Manufacturer catalog

AvtoKrAZ

AvtoKrAZ is the Kremenchuk, Ukraine heavy-vehicle manufacturer associated with KrAZ off-road trucks, military chassis, and armored special-purpose vehicles. Its catalog relevance comes through Ukrainian protected-mobility and truck-derived systems including KrAZ Hulk, KrAZ Fiona, KrAZ Shrek, KrAZ Cobra, KrAZ Cougar, and KrAZ Spartan variants documented in open sources.

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AvtoKrAZ, also known through the KrAZ and Kremenchuk Automobile Plant names, produces heavy-duty trucks and special-purpose vehicles from Kremenchuk, Ukraine. Public defense references tie the company to truck platforms such as the KrAZ-6322 and to armored vehicles including the KrAZ Hulk, Fiona, and Shrek families.

The manufacturer sits in Ukraine's heavy-vehicle industrial base rather than in a narrow armored-car niche. Army Technology describes a broad KrAZ range with two-, three-, and four-axle vehicle families, while defense reporting has documented both protected vehicles and 4x4 truck supply contracts.

Weapon records carry the direct source support for each vehicle's conflict use, export offering, licensed-production context, and technical configuration.

heavy-duty military trucksoff-road chassisarmored personnel carriersmine-resistant protected vehiclesspecial-purpose vehicles

Notable Systems

KrAZ Hulk, 4x4 MRAP / armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles

KrAZ Hulk

4x4 MRAP / armored personnel carrier

Army Recognition and Army Guide identify KrAZ as manufacturer of the Hulk 4x4 MRAP / armored personnel carrier.

Sources: Army Recognition KrAZ Hulk Unveiling, Army Guide KrAZ Hulk
KrAZ Fiona, 6x6 MRAP / armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles

KrAZ Fiona

6x6 MRAP / armored personnel carrier

Existing catalog entry for the KrAZ-6322-based 6x6 MRAP associated with Kremenchuk Automobile Plant and STREIT Group context.

Sources: Army Technology AvtoKrAZ profile
KrAZ Shrek, 4x4 MRAP / mine-protected armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles

KrAZ Shrek

4x4 MRAP / mine-protected armored personnel carrier

Existing catalog entry for the KrAZ Shrek / Shrek-M protected-vehicle family associated with AvtoKrAZ's armored-vehicle line.

Sources: Army Technology AvtoKrAZ profile, Wikimedia Commons KrAZ Shrek One Image

Manufacturer History

  1. Kremenchuk plant origins

    Reference material traces the Kremenchuk Automobile Plant's origins to a Soviet decision to build a mechanical bridge plant in Kremenchuk in 1945.

    Sources: KrAZ Wikipedia Baseline

  2. Armored-vehicle production noted

    GlobalSecurity reports that PJSC AutoKrAZ began serial production of armored vehicles in 2013.

    Sources: GlobalSecurity AutoKrAZ Profile

  3. KrAZ Hulk unveiled

    Army Recognition reported that KrAZ unveiled the Hulk 4x4 armored vehicle at Kyiv's Arms and Security exhibition in October 2016.

    Sources: Army Recognition KrAZ Hulk Unveiling

  4. U.S. Army truck-supply contract reported

    Army Recognition reported that AutoKrAZ received a three-year contract to supply the U.S. Army Contracting Command with KrAZ 4x4 heavy-duty vehicles and spare parts, including personnel, flatbed, water-tanker, and fuel-tanker configurations.

    Sources: Army Recognition U.S. Army KrAZ Contract

  5. Strategic-company shares transferred under martial law

    RFE/RL reported that Ukraine took shares in five strategic companies, including vehicle maker AvtoKrAZ, and transferred management of the seized assets to the Defense Ministry under martial-law authorities.

