NATO vs Russia
Front-line equipment of NATO armies and Russia. 67 models, each with a photo and the details that give it away.
Practise NATO vs Russia- 2S19 Msta-SArtillery · Soviet Union
Tank-style running gear with six road wheels and a very large, tall square turret with a long 152 mm gun.
- AH-64E ApacheHelicopters · USA
Tandem stepped cockpit, chin gun, stub wings, four-blade rotor with tail rotor.
- Airbus A400M AtlasTransport & support · Europe (Airbus)
Four-engine high-wing transport with big eight-blade curved propellers that turn in opposite directions on each wing, and a T-tail.
- BMD-4MIFVs · Russia
Low airborne tracked vehicle with a BMP-3 style turret: 100 mm gun with a 30 mm cannon alongside.
- BMP-3IFVs · Soviet Union
Wide flat hull, turret with a 100 mm gun and a 30 mm cannon side by side, six road wheels.
- BoxerAPCs · Germany / Netherlands
Eight wheels, very tall box-shaped hull with near-vertical sides.
- BTR-82AAPCs · Russia
Eight wheels, boat-shaped hull, side doors between the second and third axles, small turret with a long 30 mm cannon.
- C1 ArieteTanks · Italy
Seven road wheels and a long, boxy turret with vertical sides and a big rear bustle; looks like a squared-off Leopard 2A4.
- CH-47 ChinookHelicopters · USA
Two big three-blade rotors in tandem, one at each end of a long boxy fuselage, no tail rotor.
- Challenger 2Tanks · United Kingdom
Six road wheels, tall angular turret, gun with thermal sleeve and no muzzle brake.
- E-3 Sentry (AWACS)Transport & support · USA
Four-engine Boeing 707 with a huge rotating radar dish on two struts above the rear fuselage.
- Eurofighter TyphoonJets · UK / Germany / Italy / Spain
Delta wing with canards well forward under the cockpit, single fin, chin intake.
- F-15 EagleJets · USA
Large twin-engine fighter with two tall vertical tails, a big flat wing and wide box intakes either side of the cockpit.
- F-22 RaptorJets · USA
Stealth fighter with diamond-shaped wings, two outward-canted tails, large horizontal tailplanes and flat engine nozzles.
- F/A-18 HornetJets · USA
Twin engines, two outward-canted tails, long leading-edge extensions alongside the cockpit.
- FennekLight vehicles · Germany
Low, flat 4x4 scout car with a sharply angled front and a telescopic sensor mast on the roof.
- JAS 39 GripenJets · Sweden
Small single-engine delta wing with canards just behind the cockpit and a single tail fin.
- Ka-52Helicopters · Russia
Two stacked contra-rotating rotors and no tail rotor, side-by-side cockpit.
- KamAZ Typhoon-KLight vehicles · Russia
Tall 4x4 MRAP with a sloping nose and a single one-piece armoured body holding crew and troops, with side doors, a rear door and small armoured windows.
- LeclercTanks · France
Six road wheels, compact angular turret with a bustle autoloader and a long 120 mm gun with thermal sleeve.
- Lynx KF41IFVs · Germany
Tall, slab-sided tracked IFV with six road wheels, a large angular turret with a 30 mm gun and add-on armour panels.
- M1A2 AbramsTanks · USA
Seven road wheels, wide flat slab-sided turret with a separate commander's sight box on the roof; very hot gas-turbine exhaust at the rear.
- Mi-8 / Mi-17Helicopters · Soviet Union
Five-blade main rotor, bulbous glazed nose, two engine intakes over the cabin, clamshell rear doors; tail rotor on the right on the Mi-8, on the left on the Mi-17.
- Mi-28NHelicopters · Russia
Tandem stepped cockpit with flat armoured glass, chin cannon, stub wings, five-blade main rotor.
- MIM-104 PatriotAir defence · USA
Trailer-mounted launcher tilted up at an angle, holding four large rectangular canisters.
- Panavia TornadoJets · UK / Germany / Italy
Swing-wing two-seater: the wings move between swept and spread, with a large single fin and two engines side by side.
- Pantsir-S1Air defence · Russia
8x8 truck with one turret combining two twin-barrel 30 mm cannons and twelve missile tubes, radar on top.
- PumaIFVs · Germany
Very angular hull with flat armour panels covering the upper tracks, small unmanned turret with a 30 mm cannon.
- PzH 2000Artillery · Germany
Large tracked hull with seven road wheels, a big boxy turret set to the rear and a very long 155 mm barrel.
- RafaleJets · France
Twin-engine delta wing with canards close behind the cockpit, single fin, two intakes under the wing roots.
- RQ-4 Global HawkDrones · USA
Bulbous whale-shaped nose without windows, very long thin wings, V-tail and an engine on top of the rear fuselage.
- S-400Air defence · Russia
Semi-trailer with four long cylindrical canisters, towed by a separate tractor unit.
- Su-34Jets · Russia
Flanker airframe with a wide, flat duck-bill nose for side-by-side seating and small canards ahead of the wings.
- Su-35SJets · Russia
Twin tail fins, long nose, large intakes under a broad flat fuselage.
- Su-57Jets · Russia, Algeria
Stealth-shaped fighter with widely spaced engines, all-moving twin tails, large leading-edge extensions and a long, flat fuselage.
- T-14 ArmataTanks · Russia
Seven road wheels, a long hull and a small, angular unmanned turret with sensors on top; the crew sits in the hull.
