Manufacturer catalog

Military Industrial Company

Military Industrial Company is a Russian defense manufacturer focused on wheeled armored vehicles and protected mobility systems, best known for the BTR-82 family and related platform work.

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Military Industrial Company, usually shortened to VPK, is the Moscow-based Russian defense manufacturer associated with wheeled armored vehicles, protected-mobility vehicles, and related chassis work. Public sanctions and registry sources identify the legal company as LLC Military Industrial Company and place its incorporation in 2006.

This builder catalog page exists to explain the industrial context behind the catalog entries that carry the Military Industrial Company manufacturer facet. The company profile stays focused on corporate identity, product families, and sourced background; the weapon pages carry the conflict-specific use evidence.

wheeled armored vehiclesprotected mobilityarmored personnel carrierstactical armored vehiclesspecial-purpose military vehicles

Notable Systems

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

BTR-82/BTR-82A

8x8 amphibious armored personnel carrier

The BTR-82A family is the main catalog anchor for this builder facet and remains the clearest public example of the company’s armored-vehicle line.

Sources: manufacturer, background

Bumerang platform

TASS describes Bumerang as a standardized wheeled armored platform developed by Military Industrial Company and the basis for the K-16 and K-17 family.

Sources: manufacturer, background

Tigr armored vehicle family

TASS reports that Military Industrial Company delivered more than 2,000 Tigr armored vehicles and that serial production started at the Arzamas Machine-Building Plant.

Sources: manufacturer, background

Manufacturer History

  1. Company incorporated

    OpenSanctions and registry data identify 31 July 2006 as the incorporation date for LLC Military Industrial Company.

    Sources: OpenSanctions entity profile

  2. K-17 family appears publicly

    TASS later reported that the K-17 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle on the Bumerang platform was unveiled publicly on Red Square in 2015.

    Sources: Bumerang platform trial report

  3. Tigr production milestone

    TASS quoted the company CEO saying that more than 2,000 Tigr armored vehicles had been delivered since 2005 and that Arzamas Machine-Building Plant forms part of the company.

    Sources: Tigr delivery report

Website links
Official websiteOpenSanctions entity profileBumerang platform trial reportTigr delivery report

Public information on the company is limited and often routed through sanctions notices or state-linked reporting. Open-source references use Military Industrial Company, VPK, MIC, and the legal LLC name interchangeably, so this profile treats those as aliases rather than separate builders.

Manufacturer Sources

  • OpenSanctions entity profilePublisher: OpenSanctions | Note: Supports the legal name, aliases, incorporation date, Moscow address, website, ownership context, and sanctions status for Military Industrial Company. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Bumerang platform trial reportPublisher: TASS | Note: Supports Military Industrial Company as the developer of the Bumerang wheeled armored platform and provides product-line context for the K-16 and K-17 family. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Tigr delivery reportPublisher: TASS | Note: Supports the Tigr armored vehicle family as a Military Industrial Company product line and gives public production-history context for the builder profile. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • BTR-82A upgrade reportPublisher: TASS | Note: Supports the BTR-82A family as a Military Industrial Company vehicle line and provides technical background for the builder's armored-vehicle portfolio. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Military Industrial Company logoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the reusable public-domain logo image; the file page traces the artwork to the company's official about page on milindcom.ru. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Armored Vehicles

Troop carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and protected mobility.

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GAZ-3937 Vodnik, 4x4 amphibious armored mobility and reconnaissance vehicle, Armored Vehicles2014 Russia-Ukraine WarGAZ-3937 Vodnik4x4 amphibious armored mobility and reconnaissance vehicleBuilt in: RussiaThe GAZ-3937 Vodnik is a Russian 4x4 amphibious armored vehicle family built around a modular front-and-rear body concept for troop transport, reconnaissance, convoy escort, ambulance, and utility roles. The GAZ-39371 production variant is associated with Military Industrial Company and Arzamas Machine-Building Plant sourcing, can carry mission modules or turreted armament, and appears in the Ukraine-war catalog as rare captured Russian armored mobility equipment.
GAZ Tigr, 4x4 armored utility and infantry mobility vehicle, Armored Vehicles2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2011 Syrian Civil WarGAZ Tigr4x4 armored utility and infantry mobility vehicleBuilt in: RussiaThe GAZ Tigr is a Russian 4x4 protected mobility vehicle family built around patrol, troop transport, escort, command, and special-purpose mission fits. The catalog entry treats Tigr, Tigr-M, and Tigr-M SpN vehicles as a family because Ukraine-war evidence includes ordinary troop carriers, captured Tigr-Ms, and Tigr-based mission systems rather than one standardized armament package.
AMN-590951 VPK-Ural, 4x4 mine-resistant armored utility vehicle, Armored Vehicles2014 Russia-Ukraine WarAMN-590951 VPK-Ural4x4 mine-resistant armored utility vehicleBuilt in: RussiaThe AMN-590951 VPK-Ural is a Russian 4x4 protected mobility vehicle from Military Industrial Company, also known under Spartak naming. It combines an armored crew compartment, mine-resistant underbody, and truck-based mobility for troop transport, patrol, liaison, and command-vehicle work; Ukraine-war evidence documents Russian deployment, visually confirmed losses and captures, and captured vehicles reused by Ukrainian forces for command or liaison work.
BTR-82/BTR-82A, 8x8 amphibious armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2011 Syrian Civil War +2 moreBTR-82/BTR-82A8x8 amphibious armored personnel carrierBuilt in: 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 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.

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Electronic Warfare

Systems built to sense, relay, jam, deceive, or attack electromagnetic networks.

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Leer-2 electronic warfare system, Mobile electronic warfare vehicle, Electronic Warfare2014 Russia-Ukraine WarLeer-2 electronic warfare systemMobile electronic warfare vehicleBuilt in: RussiaThe Leer-2 is a Russian mobile electronic warfare system installed on a Tigr-M 4x4 armored vehicle and built for radio reconnaissance, signal emulation, and jamming of enemy communications. Open sources describe a compact two-operator mission system with roof-mounted antennas, while Ukraine-war evidence places Leer-2 systems in Russian electronic-warfare activity from Crimea and Ilovaisk to documented full-scale-war losses.

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Support Equipment

Transport, logistics, recovery, command, engineering, and other enabling equipment.

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