lack of EW activity for group defense from battle formations. Subsequently, at an early stage in the Russian operations in Syria, an extensive electronic intelligence system was created in Syria, with an ability to scan the radio traffic of terrorists and militants. Syria provided an important opportunity to combat test and experiment with EW deployments.

According to Ukrainian General Kremenetskyi, Russian armed forces have developed their EW doctrines and they have been adept at learning lessons from recent conflicts and adapted their systems accordingly. “The speed with which the Russians have adapted their EW tactics has been very quick.”

Equipment shown:

1L219M “Zoopark 1M” Counter-Battery Radar System

1L245 “Vstrecha” EA Radar Jammer

1L262E SPR-2M Rtut-BM “Quiksilver-BM” Anti-Artillery EW

1L267 “Moskva-1” Electronic Reconnaissance and Control System

1L269 “Krasukha-20” Ground-Based Electronic Suppression Module 

1L271 “Aistyonok” Portable Radar System 

1RL243 “Rubicon” Mobile Automated SHF Radio Monitoring Station

1RL248-4 “SPN-4 Heart Ache” High Power X-Band Radar Jammer 

1RL257E “Krasukha-S4” Ground-Based Electronic Suppression Module

“Aviaconversia” GNSS Jamming Transmitter 

“Avtobaza” Ground-Based ELINT System

“Leer-2” (Tigr-M REI PP) Mobile EW System 

“Lesochek” Portable Multifunctional EW System (REB-N)

MKTK-1A “Judoist” EW System

Murmansk-BN HF EW Jamming System

“Palantin” EW System 

“Pelena-1” Ground-Based High Power S-Band Counter-AWACS Radar Jammer

“Pelena-6” RCIED Jammer 

“Pishal” - Portable Anti-UAV Complex

PSNR-8M Kredo-M1 Portable Ground Surveillance Radar

Protek R-330Zh “Zhitel” Automated VHF Jamming Station

R-381 T “Taran” Radio Monitoring Complex

R-934B VHF/UHF Aircraft Communications Automatic Jamming Station

RB-109A “Bylina” Brigade-Level Automated Command Post 

RB-301B “Borisoglebsk-2B” Automated Jamming Complex 

RB-341V “Leer-3”

RB-531B “Infauna” EA Jammer

RB-636AM2 “Svet-KU” Complex 

“Repellent-1” Anti-UAV EW System 

RP-377LA “Lorandit” Automated KTK

RP-379 “Tirada-2S” Adaptive SATCOM Jamming Station 

“Topol E” High Power UHF-Band Counter-AEW&C Radar Jammer

“Torn-MDM” Radio Intelligence Complex

 This book provides full Color photos, drawings, specifications and  salient characteristics of Russian surface-to-air missile systems listed  below.  I also included which SAM missiles can be found on Russian  surface warships (by hull number and ship name).  I was able to pull  together a lot of information. Not really sure how accurate it is but  it's as accurate as I could find. Whenever possible, I checked multiple  sources and of course there are instances with slight variation, but by  and large, most of it has been corroborated at multiple sources.  I  included missile systems that Russia no longer uses because many of  those systems have been sold to other countries. The information in this  book is merely a snapshot in time. SAM missiles are complex instruments  that require a great deal of maintenance. Systems are also constantly  being upgraded. New weapons and electronics are installed on a regular  basis. We will reprint this book as new information comes available.

