List of equipment used by Russian people's militias in Ukraine explained

This is a list of equipment of the armed forces of the Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic currently used in the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Small arms

Pistols

NameTypeCartridgeOriginPhotoNotes
Semi-automatic pistol7.62×25mm Tokarev8-round magazine. Limited usage.
8-round magazine. Most commonly used pistol by the pro-Russian separatists.
9×18mm Makarov20-round magazine.
Type 54 pistolSemi-automatic pistol7.62×25mm TokarevAt least one was documented in Severodonetsk in 2019.

Submachine guns

NameTypeCartridgeOriginPhotoNotes
35-round box magazine and 71-round drum magazine. Limited usage in the beginning of the conflict.
Submachine gun7.62×25mm Tokarev35-round box magazine. Limited usage in the beginning of the conflict.

Shotguns

NameTypeCartridgeOriginPhotoNotes
Akkar AltaySemi-automatic shotgun12 gauge[1]
Armscor Model 30Pump-action shotgun12 gauge

Assault rifles

NameTypeCartridgeOriginPhotoNotes
AKMAssault rifle7.62×39mm
AKMSAssault rifle7.62×39mm
AKS-74UAssault carbine5.45×39mm[2]
AK-74MAssault rifle5.45×39mm

Precision rifles

NameTypeCartridgeOriginPhotoNotes
AS ValSuppressed assault rifle9×39mm
VSSSuppressed assault rifle9×39mm
SVDDesignated marksman rifle7.62×54mmR
Zbroyar Z-10Designated marksman rifle7.62×51mm NATO

Anti-materiel rifles

NameTypeCartridgeOriginPhotoNotes
Single-shot reloadable rifle.
Anti-tank rifle 14.5×114mm 5-round magazine.
Introduced for service with Russian forces in 2013. Any exports on this rifle is unknown.
OSV-96Anti-materiel rifle12.7×108mmLimited use.

Machine guns

NameTypeCartridgeOriginPhotoNotes
100-round drum magazine.
Light machine gun 40-round capacity box magazine or 75-round drum magazine.
Light machine gun 5.45×39mm M74 30 or 45-round magazine.

Belt fed with 250-round cloth belts. Seen twice in 2014, at least one was non-operational.
Belt fed with 100, 200 or 250-round boxes. In Ukraine, the PKM is produced under the name KM-7.62.
General-purpose machine gun Captured from Ukrainian forces in spring 2014.
Belt fed with 50-round boxes.
Heavy machine gun Belt fed with 40 or 50-round boxes.
Heavy machine gun Belt fed with 50-round boxes. In Ukraine, the NSV is produced under the name KM-12.7 or KT-12.7.
General-purpose machine gun 7.62×54mmR PKP is not known to be in service with Ukrainian forces, and has only been exported outside of Russia in limited quantities.

Explosives/armor-piercing weapons

Grenades and grenade launchers

NameTypeDiameterOriginPhotoNotes
55mm 5-meter kill radius. Limited usage.
RG-42Fragmentation grenade54mmAt least one was documented in Hrytsenkove in 2019.[3]
Fragmentation grenade 55mm Reported to be bombarded on government forces using multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles by pro-Russian separatists.[4]
Fragmentation grenade 58mm Propels ~350 fragments, 5-meter kill radius, 3.2–4-second fuse.
Fragmentation grenade 60mm 4–10-meter kill radius, 3.2–4.2-second fuse.
Under-barrel grenade launcher40mm Can be fitted to AK type rifles.
AGS-17[5] 30mm Belt fed with 29-round drums, high rate of fire.

Mines

NameTypeDetonationOriginPhotoNotes
MON-50[6] Tripwire/Command Propels ~485/540 steel projectiles to a kill radius of 50 meters.
MON-90Anti-personnel mine Tripwire/Command Propels ~2000 steel projectiles to a kill radius of 90 meters.
Tripwire/Command ~500g TNT, propels ~2400 steel projectiles.
Anti-personnel mine Pressure Propels ~400 steel projectiles to a kill radius of 100 meters.
Anti-personnel mine Pressure 240g TNT
Anti-personnel mine Pressure 50g TG-40 (RDX/TNT)
Pressure 7.5 kg TNT.