    Sources: RFE/RL Ukraine Strategic Companies

Website links
Official websiteArmy Technology AvtoKrAZ profileArmy Guide AvtoKrAZ profileWikimedia Commons KrAZ image

The official AvtoKrAZ website is retained as the profile website URL, but current profile claims are supported by accessible reference, media-license, and defense-industry sources. Public reporting after November 2022 describes wartime state control of strategic-company shares; weapon-specific combat, trial, and specification claims remain on individual weapon records.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Army Recognition KrAZ Hulk UnveilingPublisher: Army Recognition | Note: Supports AvtoKrAZ/KrAZ manufacturer attribution for the KrAZ Hulk and Kremenchuk/KrAZ protected-vehicle catalog role. | Accessed: 2026-07-06
  • Army Guide KrAZ HulkPublisher: Army Guide | Note: Supports KRAZ manufacturer attribution for the Hulk mine-protected carrier. | Accessed: 2026-07-06
  • Army Technology AvtoKrAZ profilePublisher: Army Technology | Note: Supports AvtoKrAZ identity as a Ukrainian heavy-duty and special-purpose vehicle manufacturer and provides manufacturer-profile context. | Accessed: 2026-07-06
  • GlobalSecurity AutoKrAZ ProfilePublisher: GlobalSecurity.org | Note: Supports AutoKrAZ heavy-truck and armored-vehicle industrial context, including reporting that serial armored-vehicle production began in 2013. | Accessed: 2026-07-06
  • Army Recognition U.S. Army KrAZ ContractPublisher: Army Recognition | Note: Supports the 2021 report that AutoKrAZ received a three-year contract to supply KrAZ 4x4 heavy-duty vehicles and spare parts for the U.S. Army Contracting Command. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • RFE/RL Ukraine Strategic CompaniesPublisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty | Note: Supports the 2022 wartime transfer of shares in strategic companies including AvtoKrAZ and the Defense Ministry management context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Wikimedia Commons KrAZ Shrek One ImagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the manufacturer image; the Commons file page identifies the vehicle as a KrAZ Shrek on the AvtoKrAZ stand at Arms and Security 2015 and lists the file under CC BY-SA 4.0. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • KrAZ Wikipedia BaselinePublisher: Wikipedia | Note: Baseline terminology and history source-discovery reference for KrAZ, AvtoKrAZ, and Kremenchuk Automobile Plant naming. | Accessed: 2026-07-06

Produced weapons

Category

Armored Vehicles

Troop carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and protected mobility.

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Spartan Mk III infantry mobility vehicle, 4x4 infantry mobility vehicle / light armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles2009 Boko Haram Insurgency, 2014 Second Libyan Civil War +1 moreSpartan Mk III infantry mobility vehicle4x4 infantry mobility vehicle / light armored personnel carrierBuilt in: Canada / United Arab Emirates / UkraineThe Spartan Mk III is a STREIT Group 4x4 infantry mobility vehicle built around a Ford F-550-based armored hull for protected troop movement, convoy security, and counter-terrorism work. The family includes the Ukrainian AvtoKrAZ-built KrAZ Spartan licensed derivative, with documented conflict evidence spanning Nigerian Army use and insurgent possession caveats, Libyan battlefield capture context, and Ukrainian KrAZ-Spartan service.
KrAZ Shrek, 4x4 MRAP / mine-protected armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles2014 Russia-Ukraine WarKrAZ Shrek4x4 MRAP / mine-protected armored personnel carrierBuilt in: Ukraine / United Arab EmiratesThe KrAZ Shrek is a Ukrainian KrAZ-5233NE-based 4x4 MRAP developed by AvtoKrAZ with STREIT Group for protected troop movement, patrol, route-clearance, ambulance, and mine-interrogation roles. Open sources document Ukrainian National Guard delivery, Mariupol route-clearance deployment, later Ukrainian military testing, and visually recorded 2022 losses during the Russia-Ukraine War, while official export data and reusable media show the baseline Shrek One and Shrek-M family configurations.
KrAZ Fiona, 6x6 MRAP / armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles2014 Russia-Ukraine WarKrAZ Fiona6x6 MRAP / armored personnel carrierBuilt in: Ukraine / United Arab EmiratesThe KrAZ Fiona is a 6x6 mine-resistant armored personnel carrier developed around the KrAZ-6322 truck chassis by Kremenchug Automobile Plant with STREIT Group involvement. Official export data presents it as a V-hull protected-mobility vehicle for patrol, convoy escort, troop transport, command-and-control, and medical-evacuation configurations; open reporting supports Ukrainian military test and evaluation during the Russia-Ukraine War, but not a standardized battlefield fleet.