Beginning from 2018 the latest Russian combat airborne vehicles - BMD-4M will land on the battlefield with the crew inside. It will be possible after the creation of a platformless parachute is completed. Experts say such hardware airdrop will considerably decrease combat engagement time, the Izvestia daily writes. Read more
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The Bakhcha-U-PDS parachute system being tested with a BMD-4M armored vehicle (Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense) |