Anti-tank

NameTypeDiameterOriginPhotoNotes
Warhead diameter varies Reloadable launcher.
Rocket-propelled grenade64mm Some of these launchers captured from the separatists were evidently brought from Russia.
Rocket-propelled grenade 72.5mm Single-shot disposable launcher.
RPG-26[7] Rocket-propelled grenade 72.5mm Single-shot disposable launcher.
73mm Single-shot reloadable launcher.
120mm Wire-guided anti-tank missile system.
135mm Wire-guided anti-tank missile system.
Anti-tank missile 94mm Wire-guided anti-tank missile system.
Anti-tank missile 130mm Wire-guided anti-tank missile system.
Anti-tank missile 152mm The system components were found discarded on a battlefield near Starobesheve. It has not been exported to Ukraine.

Flamethrowers

NameTypeDiameterOriginPhotoNotes
93mm Some of the launchers captured from the separatists were evidently produced in Russia in 2000s.
MRO-A[8] Rocket-propelled flamethrower 72.5mm It is not known to have been exported outside of Russia.

Vehicles

The ongoing war makes the list below include tentative estimates.

Tanks

NameTypeQuantityOriginPhotoNotes
1+ A number of T-34s were reactivated by the separatist forces from war memorials.
Medium tank1+ Taken from Donetsk historical museum on 7 July 2014.[9]
T-62M/BV N/A Assigned to reservist units during 2022.[10]
T-64A/B/BM/BV 400 (DPR claim)
Some were reportedly supplied from Russia.[11] [12] T-64BM serviceability doubtful.[13]
T-72B/B3/BA/B mod. 1989 Main battle tank 300 (DPR claim)
Three seen in Sverdlovsk.[14] [15] Six seen in 2015.[16] Over 34 claimed supplied by Russia.[17] T72BM not exported from Russia. One seen in convoy in Sverdlovsk.[18] [19] [20]
T-80/BV Main battle tank 57 (DPR claim) At least six T-80 tanks were spotted by the OSCE in January 2015 near Donetsk.[21]
T-90Main battle tank3In 2018 the DPR claimed to have 3 T-90 tanks in service.

Infantry fighting vehicles

NameTypeQuantityOriginPhotoNotes
BMP-1 / BMP-1P / BMP-1KSh1+
Infantry fighting vehicle 1+
Airborne infantry fighting vehicle 1
Airborne infantry fighting vehicle 1+
Infantry fighting vehicle 1+

Armoured personnel carriers

NameTypeQuantityOriginPhotoNotes
Armoured personnel carrier 1+
Armoured personnel carrier 1+
Armoured personnel carrier 1+ Some were reportedly supplied from Russia.[22]
Armoured personnel carrier 1[23]
Armoured personnel carrier 1+ Some were reportedly supplied from Russia.
Armoured personnel carrier 1[24]
Armoured personnel carrier 1[25]
Armoured personnel carrier 1+ /
At least one destroyed near Ilovaisk.
Armoured personnel carrier 1+
At least one destroyed in Ukraine in September 2014.
Armoured personnel carrier 1+
At least one destroyed near Ilovaisk.
Armoured personnel carrier 1+
It was only adopted in Russia in early 2013. It is not known to have been exported to any other country. Seen on videos filmed by the separatists. Also seen destroyed in Novosvitlivka.[26]

Armored scout vehicles

NameTypeQuantityOriginPhotoNotes
Combat reconnaissance vehicle 1+
1+

Armoured recovery vehicles

NameTypeQuantityOriginPhotoNotes
1+
Armoured recovery vehicle 1+
Armoured recovery vehicle 1+

Trenchers

NameTypeQuantityOriginPhotoNotes
1+ One captured from Ukrainian forces.
Trencher1+At least one was spotted by the OSCE in January 2018.[27]

Light armored vehicles

NameTypeQuantityOriginPhotoNotes
Armoured utility vehicle 15+ Photographed by OSCE monitors using a drone at a training area in April 2021.[28] [29]
1+ Seen in Krasnodon.[30] [31]
BPM-97[32] / Dozor / Dozor-N / Vystrel Light armored vehicle 10+ Four seen in the late December Luhansk People's Republic military exercises.[33] 10 vehicles seen in Krasnodon, several seen in Luhansk.[34] [35]
High-mobility multipurpose vehicle 1-2+ Captured in Debaltsevo after being abandoned by Ukrainian forces.[36]

