As the BMD-4M is significantly lighter than Russia’s main battle tanks (MBTs), it has proven better at dealing with the seasonal mud plaguing some of the Kremlin’s heavier vehicles.

The Russian BMD-4M, an airborne infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), has undergone landing testing. The advanced Bakhcha-U parachute airdrop system gave the vehicle a relatively soft landing.

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 ...

The BMD-2 or the Boyevaya Mashina Desantais (literally “airborne combat vehicle”), is a soviet ... The Mail says that 8 countries, including Russia, India and China, were present at the ...

The BMD-4 is a light infantry fighting vehicle intended for airborne troops ... its acronym is sometimes humorously expanded in Russia as "brotherly grave of the paratroopers." ...

In 2014, Ukrainian and Russian-backed separatist forces both made extensive use of BMD-1 and 2s and BTR-Ds — and lost 40 to 60 of the vehicles between them, highlighting the vehicle’s age and ...

In this video, two of Russia's airborne assault vehicles, the BMD-2 and BTR-RD, practice swimming operations and engaging targets with auto-cannons and missiles. The BMD-2 serves as the backbone ...

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 17: People walk by a destroyed Russian BMD-2 armoured vehicle which is part of a ... More display of Russian military hardware that has been put on the street for public ...

MOSCOW, July 31. /TASS/. Russia’s BMD-2M airborne assault vehicle upgraded with a new combat module is undergoing state trials, a source in the defense industry told TASS on Wednesday.

Russian regiments might be loathe to risk their remaining tanks, but they clearly feel no such qualms when it comes to risking the less powerful BMD fighting vehicles and their infantry passengers.

BMD stands for "Boyevaya Mashina ... as well as 3,512 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed during the operation." Russian troops invaded Ukraine on February 24 in what the ...