Shephard Media

Rostec pushes BMD-4M and BTR-MDM onto the export stage

Vehicles designed for the Russian Airborne Force are being promoted overseas. Russian defence conglomerate Rostec noted on 15 April that its Rosoboronexport and NPO High-Precision Weapons companies ...
The National Interest

China’s Military Is Advancing, But Russia’s Infantry Fighting Vehicles Remain Dominant

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Russian BMDs also possess far superior sighting and sensing equipment. The latest BMD in Russian service, the BMD-4M possesses one of the best sighting suites out of ...
The National Interest

Russia’s Airborne Infantry Vehicles Make China’s Look Like A Joke

Here’s What You Need to Remember: If China hopes to get serious about airborne operations, it may need to take a hard look at modernizing or replacing the ZBD-03. As China modernizes and develops its ...
Shephard Media

Russia set to upgrade its BMD-2 inventory

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 ...
RBTH

Russia’s ‘flying’ fighting vehicle BMD-4M lands with crew

Alexander Ryumin / TASS 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 ...