Ground Force of Ukrainian Armed Forces

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The Ukrainian Ground Forces (Ukrainian: Cухопутні Війська ЗСУ, Sukhoputni Viys’ka ZSU) were formed from the Soviet Army formations, units, and establishments, including three military district headquarters (the Kiev, Carpathian, and Odessa), that were on Ukrainian soil when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990-2. After many hostilities of Russia the Armed Forces of Ukraine began developing and upgrading old, current and even new military equipment for example:

T-80 Main Battle Tank upgrade designated the T-84 Oplot
The BTR-94 APC upgrade and modification of the BTR-70 and BTR-80 APC's equipped with a 23mm ZU-23-2 Gun and a coaxial PKT machinegun, a surveillance radar with a range of up to 20 km against ground targets and 30 km against aerial targets.

Since the fall of the Soviet Union Ukraine kept much army equipment that is now outdated coming to the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Since then Ukraine has upgraded its Ground Force with advanced additions from domestic engineering and modifications. The Ukrainian Armed forces buy military equipment from Russia, China and other CIS states.

[edit] Structure

125,000 members—2 tank divisions, 6 mechanized brigades, 2 airmobile regiments, 1 airmobile division, 1 mechanized infantry regiment, 1 special forces brigade, 2 mechanized divisions, combat support formations. (IISS Military Balance 2006 data.)

[edit] Military Equipment

The Ukrainian Ground Force is equipped almost exclusively with Cold War equipment of Soviet design. Armored fighting vehicles include the standard T-55, T-72, T-64, and T-80 MBTs, and MT-LB, BMP-1, BMP-2, BMP-3, and BMD-1. The Ground Forces has around 3905 MBT, 5050 AFV/APC.

Tanks

T-84 Oplot
T-80UD (Ukrainian Version)
T-72
T-62 (some in use)

APC's and IFV's

BMP-3
BTR-60
BTR-80
BTR-70
BTR-94 Modified version of BTR-80 with ZU-23-2 23mm gun and coaxial PKT Machinegun.
BTR-90 (just received)
BTR-4 Modified Ukrainian Version 8 x 8 BTR.
BTR-3U
BMP-1
BMP-2
MT-LB