Army comparison: 
Russia vs 
Ukraine
Russia's army fields 16,935 active vehicles — 3.6:1 Ukraine's 4,670. Additionally, Russia has 8,360 and Ukraine has 0 vehicles in storage.
Ground forces pillar (ARMS Index) face-off All armies →
RussiaGround pillar #3
82.0
Ground pillar / 100
Russia leads on 7 of 7 categories
UkraineGround pillar #17
68.3
Russia
Ukraine
Bars: weighted contribution to the ARMS ground pillar (vehicles × category weight, active + 0.3 × stored) · figures: active vehicles at each side's latest inventory year · Methodology
Key figures as of 2026
| Russia | Ukraine | Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total vehicles | 16,935 | 4,670 | 🇷🇺 3.6× |
| In storage | 8,360 | 0 | 🇷🇺 |
| On order | 50 | 158 | 🇺🇦 3.2× |
| Main battle tanks | 3,460 | 1,085 | 🇷🇺 3.2× |
| Artillery pieces | 3,611 | 1,470 | 🇷🇺 2.5× |
| Armoured fighting vehicles | 9,864 | 2,115 | 🇷🇺 4.7× |
| 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 | 1,915 | 🇷🇺 ≈ |
| Armoured personnel carriers | 4,869 | 165 | 🇷🇺 30× |
| Self-propelled artillery | 1,742 | 592 | 🇷🇺 2.9× |
| Towed artillery | 670 | 624 | 🇷🇺 1.1× |
| Rocket artillery | 1,199 | 254 | 🇷🇺 4.7× |
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Analyst Assessment
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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.
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.
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.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which country has more armored vehicles, Russia or Ukraine?
Russia has a larger ground force with 16,935 vehicles compared to Ukraine's 4,670 vehicles.
Which country has more tanks, Russia or Ukraine?
Russia operates more main battle tanks with 3,460 compared to Ukraine's 1,085.
Which army has more infantry fighting vehicles, Russia or Ukraine?
Russia has 1,950 infantry fighting vehicles compared to Ukraine's 1,915.
Which country has more armored personnel carriers, Russia or Ukraine?
Russia operates 4,869 APCs compared to Ukraine's 165.
Which country has more artillery systems, Russia or Ukraine?
Russia fields 3,611 artillery systems (self-propelled, towed, and MLRS) compared to Ukraine's 1,470.
How do the Russia and Ukraine armies compare in size?
Russia's army is 3.6 times larger than Ukraine's in terms of total vehicles (16,935 vs 4,670).