The Ministry of Defense has codified and approved the Ukrainian-made KRAMPUS mobile flamethrower strike system for use by Ukrainian Armed Forces units. The equipment is designed for assault and defense tasks.
This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
The KRAMPUS system is compact and weight and can be placed in the back of a pickup truck, minibus, or trailer. It is equipped with two silent electric motors and a tracked chassis, which ensures high cross-country mobility – it can move off-road, through forest thickets, sand, swamps, and overcome steep slopes.
“The complex has shock-resistant control channels and operates in cold, heat, snow, and rain. The platform’s battery capacity is sufficient for several hours of continuous operation. This allows it to operate for long periods of time in standby mode,” said the Main Directorate for Life Cycle Support of Weapons and Military Equipment.
The ground-based robotic complex is equipped with video cameras and a combat module with RP-16 jet infantry flamethrowers capable of destroying enemy personnel and lightly armored vehicles.
According to the Ministry of Defense, since the start of the full-scale invasion, the Ministry of Defense has codified and approved for use in the Defense Forces more than 80 ground-based robotic systems, most of which are Ukrainian-made. In 2023, the defense ministry codified nearly 10 domestically produced NRK, and last year, more than 50. Since the beginning of 2025, more than two dozen have been added.
Domestic NRK perform reconnaissance, mining and demining tasks using various methods, as well as logistics, evacuation, patrolling, and other tasks. Ground drones equipped with combat modules carry out assault and defensive operations. There are also kamikaze NRK.