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 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 ...

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 ...

Russia’s BMD-4M was built to fly, float, and fight—but modern drone warfare punishes every compromise in its design. Here’s ...

Russia's airborne troops, a highly-mobile independent and elite branch of country’s military, continues to take delivery of new armoured vehicles. In April 2017, BMD-4M IFVs and BTR-MDM Rakushka APCs ...

MOSCOW, January 16. /TASS/. Paratroopers based in Pskov in Russia’s northwest will get a battalion set of next-generation combat hardware that includes over 35 BMD-4M airborne infantry fighting ...

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 ...

During the Second World War, elite paratroopers were used by both sides to drop deep behind enemy lines. Paratroopers proved crucial for the Allies during the D-Day landings, but the subsequent ...

MOSCOW, March 22 (UPI) -- Russia may begin manufacturing updated BMD-4M airborne infantry fighting vehicles next year, a published report said. The BMD-4M is the newest version of a military fighter ...

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 ...