Talk about not one, but two very expensive malfunctions: 2 BMD-2 armored vehicles fell out of the sky during a drill at the Tsentr-2019 international armed forces exercises, when their parachutes ...

The Russian MoD has unveiled a plan to launch a large-scale upgrade of the BMD-2 lightweight IFV inventory of the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) branch, which can be delivered by parachute from Il-76 ...

The BMD-2M air-deployable infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) has entered state trials with the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV), the TASS news agency reported on 31 July, citing Russian defence industry ...

Russian airborne forces are heavily mechanized, the idea being they can parachute dozens of miles away from their actual objective—and away from enemy anti-air defenses—and advance on the ground with ...

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 ...