Russian airborne force academy has received BMD-4M and BTR-MDM airborne armored vehicles 10712166

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Russian airborne force academy has received BMD-4M and BTR-MDM airborne armored vehicles.
Joint training of battalion and company task forces augmented with tank and rocket artillery units reporting to the military districts, Northern Fleet units and forward air controllers will be the feature of the new academic year of the Airborne Force, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press office has told journalists.
     
Joint training of battalion and company task forces augmented with tank and rocket artillery units reporting to the military districts, Northern Fleet units and forward air controllers will be the feature of the new academic year of the Airborne Force, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press office has told journalists.Russian airborne troops BMD-4M IFV Infantry Fighting Vehicle at military parade in Moscow, Russia
     
"In 2016, the Airborne Force has conducted training and converted its large units to up-to-date materiel, with the conversion to be completed by year-end," the press office said. "Airborne’s large units have received advanced and upgraded weapons and other combat gear."

For instance, the units have been fielded with more than 60 sophisticated BMD-4M airborne infantry fighting vehicles and BTR-MDM airborne armored personnel carriers (APC), around 40 upgraded BREM-D armored recovery vehicles, command vehicles and 2S9-1M Nona self-propelled howitzers, Verba man-portable air defense missile systems, advanced electronic warfare systems, about 35 BTR-82A wheeled APCs, upwards of 6,000 D-10 and Arbalet parachutes and approximately 100 items of other airborne equipment.

The BMD-4M is the latest generation of Russian-made airborne armoured infantry fighting vehicle that can be para-dropped to provide firepower and support for airborne troops. It is an upgraded variant of the BMD-4 (BMD-3M).

The BMD-4M is fitted with a two-man turret armed with a 2A70 100mm caliber gun, coupled to a 30mm 2A72 cannon and a 7.62mm PKT coaxial machine gun mounted to the right of the main armament.
     
Joint training of battalion and company task forces augmented with tank and rocket artillery units reporting to the military districts, Northern Fleet units and forward air controllers will be the feature of the new academic year of the Airborne Force, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press office has told journalists.Russian BTR-MDM airborne armoured personnel carrier at RAE Russian Arms Expo in Nizhny Tagil, Russia.
     
The BTR-MDM Rakushka is a further development of the BTR-MD airborne tracked multi-role armoured vehicle. The BTR-MDM was unveiled for the first time during the at the 9th International Exhibition of Arms, Military Equipment and Ammunition Russian Arms Expo in 2013.

The crew consists of commander, driver and 13 seats for military personnel. The driver is seated at the front of the vehicle, and has a single-piece hatch cover and three day periscopes for forward observation, the center one of which can be replaced by a night vision periscope.

The BTR-MDM Rakushka is equipped with a remote weapon station mounted to the top left side of the hull armed with a 7.62mm or 12.7mm machine gun.
     
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