Logistics and utility vehicles

NameTypeQuantityOriginPhotoNotes
Off-road van 2+ One seen in 2014. At least one ambulance vehicle was spotted in 2015 by the OSCE.[37]
2+ Two seen north of Sloviansk.[38]
Medium cargo truck 17+ At least 17 Ural-4320 seen towing 155mm Msta-B howitzers in November 2014.[39]
Kamaz-4310 Medium cargo truck 80+[40] At least five Kamaz-4310 were spotted by the OSCE in 2018.[41]
Heavy cargo truck1+Seen towing 122mm D-30 howitzers in 2014. At least one spotted by the OSCE in 2019.[42]
4x4 off-road military truck 10+ Observed by the OSCE, mostly used as radio relaying stations.[43]
Medium cargo truck 20+ At least 20 were spotted by the OSCE in November 2017.[44]
1+

Artillery

Mortars

NameTypeQuantityOriginPhotoNotes
N/A At least two reported captured from separatist forces by Ukrainian Forces.
120-mm infantry mortar N/A
2S12 Sani[45] 120mm heavy mortar N/A At least two reported captured from separatist forces by Ukrainian Forces.
82mm infantry mortar N/A Captured from Ukrainian forces.
82mm automatic mortar N/A 4-mortar shell cassette.

Field artillery

NameTypeQuantityOriginPhotoNotes
100mm anti-tank gun 1+
1 Reportedly used by 132nd Motor Rifle Brigade (DNR).[46]
2 Observed by OSCE.[47]
12+ Observed by OSCE.
D-30[48] "Lyagushka" 122mm towed howitzer 35+[49] [50] Observed by OSCE.
152mm howitzer 2+ Use documented in videos.
120mm anti-tank gun 1+ Ukraine reportedly had only two of these before the war.[51]
152mm howitzer 6+ Observed by OSCE.

Self-propelled field artillery

NameTypeQuantityOriginPhotoNotes
15+ Observed by OSCE.
7+ Observed by OSCE.
152mm self-propelled field gun 1+
203 mm self-propelled artillery 2+ Two seen in Makiivka.[52] [53]
2S9 Nona-S 120mm self-propelled mortar 1+
2S19 Msta-S 152mm self-propelled howitzer 3+ Serviceability doubtful.
One is suspected to come from Russia.
240mm self-propelled mortar 1+ One mortar was observed by OSCE in 2015.[54]

Rocket artillery

NameTypeQuantityOriginPhotoNotes
Cheburashka Multiple rocket launcher N/A First unveiled at 2018 victory parade.Doubts where raised about their local production.
Snezhinka[55] 220mm Multiple rocket launcher N/A First unveiled at 2018 victory parade. Doubts where raised about their local production
BM-21 Grad (9K51) 69 In 2018 the DPR allegedly had 69 Grads in service.
220mm multiple rocket launcher 10 (DPR claim) Two seen in Khartsyzk in February 2015.[56]
300mm multiple rocket launcher 5 (DPR claim) At least two seen in Makiivka in February 2015.[57] [58]
122mm light portable rocket system N/A Several seen in several Luhansk region areas.[59]
Grad-K ("Grad" on KamAZ-5350 chassis) 122mm multiple rocket launcher N/A The 2B26 machine is a Russian modification of the original BM-21 launcher. It was first produced in 2011.[60] It is seen on a video with separatists firing Grads in January 2015.[61] [62]
TOS-1 Buratino 6 (DPR claim)Observed in a training area in LPR-controlled Kruhlyk.[63]

Air Defences

Towed anti-aircraft gun

NameTypeQuantityOriginPhotoNotes
23mm anti-aircraft gun N/A Some are mounted on trucks and MT-LBs.
14.5mm anti-aircraft gun N/A
57mm anti-aircraft gun N/A

