Russian automaker GAZ started Tigr production in 2005 and ended in 2012, delivering vehicles to Russian military and police forces with exports to Armenia, the Congo, Mongolia, Nicaragua and other nations. About the size of a Humvee, the Tigr carries 12 troops and machine guns or grenade launchers. An up-armored version is available. Its payload is about 1.5 tons with configurations for rapid-reaction team deployment, convoy escort and patrol missions.