Direct proof of use
The clearest public documentation of AMULET in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War comes from October 2023 reporting on a Ukrainian HMMWV-mounted anti-tank missile installation. Militarnyi reported that Ukraine had integrated the Luch Design Bureau AMULET anti-tank missile system on the HMMWV chassis and attributed the photos to the press service of the 1st Special Purpose Brigade named after Ivan Bohun.
Defense Express covered the same 22 October 2023 photo set as a Stugna-P paired launcher on a modified HMMWV. It described the installation as combat-facing Ukrainian brigade equipment and assessed that the pictured launcher was probably AMULET, while noting that the open question was whether the vehicle represented a serial deployment or a field adaptation.
Sources: Militarnyi HMMWV AMULET Integration, Defense Express HMMWV Stugna-P AMULET Assessment
Timeline
AMULET was publicly presented before the full-scale invasion as a Luch vehicle-integration package. In June 2021, Defensehere reported the system's reveal at the Arms and Security exhibition in Kyiv, describing a stabilized two-missile launcher intended for different vehicle platforms and using 130 mm or 152 mm guided missiles.
By 22 October 2023, Ukrainian war reporting showed the system in a conflict setting. The publicly reported HMMWV installation placed AMULET or its Stugna-P launcher family in Ukrainian service during the full-scale phase of the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.
Sources: Defensehere AMULET Reveal, Militarnyi HMMWV AMULET Integration, Defense Express HMMWV Stugna-P AMULET Assessment
Narrative
AMULET's conflict role was vehicle-mounted anti-armor fire support for Ukrainian forces. Luch's brochure frames the system as a remote-controlled combat module with two launch rails, a guidance device, a thermal imager, a remote-control panel, and RK-2-series missiles in transport-launch containers. That design context matches the HMMWV reports, which centered on a paired launcher arrangement operated from a single control panel.
The public record supports a narrow claim: AMULET was fielded by Ukraine in the war, specifically in a HMMWV-mounted installation associated with the 1st Special Purpose Brigade in October 2023. The available sources do not establish the number of vehicles converted, whether the photographed configuration entered serial service, or a verified AMULET missile firing tied to a specific battlefield target.
Sources: AMULET Universal Missile System Brochure, Militarnyi HMMWV AMULET Integration, Defense Express HMMWV Stugna-P AMULET Assessment