Air defense vehicles

NameTypeQuantityOriginPhotoNotes
6x6 amphibious surface-to-air missile system 1+ One claimed to be captured from Ukrainian forces in the "southern cauldron".[64]
9K35 Strela-10[65] Short range surface-to-air missile 3+ One from the Vostok Battalion was seen near the Donetsk Airport in July 2014 nicknamed "Лягушонок" (frogling).[66] One seen in a Sverdlovsk convoy. Another one spotted by OSCE SMM in 2021 nearl Luhansk.[67]
Short range surface-to-air missile 1+
Short range self-propelled anti-aircraft gun and surface-to-air missile 1+
Medium range surface-to-air missile 1+ It is not known to have been exported to Ukraine.
Seen in Luhansk and Makiivka in early 2015.[68] [69] [70] Its used rocket components were also reported to be observed in Ukraine in November 2014.

Man-portable air-defense systems

NameTypeMax. altitudeOriginPhotoNotes
1500m Some Ukrainian stocks of Strela-2s went missing early in the conflict, and are presumably under separatist control.
Man-portable air-defense system 3500m Supplied by Russia (Ukrainian claim).[71] [72] Captured from Ukrainian armouries (DPR claim).[73] The system has identification friend or foe system which undermines DPR claims.[74]
Man-portable air-defense system 3500m This Polish weapon was reportedly captured from pro-Russian separatists. It was fitted with a Russian-made 9P516 gripstock, designed for the 9K38 Igla. Russian forces are known to have captured some of these from Georgia.

Electronic warfare

NameTypeQuantityOriginPhotoNotes
R-330Zh Zhitel Anti-cellular and satellite communications jamming station 1+ One station spotted by an unmanned aerial vehicle of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission near Michurine in August 2015 and 11 km south of Donetsk city in June 2016.[75] [76]
RB-341V Leer-3Anti-GSM reconnaissance and jamming station, with Orlan-10 drones1+Spotted by the OSCE SMM near Chornukhyne, 64 km SW of Luhansk on 28 July 2018.[77] Observed by OSCE in 2020.[78]
R-934B SinitsaJamming station1+Observed by OSCE in 2020.
RB-636 Svet-KURadio control and information protection system1+Observed by OSCE in 2020.
1L269 Krasukha-2Anti-air jamming station1+Spotted by the OSCE SMM near Chornukhyne, 64 km SW of Luhansk on 28 July 2018.
RB-109A BylinaBrigade-level electronic warfare automated control system1+Spotted by the OSCE SMM near Chornukhyne, 64 km SW of Luhansk on 28 July 2018.
Repellent-1Anti-drone electronic warfare system1+Spotted by the OSCE SMM near Chornukhyne, 64 km SW of Luhansk on 28 July 2018.
51U6 Kasta-2E1C-band ultra-high frequency (300 MHz-1 GHz) 2D target acquisition radar designed to acquire the range and heading of small targets flying at low altitudes. Installed on KamAZ-43114 6×6 off-road chassis.1Observed at a training area near Buhaivka, 37 km southwest of Luhansk by OSCE SMM drone.
P-19 "Danube"High mobility radar and with the antenna mounted on the single truck1Spotted by the OSCE SMM near Verbova Balka, 28 km south-east of Donetsk on 18 February 2020.[79]

Aircraft

Unmanned aerial vehicles

NameQuantityOriginPhotoNotes
Eleron-3SV[84] [85] [86] [87] [88] N/A
Forpost (IAI Searcher)N/A
Five unmanned aerial vehicles shot down by Ukrainian forces.[89] [90] [91]
Granat-1[92] N/A
N/A
Granat-4[93] N/A
Navodchik-2[94] N/A Ground control station
6+ Four shot down by Ukrainian forces in 2014[95] and one in 2016.
Another one crashed on Ukrainian territory in 2017.[96] On 13 May 2017 the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission saw a Orlan-10 flying over the road from Makiivka (12 km north-east of Donetsk) to Donetsk city.[97]
Takhion[98] N/A
Zala 421-04M[99] N/A
Zastava (IAI Bird-Eye 400)[100] [101] N/A
Unknown unmanned aerial vehicle number 2166 N/A
Unknown unmanned aerial vehicle number 2207 N/A
Non-military unmanned aerial vehicle N/A Quadcopters, fixed-wing drones. One used by the rebels during the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport.

See also

Bibliography

Notes and References

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