Armoured personnel carriers rarely get the spotlight, but in Ukraine they have become one of the most critical and most vulnerable pieces of equipment on the battlefield. In a war dominated by drones, artillery, and minefields, simply moving infantry from point A to point B without catastrophic losses has become a tactical victory in its own right.In this episode we continue our series on how military equipment has actually performed in Ukraine. After covering tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and artillery, we now turn to the least glamorous but arguably most essential category of armoured vehicle up to the contact point: the APC.Using visually confirmed loss data from Oryx, geolocated footage, and open-source analysis, we break down how different APC families have survived, or failed, under modern combat conditions. We start with the numbers, looking at confirmed Russian and Ukrainian APC losses and comparing them against pre-war inventories to understand what those figures really mean.From there, we examine the backbone of both sides’ fleets: the Soviet-era BTR family, MT-LBs, and older reconnaissance vehicles like the BRDM-2, which have suffered extreme attrition in a drone-saturated battlespace. We then look at Russia’s stalled attempts at modernisation, including why newer platforms like the Bumerang are largely absent from the battlefield.On the Ukrainian side, we dive into the impact of Western-supplied APCs and protected mobility vehicles. From the ubiquitous M113 and the fast-moving Stryker, to the Bushmaster, VAB, Rosomak, YPR, British CVR(T) variants, Canadian LAV and ACSV vehicles, and smaller niche fleets like the Sisu Pasi, Puma 6×6, and BOV, we compare donated numbers against confirmed losses to see which platforms have actually delivered infantry safely.#ukrainewar #ukraine #nato 00:00 APCs in a Drone-Saturated War02:20 First, the Numbers: APC Losses So Far03:33 Soviet-Era APCs: BTR Family Under Fire04:17 MT-LB, BRDM and the Collapse of Light APCs05:10 Russia’s “New” APCs and the Bumerang That Isn’t There05:59 Ukraine’s home made, BTR-3 & 406:34 M113 in Ukraine07:36 VAB in Ukraine08:36 Rosomak in Ukraine09:52 YPR-765 in Ukraine11:02 Bushmaster in Ukraine12:08 CVR-T Family in Ukraine (Spartan etc)13:24 Stryker in Ukraine14:39 The other APCs in Ukraine, LAV 6, Patria Pasi, Puma etc15:40 Rating APCs in Ukraine – F – A+