Practika's Kozak is a
Ukrainian armoured personnel carrier fully developed and designed in Ukraine.
The vehicle's first version was unveiled on August 24, 2009, during a military
parade in Kyiv to commemorate Ukraine's Independence Day.
The previous Kozak 2
model was built on the EuroCargo 44 truck chassis developed by Iveco Defence
Vehicle. The Kozak-2M2, on the other hand, is based on a monocoque design with
a body shell constructed from armour plates rather than attaching them to a
frame. This reduces the amount of weight required for a given amount of armour.
The Kozak-2M2 has a
three-man crew and can seat up to eight infantrymen on individual anti-mine
blast seats. The vehicle's hull provides ballistic protection STANAG 4569 Level
against small arms firing with 7.6239mm API BZ calibre ammunition. The front
section of an APC (Armoured Personnel Carrier) variant has four doors with
bulletproof glass windows, two on either side of the cabin and two in the troop
compartment. At the rear of the hull, one large door with a bulletproof vision
block and firing port is mounted, allowing infantrymen to enter and exit the
vehicle quickly. Three vision blocks and firing ports are located on each side
of the troop compartment.
The Kozak-2M2's roof
can be outfitted with a remotely controlled weapon station armed with a machine
gun of up to 12.7mm calibre.