The vehicle can be dropped from an aircraft with the crew inside, and move into battle immediately deep behind enemy lines. The Russian Army has taken delivery of a prototype batch of the modernised ...

Vehicles designed for the Russian Airborne Force are being promoted overseas. Russian defence conglomerate Rostec noted on 15 April that its Rosoboronexport and NPO High-Precision Weapons companies ...

The History of the BMD-4M During the Cold War, the Kremlin took the concept of mobility in offensive operations seriously enough that in 1966, the Soviet Army introduced the BMP-1, an infantry ...

Russia's BMD-4M was built to fly, float, and fight, but its paper-thin aluminum hull makes it a prime target for Ukraine's FPV drones and artillery. We break down exactly why this "elite" airborne ...

MOSCOW, May 13. /TASS/. The Russian Defense Ministry is to receive more than 250 airborne troops’ combat vehicles BMD-4M and armored personnel carriers BTR-MDM Rakushka over three years to come under ...

Paratroopers are usually thought of as being a lightly armed strike force that jumps deep into enemy territory with only what they can carry. However, the Russian Army’s paratrooper force combines ...

Russia’s armed forces have been boosted by the arrival of the new airborne BMD-4M. The armored assault vehicle can be parachuted directly into battle with its crew aboard, allowing forces to be ...