{
  "id": "irm-zhuk",
  "name": "IRM Zhuk",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "land",
  "country": "RUS",
  "category": "Amphibious engineer reconnaissance vehicle",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1980,
  "operators": [
    "RUS"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 1,
  "summary": "The IRM Zhuk Russian Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle conducts reconnaissance of routes, fords, water barriers (velocity, depth, underwater obstacles, and bottom profile and density), ice, mapping, and overall terrain trafficability. Its chassis employs components of the BMP-1 IFV.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Manufacturer",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "UVZ",
      "src": [
        "weg-irm-zhuk"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 6,
      "src": [
        "weg-irm-zhuk"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_name",
      "v": "Type UTD-20",
      "src": [
        "weg-irm-zhuk"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_hp",
      "v": 300,
      "src": [
        "weg-irm-zhuk"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Suspension",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "torsion bar",
      "src": [
        "weg-irm-zhuk"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "road_range_km",
      "v": 500,
      "src": [
        "weg-irm-zhuk"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Hull Armor",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "The all-welded steel-armoured hull of the IRM provides the occupants with protection from small-arms fire.",
      "src": [
        "weg-irm-zhuk"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "NBC Protection",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Collective protection system",
      "src": [
        "weg-irm-zhuk"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Smoke Equipment",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Vehicle engine exhaust smoke system (VEESS)",
      "src": [
        "weg-irm-zhuk"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "IPR",
      "text": "Very similar to the IRM except it has a folding snorkel on the rear deck.",
      "src": [
        "weg-irm-zhuk"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "apc8",
  "image": {
    "file": "irm-zhuk.jpg",
    "thumb": "irm-zhuk-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "Historiador09NI",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
    "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IRM_Zhuk.jpg",
    "title": "File:IRM Zhuk.jpg"
  },
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Added photo (CC BY-SA 4.0)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/irm-zhuk.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-irm-zhuk": {
      "title": "IRM Zhuk Russian Amphibious Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/IRM_Zhuk_Russian_Amphibious_Engineer_Reconnaissance_Vehicle",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}