The 2S14 Zhalo-S is a wheeled Tank Destroyer built on the BTR-70 chassis, developed in the Soviet Union during the 1980s as a lightweight, rapidly deployable anti-armour platform. The project aimed to give airborne and reconnaissance units a high-velocity gun on an amphibious 8×6 hull; it did not enter large-scale production. The vehicle weighs 12.5 tonnes and is crewed by four — driver, gunner, commander, and one passenger — and is amphibious at 4 km/h. Twin ZMZ-4905 diesel engines produce a combined 240 horsepower for a 19.2 hp/t power-to-weight ratio and a top road speed of 80 km/h.
The 85mm 2A62 cannon is fed by an autoloader with a 2.4 s cycle and carries HE (OF-372), APFSDS (3BM31), and HEAT (3BK7), with 23 rounds in the autoloader and 21 in the hull. The gunner has a 3.5x and 7x sight and fire control system but no laser rangefinder or thermals. Lightly protected by design, the Zhalo-S relies on mobility and firepower rather than armour.
