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  1. 2K12 Kub (SA-6 Gainful)Pro The 2K12 Kub, known to NATO as the SA-6 Gainful, is a Soviet tracked surface-to-air missile system built to accompany ground forces and engage aircraft at low and medium altitudes. Russia · Ukraine · air defense
  2. 2K22 TunguskaPro A Soviet-designed tracked short-range air-defense system combining twin 30 mm cannons, radio-command missiles and onboard radars to protect mobile ground forces from low-flying aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles and drones. Russia · Ukraine · air defense
  3. BGM-71 TOWPro The BGM-71 TOW is a long-serving American heavy anti-tank guided missile family, launched from tripods, vehicles and helicopters and fielded in wire-guided and radio-frequency variants. USA · Ukraine · missiles
  4. Carl-Gustaf M4Pro The Carl-Gustaf M4 is Saab's fourth-generation 84 mm reusable recoilless rifle, combining a lighter launcher with a broad family of anti-armour, anti-structure, anti-personnel, smoke and illumination ammunition. Europe · Ukraine · Land
  5. ExocetPro The Exocet is a French family of high-subsonic, sea-skimming anti-ship missiles fielded in ship-, air-, submarine- and coast-launched forms, with the latest MM40 Block 3c adding land-attack capability and a new electronic-warfare-resilient seeker. Europe · missiles · anti-ship-missile
  6. Airbus A400M AtlasPro Europe's four-engine military transport aircraft, combining strategic payload-range performance with tactical access to short or unprepared runways and optional tanker, aeromedical and special-mission roles. Europe · Air · military-transport
  7. PavewayPro Paveway is a US-origin family of guidance kits that converts general-purpose and penetrator bombs into laser-guided or dual-mode laser/GPS precision weapons. USA · Europe · missiles
  8. AGM-65 MaverickPro The AGM-65 Maverick is a modular US air-to-surface missile family combining television, imaging-infrared or laser guidance with anti-armour and penetrating warheads. USA · Europe · missiles
  9. A-10 Thunderbolt IIPro The A-10 Thunderbolt II is an armored US close-air-support aircraft built around a 30 mm cannon, valued for persistence and low operating cost but vulnerable in contested airspace. USA · Air · close-air-support
  10. Skyeton RaybirdPro Ukraine's small, petrol-powered long-endurance tactical UAS, combining 24-hour-class endurance with modular ISR payloads, autonomous flight and an increasingly international production base. Ukraine · drones · tactical-uas
  11. Leleka-100Pro Ukraine's battery-powered fixed-wing tactical reconnaissance UAV, used at brigade level to locate targets, adjust artillery fire and maintain surveillance under electronic-warfare pressure. Ukraine · drones · tactical-isr
  12. Ukrspecsystems SHARKPro Ukraine's SHARK is an electric fixed-wing reconnaissance UAV used for target acquisition and fire correction, with the SHARK-M extending endurance, datalink range and support for networked strike drones. Ukraine · drones · tactical-isr
  13. BTR-4 BucephalusPro Ukraine's amphibious 8x8 armored personnel carrier, combining a rear troop compartment with heavy turret armament and a domestically controlled wartime production base. Ukraine · Land · armored-personnel-carrier
  14. VilkhaPro Ukraine's Vilkha is a family of 300 mm precision-guided rockets derived from the BM-30 Smerch, combining existing launchers with new guidance, propulsion and warheads for strikes beyond 100 km. Ukraine · missiles · guided-rocket
  15. FP-7Pro The FP-7 is a Ukrainian ground-launched tactical ballistic missile under military evaluation, designed to carry up to 150 kg over a stated 200 km range. Ukraine · missiles · ballistic-missile
  16. Choe Hyon-class destroyerPro North Korea's first approximately 5,000-tonne guided-missile destroyer class, combining a dense vertical-launch battery, phased-array radar and multi-mission armament in the Korean People's Navy's largest surface combatant. Sea · destroyer · guided-missile-destroyer
  17. Type 056 JiangdaoPro The Type 056 Jiangdao is China's mass-produced light corvette, built for coastal patrol, escort and anti-submarine warfare and adapted for coast-guard and export service. China · Sea · corvette
  18. Type 071 YuzhaoPro China's 25,000-tonne amphibious transport dock, combining marine, vehicle, landing-craft and helicopter lift for regional assault, logistics and far-seas operations. China · Sea · amphibious-warfare
  19. PL-17Pro China's PL-17 is a very-long-range air-to-air missile designed to threaten tankers, airborne early-warning aircraft and other high-value support assets at distances approaching 400 km. China · missiles · air-to-air-missile
  20. DF-5CPro The DF-5C is China's newest heavy, liquid-fuelled, silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile, presented as a globally ranged strategic weapon and assessed by the Pentagon to carry a multi-megaton warhead. China · missiles · icbm
  21. YJ-12Pro China's YJ-12 is a ramjet-powered supersonic anti-ship cruise missile fielded from H-6 bombers, surface ships and coastal launchers, with the CM-302 offered for export. China · missiles · anti-ship-missile
  22. PT-91 TwardyPro The PT-91 Twardy is a Polish main battle tank derived from the T-72M1, combining a 125 mm autoloading gun with ERAWA reactive armour, Polish fire control and an uprated diesel engine. Europe · Ukraine · Land
  23. Kirov-class battlecruiserPro The Kirov class is a Soviet-designed family of nuclear-powered heavy missile cruisers, combining long-range strike weapons, fleet air defense and anti-submarine systems in the largest surface combatant hulls outside carriers and amphibious ships. Russia · Sea · battlecruiser
  24. Vasily Bykov-class patrol ship (Project 22160)Pro Russia's Project 22160 is a modular offshore patrol-ship class built for maritime security and endurance, but its Black Sea service exposed weak air defense and vulnerability to Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels. Russia · Ukraine · Sea
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