Manufacturer catalog

Practika

Practika is a Ukrainian research-and-production association focused on military and special-purpose vehicles, including the Kozak protected-vehicle family. Its public materials describe a full-cycle enterprise founded in 1993 that later reoriented toward defense production and supplies armored vehicles for Ukrainian state customers and export markets.

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Practika presents itself as a full-cycle Ukrainian producer of specialized vehicles, with public product lines that include Kozak 2, Kozak 2M1, Kozak 2M2, Kozak 5, Kozak 7, Djura, Otaman, and Horungy armored platforms.

For this catalog, Practika matters as the manufacturer behind the Kozak-2 protected mobility vehicle and related Kozak family variants documented in Ukrainian military service.

Armored vehiclesMRAP-class protected mobility vehiclesSpecial-purpose vehiclesArmored glass and vehicle protectionDefense production under Ukrainian state orders

Notable Systems

Kozak-2, 4x4 MRAP-class armored vehicle, Armored Vehicles

Kozak-2

4x4 MRAP-class armored vehicle

Practika's official product page describes Kozak-2 as a classic MRAP vehicle for troop transport, command-and-control, jamming, and other auxiliary tasks.

Sources: Practika KOZAK 2 product page
Kozak-7, 4x4 armored combat vehicle, Armored Vehicles

Kozak-2M1

4x4 armored combat vehicle

Practika lists Kozak-2M1 as a tactical vehicle for combat missions directly on the battlefield and publishes its mobility, protection, and seating specifications.

Sources: Practika KOZAK 2M1 product page
Kozak-5, 4x4 armored vehicle, Armored Vehicles

Kozak-5

4x4 armored vehicle

Practika describes Kozak-5 as a versatile armored vehicle for combat and auxiliary tactical tasks, with high dynamic performance from a high power-to-weight ratio.

Sources: Practika KOZAK 5 product page
Kozak-7, 4x4 armored combat vehicle, Armored Vehicles

Kozak-7

4x4 armored combat vehicle

Practika presents Kozak-7 as an armored utility vehicle for lower-intensity tactical tasks, police units, and special operations forces, with compact dimensions suited to dense urban areas.

Sources: Practika KOZAK 7 product page

Manufacturer History

  1. Practika founded

    Practika's official homepage says the research and production association was founded in 1993 and has produced specialized civilian and military vehicles.

    Sources: Practika official homepage

  2. Defense-production reorientation

    Ukraine's NSDC reported that Practika had re-profiled for defense-equipment production since 2014.

    Sources: NSDC Practika plant visit

  3. State defense-order contractor

    The NSDC report says Practika had been a contractor under Ukraine's state defense order since 2016.

    Sources: NSDC Practika plant visit

  4. Kozak-2 delivery reported

    Army Recognition reported that Practika delivered more than forty Kozak-2 armored vehicles to the Ukrainian Army and that more than 240 Kozak-2 vehicles were in Ukrainian Armed Forces and law-enforcement service.

    Sources: Army Recognition 2020 Kozak-2 delivery

Website links
Official websiteKozak-2 product pageKozak-2M1 product pageKozak-5 product pageKozak-7 product pageNSDC plant-visit report

Public English-language sources use both Practika and Praktika spellings, and Ukrainian reporting also expands the name as a research-and-production association. The profile keeps Practika as the canonical public label and records common alternate spellings in aliases.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Practika official homepagePublisher: Practika | Note: Supports the company's official identity, founding year, full-cycle production description, military and special-purpose product focus, and public armored-vehicle product line. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Practika KOZAK 2 product pagePublisher: Practika | Note: Supports Kozak-2 product identity, MRAP description, and mission-role context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Practika KOZAK 2M1 product pagePublisher: Practika | Note: Supports the Kozak-2M1 product identity, tactical-vehicle role, specifications, and protection data. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Practika KOZAK 5 product pagePublisher: Practika | Note: Supports Kozak-5 product identity, tactical role, and official performance/specification context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Practika KOZAK 7 product pagePublisher: Practika | Note: Supports Kozak-7 product identity, tactical and police/special-operations positioning, and official performance/specification context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • NSDC Practika plant visitPublisher: National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine | Note: Supports Practika's legal-style name, defense-production reorientation since 2014, state defense-order contractor status since 2016, and production of Kozak-family armored vehicles. | Accessed: 2026-07-06
  • Army Recognition 2020 Kozak-2 deliveryPublisher: Army Recognition | Note: Supports Practika manufacture of Kozak-2, Ukrainian Army delivery context, service count reporting, and general Kozak-2 technical background. | Accessed: 2026-07-06

Produced weapons

Category

Armored Vehicles

Troop carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and protected mobility.

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Kozak-7, 4x4 armored combat vehicle, Armored Vehicles2014 Russia-Ukraine WarKozak-74x4 armored combat vehicleBuilt in: UkraineThe Kozak-7 is a Ukrainian Practika 4x4 armored combat vehicle built on a heavily modified Ford F-550 base, with a protected troop capsule, V8 diesel powertrain, and a design emphasis on urban-combat mobility and lower-cost serial production. It was first promoted as an export-oriented private-defense-industry project, then appeared with Ukrainian Air Assault Forces and in Oryx's visually documented Ukrainian losses during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.
Kozak-2, 4x4 MRAP-class armored vehicle, Armored Vehicles2014 Russia-Ukraine WarKozak-24x4 MRAP-class armored vehicleBuilt in: UkraineThe Kozak-2 is a Ukrainian Practika 4x4 protected mobility vehicle built around an MRAP-style armored hull, troop transport capacity, and modular mission fits. Ukrainian forces adopted the vehicle during the ongoing Russia-Ukraine War, OSCE monitors documented Kozak-2 vehicles in the Donbas security zone before 2022, and Ukrainian reporting later recorded Kozak-2M1 deliveries to assault troops during the full-scale invasion phase.