- T-72B3Tanks · Russia
Six large road wheels, low rounded cast turret covered in reactive armour, low hull.
- TOS-1ARocket artillery · Russia
Tank chassis carrying a large box-shaped rocket launcher in place of a turret.
- Tu-22M3 BackfireJets · Soviet Union
Swing-wing bomber with two engines buried in the rear fuselage, huge rectangular intakes beside the cockpit and a tall fin.
- UH-60 Black HawkHelicopters · USA
Four-blade rotor, long low fuselage, tail wheel at the very back and a large canted tail rotor on the right.
- VBCIIFVs · France
Large eight-wheeled IFV with flat, slab-sided armour and a small one-man turret with a 25 mm cannon set near the front.
- No photo yet2K22 TunguskaAir defence · Soviet Union
Tracked chassis with a large turret carrying two twin 30 mm cannons and missile boxes, plus a rear search radar.
- No photo yetAjaxIFVs · United Kingdom
Large tracked reconnaissance vehicle with seven road wheels, a tall boxy hull and a two-man turret with a 40 mm cannon and a big roof sight.
- No photo yetB-52 StratofortressJets · USA
Huge bomber with eight engines in four double pods under a long, drooping swept wing and small outrigger wheels near the wingtips.
- No photo yetBeriev A-50Transport & support · Soviet Union
Il-76 transport with a big round radar dish on two struts above the fuselage.
- No photo yetBM-30 SmerchRocket artillery · Soviet Union
Very long eight-wheeled MAZ truck carrying 12 large rocket tubes in a block that extends past the rear.
- No photo yetC-17 Globemaster IIITransport & support · USA
Large four-jet high-wing transport with winglets, a T-tail and a rear ramp.
- CV9035IFVs · Sweden
Seven road wheels, tall boxy hull, compact two-man turret with a 35 mm cannon.
- No photo yetF-35A Lightning IIJets · USA
Single-engine stealth fighter with twin canted tail fins, faceted fuselage and a single round exhaust.
- No photo yetFoxhoundLight vehicles · United Kingdom
Small, tall 4x4 with a short bonnet, a narrow V-shaped crew pod and large wheels set at the corners.
- No photo yetK2 Black PantherTanks · South Korea
Six road wheels, low angular turret with a large rear bustle housing the autoloader, long 120 mm gun.
- Leopard 2A7Tanks · Germany
Seven road wheels, arrowhead add-on armour on the turret front, long 120 mm gun.
- M2A3 BradleyIFVs · USA
Six road wheels, high slab-sided hull, TOW missile box on the turret side and a commander's sight box on the turret roof.
- No photo yetM142 HIMARSRocket artillery · USA
Six-wheeled truck carrying a single box-shaped launcher pod behind the armoured cab.
- No photo yetMiG-31Jets · Soviet Union
Large, long interceptor with big square intakes, two vertical tails and two very large engine nozzles.
- No photo yetOshkosh M-ATVLight vehicles · USA
Large 4x4 MRAP with a tall body, big wheels on independent suspension and a sloping bonnet over a wide grille.
- No photo yetP-8 PoseidonTransport & support · USA
Boeing 737 shape with raked wingtips, few cabin windows and often a sensor turret under the nose.
- No photo yetRCH 155Artillery · Germany
Boxer 8x8 carrying an unmanned turret with a long 155 mm gun, like a PzH 2000 turret on wheels.
- No photo yetSAMP/TAir defence · France / Italy
Truck carrying a vertical launcher of eight Aster missile canisters raised upright at the rear.
- No photo yetSkyranger 30Air defence · Germany
Turret with a 30 mm revolver cannon, radar panels and missile pods, on vehicles such as the Boxer, Piranha, Pandur or tracked carriers.
- No photo yetStrykerAPCs · USA
Eight wheels, boxy hull with angled sides, remote weapon station on the roof, ramp at the rear.
- No photo yetSu-30SMJets · Russia
Flanker airframe with a two-seat cockpit and small canards ahead of the wing root.
- No photo yetT-80BVMTanks · Russia
Six rubber-rimmed road wheels with return rollers, gas-turbine exhaust grille at the rear, rounded turret with reactive armour.
- T-90MTanks · Russia
Six road wheels like the T-72, but a welded angular turret with a large rear bustle.
- No photo yetTu-95 BearJets · Soviet Union
Huge swept-wing bomber with four engines, each driving two contra-rotating propellers.
- No photo yetTu-160 BlackjackJets · Soviet Union
Very large white swing-wing bomber with four engines in paired pods under the wing roots.
- No photo yetZALA LancetDrones · Russia
Slim loitering munition with two sets of X-shaped wings, one at the front and one at the rear.
Easy to mix up
- Beriev A-50 vs E-3 Sentry (AWACS)
- AH-64E Apache vs Mi-28N
- BMD-4M vs BMP-3
- Challenger 2 vs M1A2 Abrams
- F-22 Raptor vs F-35A Lightning II
- F-22 Raptor vs Su-57
- JAS 39 Gripen vs Rafale
- Leopard 2A7 vs M1A2 Abrams
- Lynx KF41 vs Puma
- 2S19 Msta-S vs PzH 2000
- Pantsir-S1 vs 2K22 Tunguska
- MIM-104 Patriot vs SAMP/T
- Rafale vs Eurofighter Typhoon
- Su-30SM vs Su-35S
- T-14 Armata vs T-90M
- T-72B3 vs T-90M