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DISPATCH 04/26 · 13 Oct 2026
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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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UkrainePro

Vepr

Vepr is a Ukrainian tracked ground robot for frontline logistics and casualty evacuation — 350 kg of cargo or two wounded, ~40 km per charge, plus remote demining, recovery and one-way strike roles. Codified by Ukraine's MoD in June 2026 after two years on the front.

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UkrainePro

Lyut

Ukraine's "Fury" — a cheap combat ground robot that turns a remote-controlled machine gun into a mobile turret, built from commercial-drone parts and fielded by special forces. One has led an assault through a minefield; it is the emblem of Ukraine's armed-UGV surge.

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UkrainePro

TerMIT

Ukraine's $12,000 robot mule — a small tracked ground drone that hauls 300 kg of ammo and supplies to the trench, evacuates the wounded, or mounts a machine gun, made by the thousands. The workhorse of Ukraine's 2025 ground-robot surge, now heading into German co-production.

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RussiaPro

Uran-9

Russia's much-hyped "robot tank" — a tracked combat UGV bristling with a 30mm cannon, machine gun and anti-tank missiles that flopped on its 2018 Syria debut: it lost control links, couldn't shoot on the move, and its sensors were blinded by buildings. The cautionary tale of the UGV age.

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EuropePro

THeMIS

The West's benchmark battlefield robot — an Estonian tracked "tankette" that swaps payloads to haul cargo, evacuate wounded, scout, defuse bombs or carry a machine gun. The first ground robot in the Lexicon, and the platform that proved the UGV concept across NATO and in Ukraine.