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 ...

March 29, 2010: The Russian Army and Air Force have revived a Cold War practice of dropping BMD-2 tracked armored vehicles, by parachute, with the crew inside. The eight ton BMD-2 entered service 25 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...