[3] The Ukrainian truck maker AutoKraz manufactures the Spartan under license and the vehicle was first delivered to the military in 2014.

[2] According to manufacture, KrAZ Spartan armored vehicle is used for carrying personnel in highly dangerous areas.

The vehicle’s hull is designed to resist multiple 7.62×51mm NATO (flat nose, pointed bullet, lead soft core) assault rifle rounds from any angle.

The bottom of the vehicle can withstand the blast of two DM51[4] high-explosive fragmentation hand grenades.

A remote controlled weapon station (RWS) is also installable as per customer requirement that combines a machine gun and a quartet of RK-3 Corsar anti-tank missiles.