Morpheus Defense System (42S6 "Morfey")
SOSNA-R Combat Vehicle (Strela-10ML)
Strela-10MN Combat Vehicle
CADS-N-1 Kashtan ("Kortik" CIWS)
SA-1 Guild (S-25 "Berkut")4
SA-2 Guideline (SA-N-2) S-75 "Dvina"
SA-3 Goa (SA-N-1) S-125 "Neva"
SA-4 Ganef (2K11 "Krug")
SA-5c Gammon (S-200 "Dubna")
SA-6 Gainful (2K12 "Kub")
SA-7 Grail (9K32 "Strela-2")
SA-8B Gecko (SA-N-4) 9M33 "OSA-M"
SA-9 Gaskin (9K31 "Strela-1")
SA-10d/e Grumble (SA-N-6) S-300PM
SA-11 Gadfly (SA-N-7C) 9K37 "Buk"
SA-12a/b Gladiator/Giant (S-300V)
SA-13 Gopher (9K35M "Strela-10M4")
SA-14 Gremlin (SA-N-8) 9K34 "Strela-3"
SA-15 Gauntlet (SA-N-9) 9K330 "Tor"
SA-16 Gimlet (SA-N-10) 9K310 "Igla-1"
SA-17 Grizzly (SA-N-7/SA-N-12)
SA-18 Grouse (SA-N-10, SA-N-14) "Igla"
SA-19 Grison (2K22M "Tunguska-M1")
SA-20A Gargoyle A (S-300PMU-1)
SA-20B (S-300PMU-2 "Favorite")
SA-21 Growler (S-400 "Triumf")
SA-22 Greyhound ("Pantsir-S1")
SA-23 Gladiator/Giant (S-300VM)
SA-24 Grinch (SA-N-10) 9K338 "Igla-S"
SA-25 Verba (9K333 "Willow")
S-350E (Poliment-Redut) 50R6 "Vityaz"
S-500 Prometheus (55R6M "Triumfator-M")
A-235 Anti-Ballistic Missile System 

The Russian terminology is listed by branch of service because the definitions are slightly different depending on the context.  This book is also available as an eBook which is searchable.

Those that purchase this book through Amazon.com can download the eBook for FREE under Amazon's Matchbook Program. 

NATIONAL DEFENSE (Термины в области национальной обороны)

MILITARY TECHNOLOGY POLICY (Термины по военно-технической политике)

GROUND FORCES (Термины сухопутных войск)

AIRBORNE FORCES (Термины воздушно-десантных войск)

NAVAL FORCES (Термины военно-морского флота)

AEROSPACE FORCES (Термины воздушно-космических сил)

STRATEGIC ROCKET FORCES (Термины РВСН)

MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT (Термины по МТО)

COMMUNICATIONS (Термины по тематике связи)

CROSS-REFERENCE                                                                                         

This is one of eight Russian language KGB Training Manuals that were recently released to the general public. To quote The Interpreter: “…… manuals expose the devious methods of the Soviet Union’s secret police not only to surveil but suborn their own citizens and foreigners in a vast project to extend the Kremlin’s power around the world.”

This was used to teach KGB students how capitalist counter-intelligence agencies would try to set-up KGB agents by “dangling” an offer of valuable intelligence either to insert a western agent into the KGB intelligence network, or to uncover KGB agents and “frame” them.

We are printing this English translation so that the general public can see first hand how the KGB operated and extrapolate their actions to today’s environment. We have no way of verifying if the examples contained herein were, in fact, actual events or whether this entire document is merely disinformation. That said, it is important to remember a quote attributed to Vladimir Putin, 

“There are no former KGB agents.”

This book covers a lot of ground - or ocean. I had no idea that Russia had so many different types of submarines. We tried to confirm the information from several sources, but there is a lot of disinformation out there, so if you run across any anomalies, please let us know and we will make the necessary corrections.

The SECRET KGB Manual for Recruitment of Spies (ПОЛИТИЧЕСКАЯ РАЗВЕДКА С ТЕРРИТОРИИ СССР - Political Intelligence from the Territory of the USSR) was classified secret by the Soviet Union and was only recently published in the west. We are the first to admit that this is a rather basic translation, but we wanted to make it available to those interested in the subject as quickly as possible. Here is an example:

“The solution of the multiple tasks facing the external intelligence of the KGB in the context of the constantly increasing complexity of the operational situation in the countries under review makes it necessary to use various forms and methods of reconnaissance. The traditional forms of such activity are intelligence from legal and illegal positions. The intelligence obtained from legal forms is conducted under the guise of the Soviet institutions and using the possibilities of the Soviet government from the territory of the Soviet soil. In recent years, reconnaissance from the territorial area of the USSR has gained more and more as a result of the steady expansion of the Soviet Union’s ties with the capitalist countries.”

This book is an English translation of a classified KGB manual that examines the network of local agents and tradecraft necessary for recruiting American officials in the Middle East and North Africa. In discussing the difficulty recruiting U.S. personnel, this book states the American counter-intelligence agents, “inspect and track employees of these institutions and their contacts with Soviets better, they take measures to expose Soviet intelligence agents, they organize stings, they conduct surveillance of agents and their connections.” 

A very interesting read, especially now that Russia is expanding their sphere of influence.