The KamAZ-63968 Typhoon-K is a Russian 6x6 MRAP and armored personnel carrier built by KAMAZ for protected troop movement, convoy security, and specialist support roles. Its modular Typhoon-K layout combines a protected crew cab and rear troop module with hydropneumatic suspension, central tire inflation, NBC protection, camera coverage, and mine/blast protection; Russian examples have been visually documented as destroyed, abandoned, and captured during the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Russian KamAZ-63968 Typhoon vehicles are documented in Ukraine as battlefield MRAPs, with Ukrainian reporting describing seized and destroyed examples and Oryx listing visually confirmed destroyed, damaged, abandoned, and captured losses during the 2022 invasion.
Role detailsThe Typhoon-K layout is built around protected mobility rather than a fixed heavy weapon. The standard vehicle carries troops in a rear module, uses roof-suspended seating to reduce mine-blast injury risk, and can mount a remote weapon station when configured for armed escort.
Army Guide describes combined ceramic and steel protection, armored glass, and mine resistance up to 8 kg TNT equivalent.
The 6x6 chassis uses hydropneumatic suspension, all-wheel drive, run-flat tires, and central tire inflation for road and off-road movement.
The troop module is reached through a rear ramp and roof hatches, with cameras and NBC protection supporting operation under threat.
The KamAZ-63968 is the 6x6 armored personnel carrier member of the wider Typhoon-K family, alongside related 4x4, chassis-cab, and more heavily armed or enlarged variants.
| Variant | Configuration | Designation notes |
|---|---|---|
| KamAZ-53949 | 4x4 Typhoon-K family vehicle | Listed with the KamAZ-63968 and KamAZ-63969 as part of the Typhoon-K family represented at RAE-2013. Sources: Army Guide KamAZ-63968 |
| KamAZ-63969 | 6x6 armored fighting vehicle derivative | A related solid-body 6x6 Typhoon-family derivative with a remote weapon station rather than the two-module troop-carrier layout. Sources: Deagel Typhoon |
| KamAZ-63988 | 8x8 armored truck family member | A larger Typhoon-family armored truck described as broadly similar in concept to the KamAZ-63968 but with a fourth axle and larger troop/cargo module. Sources: Deagel Typhoon |
Army Recognition, citing a Russian defense source, reported that KamAZ-63968 Typhoon vehicles were in operational service before return to the manufacturer for optimization after field use.
Defense Express reported that Ukrainian Territorial Defense forces evacuated an abandoned Russian KamAZ-63968 Typhoon and described earlier seized and destroyed Typhoon-K examples in Ukraine.
A Wikimedia Commons photograph from Kyiv identified a captured Russian KAMAZ-63968 Typhoon displayed in Ukraine.
