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BRDM-2

Force Atlas / Equipment / BRDM-2

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Reconnaissance vehicle

BRDM-2

A Soviet amphibious scout car of 1960s design — long out of production, still in service across multiple wars from refurbished stock.

FieldedEvidence: Documented
Silhouette · not to scale

Record

FamilyBRDM-2
VariantsBRDM-2
OriginSoviet Union
Era1962 service entry; in service on both sides in Ukraine, and delivered to Mali from 2023
Appears inUkraine–Russia · Mali

Conflict relevance

This is the catalogue's single record for this system. It is relevant to the modules below; each module's Force Atlas shows how it is used there.

Ukraine–Russia · Force AtlasMali · Force Atlas

Operators

Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) · Primary operatorUkraine · Secondary operatorRussia · Secondary operator

Ukraine: Soviet-legacy vehicles in service on both sides since 2014; visually documented losses throughout the full-scale war. · Russia: Widely fielded in reconnaissance and rear-area roles.

DonorsRussia

Battlefield role

In Ukraine, a reconnaissance and rear-area vehicle on both sides, with losses visually documented since 2014. In Mali, part of the Russian-delivered packages that re-equipped FAMa's mobile columns from 2023. Sixty years on, refurbished stock still soldiers on because it exists in numbers, not because it excels.

Branch & service operators

PartialConfidence: moderateStatus as of 2026-01Reviewed 2026-07-19Sources: Established international media reporting · Oryx visually-confirmed equipment documentationMethodology