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Army comparison: Flag of Russia Russia vs Flag of Ukraine Ukraine

Russia operates 16,790 active military vehicles vs 18,942 for Ukraine. Additionally, Russia has 10,460 and Ukraine has 0 vehicles in storage.

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Flag of Russia RussiaWorld #3 68.2
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Russia leads on 7 of 8 categories

Flag of Ukraine UkraineWorld #6 48.4
  • 3,460+2,100 stored Main battle tanksweight ×10 · era 1,123
  • 1,199+1,250 stored Rocket artilleryweight ×8 · era 252
  • 1,806+2,060 stored Self-propelled artilleryweight ×6 · era 1,264
  • 1,950 Infantry fighting vehiclesweight ×4 · era 2,189
  • 670+3,950 stored Towed artilleryweight ×3 · era 744
  • 4,742+1,000 stored Armoured personnel carriersweight ×2 · era 2,436
  • 308+100 stored Light armoured vehiclesweight ×2 · era 236
  • 2,655 Protected mobility vehiclesweight ×0.5 · era 10,698
Russia Ukraine Bars: weighted contribution to the ARMS Index (vehicles × category weight × era, active + 0.3 × stored; manpower and the rotary, armament and availability multipliers apply on top) · figures: active vehicles at each side's latest inventory year · Methodology
Key figures as of 2026
Russia Ukraine Ratio
Total vehicles 16,790 18,942 🇺🇦 1.1×
In storage 10,460 0 🇷🇺
On order 50 229 🇺🇦 4.6×
Main battle tanks 3,460 1,123 🇷🇺 3.1×
Artillery pieces 3,675 2,260 🇷🇺 1.6×
Armoured fighting vehicles 9,655 15,559 🇺🇦 1.6×
Active military personnel (all branches) 1,100,000 1,000,000 🇷🇺 1.1×
Reserve military personnel (all branches) 1,500,000 900,000 🇷🇺 1.7×
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Infantry fighting vehicles 1,950 2,189 🇺🇦 1.1×
Armoured personnel carriers 4,742 2,436 🇷🇺 1.9×
Self-propelled artillery 1,806 1,264 🇷🇺 1.4×
Towed artillery 670 744 🇺🇦 1.1×
Rocket artillery 1,199 252 🇷🇺 4.8×
Backbone vehicles most numerous in service
🇷🇺 RussiaT-72 ×1,470BMP-1 ×7502S3 Akatsiya ×600
🇺🇦 UkraineT-72 ×520YPR-765 ×3532S1 Gvozdika ×125
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Analyst Assessment

Verdict
Edge: Russia

Russia holds a clear material advantage over Ukraine on the ground, fielding roughly 16,900 active vehicles against about 4,700, with three times the tanks, more than twice the artillery and a further 8,360 hulls in storage. Ukraine's army is closer in personnel and increasingly better equipped per unit — Western IFVs, precision artillery and modern systems on order — but mass, depth of reserves and organic sustainment keep the overall edge with Russia.

Domain by domain
Armour Edge: Russia
🇷🇺 Russia3,460 MBTs, led by 1,470 T-72s, 620 T-90s and 600 T-62-class hulls, plus 8,360 vehicles in storage allowing reconstitution. Broad but largely Soviet-generation fleet, sustained by refurbishment rather than new build.
🇺🇦 Ukraine1,085 MBTs, mainly 520 T-72s and 200 T-64s, no declared storage reserve. 49 M1 Abrams on order add capability but not mass; attrition cannot be offset from domestic stocks.
Artillery & rocket forces Edge: Russia
🇷🇺 Russia3,611 tubes and launchers: 1,742 self-propelled (2S1, 2S3), 670 towed and 1,199 rocket systems including 650 BM-21 Grad. Doctrine centred on massed indirect fire and volume of ammunition.
🇺🇦 Ukraine1,470 pieces: 592 self-propelled, 624 towed including 130 M777, and 254 rocket systems. Orders for 54 RCH 155, 36 Archer, 16 Zuzana and HIMARS favour precision and shoot-and-scoot over volume.
Mechanised infantry Edge: Russia
🇷🇺 Russia9,864 armoured fighting vehicles: 1,950 IFVs (BMP-1, BMP-3), 4,869 APCs led by 2,500 MT-LB and 1,200 BTR-82A, and 3,045 light vehicles including 2,000 Tigr. Mass and mobility across many formations.
🇺🇦 Ukraine2,115 AFVs, weighted to IFVs (1,915) — 450 BMP-1 alongside 353 YPR-765, 300 M2 Bradley, 200 Pbv 302 and 140 Marder. Only 165 APCs and 35 light vehicles; better protection, far less breadth.
Reserves & mobilisation Edge: Russia
🇷🇺 Russia1,100,000 active and 1,500,000 reserves, paired with 8,360 stored vehicles that give mobilised formations equipment, however dated, without waiting on external supply.
🇺🇦 Ukraine1,000,000 active and 900,000 reserves — near parity in manpower — but zero declared vehicle storage, so newly raised units depend on current production and partner transfers.
Sustainment & industry Edge: Russia
🇷🇺 RussiaDomestic design and production across all classes; only 50 SBA-60K2 on order, indicating replacement drawn chiefly from storage refurbishment and standing lines rather than imports.
🇺🇦 Ukraine158 vehicles on order, almost entirely foreign-sourced (RCH 155, Abrams, Archer, Zuzana, HIMARS). Capability inflow is real but externally dependent and diverse in logistics terms.
Wildcards
  • External resupply dependence Ukraine's entire order book is foreign-built, so the pace of transfers and spares from partners, not domestic capacity, sets the ceiling on its ground fleet's replacement rate and readiness.
  • Storage depth versus quality Russia's 8,360 stored vehicles are a reconstitution buffer, but they are older-generation hulls; the balance turns on whether volume of refurbished armour outweighs Ukraine's smaller, more modern Western fleet.
  • Fleet standardization burden Russia operates a largely common Soviet-lineage fleet. Ukraine fields at least five distinct IFV families and several artillery calibres, raising training, spares and ammunition-handling demands across formations.
Analysis generated by a language model from the figures on this page and public sources; it is an informed reading, not a military assessment or a prediction.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country has more armored vehicles, Russia or Ukraine?
Ukraine has a larger ground force with 18,942 vehicles compared to Russia's 16,790 vehicles.
Which country has more tanks, Russia or Ukraine?
Russia operates more main battle tanks with 3,460 compared to Ukraine's 1,123.
Which army has more infantry fighting vehicles, Russia or Ukraine?
Ukraine has 2,189 infantry fighting vehicles compared to Russia's 1,950.
Which country has more armored personnel carriers, Russia or Ukraine?
Russia operates 4,742 APCs compared to Ukraine's 2,436.
Which country has more artillery systems, Russia or Ukraine?
Russia fields 3,675 artillery systems (self-propelled, towed, and MLRS) compared to Ukraine's 2,260.