{"id":1906,"date":"2026-11-09T06:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T11:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/draftidf.co.il\/news\/combat-beetle-varan-and-other-buggies-in-the-war-in-ukraine\/1906\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T06:26:20","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T11:26:20","slug":"combat-beetle-varan-and-other-buggies-in-the-war-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draftidf.co.il\/news\/combat-beetle-varan-and-other-buggies-in-the-war-in-ukraine\/1906\/","title":{"rendered":"Combat Beetle: Varan and Other Buggies in the War in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>@media (max-width:767px){.tdi_131{margin-top:0px!important}}<\/style>\n<style>.tdb_single_content{margin-bottom:0;*zoom:1}.tdb_single_content:before,.tdb_single_content:after{display:table;content:'';line-height:0}.tdb_single_content:after{clear:both}.tdb_single_content .tdb-block-inner>*:not(.wp-block-quote):not(.alignwide):not(.alignfull.wp-block-cover.has-parallax):not(.td-a-ad){margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.tdb_single_content a{pointer-events:auto}.tdb_single_content .td-spot-id-top_ad .tdc-placeholder-title:before{content:'Article Top Ad'!important}.tdb_single_content .td-spot-id-inline_ad0 .tdc-placeholder-title:before{content:'Article Inline Ad 1'!important}.tdb_single_content .td-spot-id-inline_ad1 .tdc-placeholder-title:before{content:'Article Inline Ad 2'!important}.tdb_single_content .td-spot-id-inline_ad2 .tdc-placeholder-title:before{content:'Article Inline Ad 3'!important}.tdb_single_content .td-spot-id-bottom_ad .tdc-placeholder-title:before{content:'Article Bottom Ad'!important}.tdb_single_content .id_top_ad,.tdb_single_content .id_bottom_ad{clear:both;margin-bottom:21px;text-align:center}.tdb_single_content .id_top_ad img,.tdb_single_content .id_bottom_ad img{margin-bottom:0}.tdb_single_content .id_top_ad .adsbygoogle,.tdb_single_content .id_bottom_ad .adsbygoogle{position:relative}.tdb_single_content .id_ad_content-horiz-left,.tdb_single_content .id_ad_content-horiz-right,.tdb_single_content .id_ad_content-horiz-center{margin-bottom:15px}.tdb_single_content .id_ad_content-horiz-left img,.tdb_single_content .id_ad_content-horiz-right img,.tdb_single_content .id_ad_content-horiz-center img{margin-bottom:0}.tdb_single_content .id_ad_content-horiz-center{text-align:center}.tdb_single_content .id_ad_content-horiz-center img{margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto}.tdb_single_content .id_ad_content-horiz-left{float:left;margin-top:9px;margin-right:21px}.tdb_single_content .id_ad_content-horiz-right{float:right;margin-top:6px;margin-left:21px}.tdb_single_content .tdc-a-ad .tdc-placeholder-title{width:300px;height:250px}.tdb_single_content .tdc-a-ad .tdc-placeholder-title:before{position:absolute;top:50%;-webkit-transform:translateY(-50%);transform:translateY(-50%);margin:auto;display:table;width:100%}.tdb_single_content .tdb-block-inner.td-fix-index{word-break:break-word}.tdi_131 h1,.tdi_131 h2,.tdi_131 h3:not(.tds-locker-title),.tdi_131 h4,.tdi_131 h5,.tdi_131 h6{color:var(--highlight-2)}@media (max-width:767px){.tdb_single_content .id_ad_content-horiz-left,.tdb_single_content .id_ad_content-horiz-right,.tdb_single_content .id_ad_content-horiz-center{margin:0 auto 26px auto}}@media (max-width:767px){.tdb_single_content .id_ad_content-horiz-left{margin-right:0}}@media (max-width:767px){.tdb_single_content .id_ad_content-horiz-right{margin-left:0}}@media (max-width:767px){.tdb_single_content .td-a-ad{float:none;text-align:center}.tdb_single_content .td-a-ad img{margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto}.tdb_single_content .tdc-a-ad{float:none}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>In the drone-dominated combat zone of Russia&#8217;s war of aggression, Ukraine is increasingly relying on lightweight buggies like the Varan for transport tasks. As the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense recently explained on its website, its forces do indeed use numerous other types of wheeled vehicles such as motorcycles, quad bikes and their six-wheeled relatives, pickups, trucks, and dozens of different tactical as well as armored platforms. Buggies, however, have a specific combination of advantages, especially in the face of fiber-optic-guided drones.<\/p>\n<p>Thus they could reach speeds of up to 140 km\/h off-road. Their off-road capability is often even better than that of tracked vehicles, particularly since their small size and high maneuverability also allow them to operate in wooded and built-up areas. Contributing to this are the low ground pressure from the even distribution of their low weight over four wheels and the long travel of the suspension, while the low center of gravity enables rapid turns at high speeds.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Buggys sind schwierige Ziele f\u00fcr Drohnen und andere Waffen\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>With this combination, fiber-optic-guided drones would not keep up, as their speed and maneuverability are limited by the trailing control cable. Buggies are also a challenging target for other weapons. Their light weight does not trigger heavy mines designed for use against armored vehicles. Additionally, they are inexpensive to acquire, intuitive to operate, and repairable with cheap spare parts as well as ordinary automotive tools. On the other hand, the ministry acknowledges the lack of protection and the limited payload as drawbacks.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, their role on the front for tasks such as reconnaissance and surveillance, attack, logistics, and evacuation runs in parallel to that of drones. By now, Ukraine uses dozens of types from domestic and foreign sources, including the homegrown models Varan, VOLS, Khyzak and Dracarys. Some of them have already been officially approved for procurement and use, and the Ukrainian procurement agency recently issued its first contract for more than 2,000 units. The central tender saved about 1.5 billion hryvnias (roughly 30 million euros) compared with individual procurements.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Varan hat sich bei Tests nie \u00fcberschlagen<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The Varan, as an example of a Ukraine-produced buggy, has a total weight of just over one tonne, and can carry about 500 kilograms of payload or tow a trailer load of 300 kilograms. With a turbodiesel and an automatic five-speed transmission, it reaches over 100 km\/h on sandy ground and has never overturned in testing. The range in difficult terrain is 200 kilometers.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a remote-controlled version for buggies is being developed, marking another step in the war of unmanned systems. According to the ministry, the number of missions by unmanned ground vehicles has more than quadrupled in the current year. Whereas in January there were around 7,500, by October there were over 31,000 for supplying front-line troops with ammunition, food and water, as well as evacuating the wounded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1320,1322,232,157,1321,40],"class_list":["post-1906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-beetle","tag-buggies","tag-combat","tag-ukraine","tag-varan","tag-war","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","resize-featured-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Combat Beetle: Varan and Other Buggies in the War in Ukraine - Draft IDF<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/draftidf.co.il\/news\/combat-beetle-varan-and-other-buggies-in-the-war-in-ukraine\/1906\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Combat Beetle: Varan and Other Buggies in the War in Ukraine - 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