Airborne troops carrying a cumulative indication of the AIRBORNE troops, have transport aircraft, the airborne regiments and brigades and separate reconnaissance units.
About the extent of the AIRBORNE troops speak the numbers of paratroopers. During exercise in 1934, jumped down at the same time 900 men, in other years the numbers have increased. In June 1940 carried out a 214. parachute regiment parachute jump with the aim of capturing several smaller airports in the vicinity of the Lithuanian city of Šiauliai less than 100km from East Prussia. In the same month in 201. and 204. parachute brigade descended on the city of Izmail and Bolgrad in ploješťských oil fields. Since then the numbers of AIRBORNE troops to increase.
AIRBORNE day is celebrated annually 2. August
Deployment after the year 1945:
Czechoslovakia 1968: 103. airy airborne division (VDD) used in the Prague of the vehicle ASU-85 and BMD, the unit drove through the city and attacked the Prague castle. The rest of the division had occupied all the important places in Prague
107. feathery parachute division occupied the airport Brno
Afghanistan: the cast of the airport and the radio transmitters in 1979, then the AIRBORNE troops participated in most of the fighting in Afghanistan
Abkhazia, Georgia: 345. separate airborne regiment, subsequently přejmeovaný on 10. the peace, the away the regiment, he served from 90. years as part of a peacekeeping force
Bosnia: Ugljevik
Kosovo: cast airport Pristina
Chechnya: AIRBORNE troops as a beachhead for more troops
AIRBORNE Division (VDD):
7. VDD - Novorossiysk
76.VDD - Pskov, Leningrad v. o.
98.VDD - Ivanovo
31.VDD - Ulyanovsk
106.VDD - Tula, Moscow v. o
242. the training center of the AIRBORNE troops, Omsk, Siberian v. o
45. reconnaissance regiment (the common command of VDV and GRU)
Training:
the main training center of the AIRBORNE troops in Ryazan, where Rjazaňské higher airy airborne officers ' school (RVVDKU)
Armament:
THE AK-74M
AKS-74
AKS-74U
RPK-74
PKM
7.62 mm “Pečeneg” machine gun replacing the PKM
Dragunov SVD
Dragunov SVU, improved bullpup version of the SVD
GP-25 and GP-30 suspended ceiling 40mm grenade launcher
AGS-17 “Plamja“
Technique:
FIRM-2 - reconnaissance vehicle, from 70. years, uses ground navigation system. Armament: machine gun SGMB 7.62 mm, machine gun KPVT 14.5 mm. Speed: 100km/h, water 10km/h
BTR-60 - BTR-80: an armored truck, for 16 soldiers. Armament: machine gun of 12.7 mm, 1-3 machine gun SGMB and PK 7.62 mm. Speed: 80km/h, water 10km/h
ASU-85 airborne assault gun, from 60. years, protection against weapons of mass destruction, night vision. Armament: cannon SD-44 85mm, machine gun PKT 7.62 mm. Speed 44 km/h
BMD-1, BMD-2: the airborne vehicle of fire support, from 70. years the crew of 3+6, a lot of deployed in Afghanistan. Armament: the turret of the BMP - low-pressure cannon 73mm, spražený PKT machine gun, guided missile, 2 machine guns PKT 7.62 mm in the front corners of the hull. Speed: 85km/h, water 10km/h
Now introducing modern BMD-3 and BMD-4
D-30 - 122mm field howitzer, operation 7 soldiers, in addition to conventional and chemical shells may on its grooved barrel to shoot also a non-rotating point armor piercing missile with wings, usable against armored targets. Weight: 3150 kg. Elevation -7° to +70°, the gun arc 360°, max range 15 300m, muzzle velocity: 690m/s
Other vehicles: Ural, GAZ-66, KAMAZ, UAZ
Offensive units: 4 rifle battalions - in 1-2 of them 32 BMD + section with 18 cannons.
About the extent of the AIRBORNE troops speak the numbers of paratroopers. During exercise in 1934, jumped down at the same time 900 men, in other years the numbers have increased. In June 1940 carried out a 214. parachute regiment parachute jump with the aim of capturing several smaller airports in the vicinity of the Lithuanian city of Šiauliai less than 100km from East Prussia. In the same month in 201. and 204. parachute brigade descended on the city of Izmail and Bolgrad in ploješťských oil fields. Since then the numbers of AIRBORNE troops to increase.
AIRBORNE day is celebrated annually 2. August
Deployment after the year 1945:
Czechoslovakia 1968: 103. airy airborne division (VDD) used in the Prague of the vehicle ASU-85 and BMD, the unit drove through the city and attacked the Prague castle. The rest of the division had occupied all the important places in Prague
107. feathery parachute division occupied the airport Brno
Afghanistan: the cast of the airport and the radio transmitters in 1979, then the AIRBORNE troops participated in most of the fighting in Afghanistan
Abkhazia, Georgia: 345. separate airborne regiment, subsequently přejmeovaný on 10. the peace, the away the regiment, he served from 90. years as part of a peacekeeping force
Bosnia: Ugljevik
Kosovo: cast airport Pristina
Chechnya: AIRBORNE troops as a beachhead for more troops
AIRBORNE Division (VDD):
7. VDD - Novorossiysk
76.VDD - Pskov, Leningrad v. o.
98.VDD - Ivanovo
31.VDD - Ulyanovsk
106.VDD - Tula, Moscow v. o
242. the training center of the AIRBORNE troops, Omsk, Siberian v. o
45. reconnaissance regiment (the common command of VDV and GRU)
Training:
the main training center of the AIRBORNE troops in Ryazan, where Rjazaňské higher airy airborne officers ' school (RVVDKU)
Armament:
THE AK-74M
AKS-74
AKS-74U
RPK-74
PKM
7.62 mm “Pečeneg” machine gun replacing the PKM
Dragunov SVD
Dragunov SVU, improved bullpup version of the SVD
GP-25 and GP-30 suspended ceiling 40mm grenade launcher
AGS-17 “Plamja“
Technique:
FIRM-2 - reconnaissance vehicle, from 70. years, uses ground navigation system. Armament: machine gun SGMB 7.62 mm, machine gun KPVT 14.5 mm. Speed: 100km/h, water 10km/h
BTR-60 - BTR-80: an armored truck, for 16 soldiers. Armament: machine gun of 12.7 mm, 1-3 machine gun SGMB and PK 7.62 mm. Speed: 80km/h, water 10km/h
ASU-85 airborne assault gun, from 60. years, protection against weapons of mass destruction, night vision. Armament: cannon SD-44 85mm, machine gun PKT 7.62 mm. Speed 44 km/h
BMD-1, BMD-2: the airborne vehicle of fire support, from 70. years the crew of 3+6, a lot of deployed in Afghanistan. Armament: the turret of the BMP - low-pressure cannon 73mm, spražený PKT machine gun, guided missile, 2 machine guns PKT 7.62 mm in the front corners of the hull. Speed: 85km/h, water 10km/h
Now introducing modern BMD-3 and BMD-4
D-30 - 122mm field howitzer, operation 7 soldiers, in addition to conventional and chemical shells may on its grooved barrel to shoot also a non-rotating point armor piercing missile with wings, usable against armored targets. Weight: 3150 kg. Elevation -7° to +70°, the gun arc 360°, max range 15 300m, muzzle velocity: 690m/s
Other vehicles: Ural, GAZ-66, KAMAZ, UAZ
Offensive units: 4 rifle battalions - in 1-2 of them 32 BMD + section with 18 cannons.