Direct proof of use
The LC79 APC-SH Fighter-2 is documented in Ukrainian service during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War through procurement, transfer, and later field-service reporting. On September 8, 2022, the Come Back Alive Foundation said it had purchased 11 LC79 APC-SH Fighter2 armored vehicles abroad for Ukraine's 36th Marine Brigade, that the vehicles had been brought to Ukraine, and that they were going directly to the frontline.
The clearest later use account comes from Texty in December 2024. Texty reported Come Back Alive's account of a 36th Marine Brigade driver using an LC79 APC-SH Fighter2 in Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Kursk-area missions. The same report described the vehicle surviving mine, FPV-drone, munition-drop, artillery, rocket, and 7.62 mm fire damage and returning to service after repair.
Sources: Come Back Alive Fighter-2 Purchase, Texty Fighter-2 Frontline Service
Timeline
The public record begins with the September 2022 procurement announcement. Come Back Alive described the 11-vehicle batch as light armored cars for the 36th Marine Brigade after the brigade's losses in the defense of Mariupol and said the unit was again taking part in combat operations.
By December 2024, the vehicles had more than two years of documented service with the brigade. The Texty account placed at least one 36th Marine Brigade Fighter-2 on missions in multiple active sectors and described its use for assaults and moving personnel.
Sources: Come Back Alive Fighter-2 Purchase, Texty Fighter-2 Frontline Service
Narrative
In the cited sources, the Fighter-2 appears as a protected mobility vehicle rather than a heavy armored fighting vehicle. Come Back Alive framed the purchase as a step above unarmored pickup mobility for Ukrainian marines, with space for a small landing party and a turret position suitable for machine guns or automatic grenade launchers.
Texty's 2024 service account shows how that role translated at unit level. A 36th Marine Brigade driver described the vehicle as useful for assaults and for bringing people forward, while the reported damage history tied the vehicle to the war's mine, drone, artillery, rocket, and small-arms threat environment.
The sources support Ukrainian transfer and field service of a small 11-vehicle batch. They do not establish a complete fleet status, a full list of individual vehicle losses, or the exact weapon mounted on each vehicle during specific missions.
Sources: Come Back Alive Fighter-2 Purchase, Texty Fighter-2 Frontline Service, Defence Blog Fighter-2 Report
