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UkrainePro

MAC OWL Sova

The MAC OWL Sova is a Ukrainian mine-resistant armored vehicle combining STANAG Level 4 mine protection with an integrated ten-module electronic-warfare dome intended to defeat FPV drones.

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EuropePro

FNSS U-MAV

The FNSS U-MAV, designated İ-ZAHA in Turkish, is an uncrewed amphibious vehicle intended to lead high-risk landing waves alongside Türkiye's crewed Marine Assault Vehicles.

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Patria AMV

The most successful modern 8×8 — Finland's Patria AMV is a modular wheeled armoured vehicle adopted by nine nations and licence-built across Europe, Africa and Asia (as Poland's Rosomak, South Africa's Badger and more). One chassis, many roles, combat-tested from Afghanistan onward.

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Centauro II

A tank's gun on wheels — Italy's 8×8 Centauro II mounts a full 120mm cannon with main-battle-tank firepower on a fast, road-mobile, mine-protected wheeled hull. The heavier, harder-hitting successor to the original Centauro, built for rapid fire support without a tank's logistics.

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Ajax

Britain's troubled recon vehicle — a tracked, sensor-heavy armoured scout with a 40mm cased-telescoped cannon, meant to be the British Army's digital eyes. Eight years late and beset by noise-and-vibration injuries that hospitalized crews, it finally began entering service in 2025.

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EBRC Jaguar

France's networked 6×6 cavalry vehicle — the Scorpion-program Jaguar that replaces three older recon and fire-support types with one, mounting a 40mm cased-telescoped cannon and Akeron anti-tank missiles. The digital, missile-armed successor to the AMX-10RC.

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UkrainePro

AMX-10RC

France's 6×6 "gun on wheels" — a fast, 105mm-armed reconnaissance vehicle the press dubbed a light tank when France sent it to Ukraine. Hard-hitting and quick on roads, but thinly armored: a mobile cavalry scout pressed, controversially, toward front-line assault work.