 By 1987, VAZ had finished all development work, and the car was ready for mass production and military service.However, at the end of the 1980s, the Ministry of Defense did not have the financial resources necessary for large-scale purchases of the VAZ-2122 because it also had some other higher priority projects in which to invest, such as the Tor mobile antiaircraft system, T-80U battle tank, BMP-3 infantry combat vehicle, BM-30 Smerch multiple rocket launcher, 2S19 Msta self-propelled artillery, and others.As a result, the Reka was never put into mass production and remained only in a prototype stage, despite more than 10 years invested in its development.