Vitim Multi-purpose Swimming Armoured vehicle is designed for reconnaissance, convoy, patrolling, fire support of troops, security, crew safety, for use as an assault vehicle and transport base for light systems of small arms and missile weapons, communications and other military equipment.

The vehicle is designed for operation at ambient temperature from minus 50°C to plus 50°C, relative air humidity up to 100% at temperatures up to plus 25°C. The vehicle can be operated in the mountains at an altitude of up to 3000 m above sea level.

Vitim's hull is armoured, provides protection of the crew from 7.62-mm bullets of AKM at a distance of 10 m at the angles of firing at azimuth - 360°, on the vertical - from 0° to 30°. The hull protects the crew from blast under the bottom of grenades such as F-1 or RGO, as well as from the explosion of an explosive device weighing 0.5 kg in TNT equivalent.

The machine can swim at a speed of 5 km/h with preliminary preparation. Preparation time - no more than 10 minutes.