Russian airborne troops training (Winter 2005)

[Abbyy]

Just found cool gallery at http://www.desantura.ru

http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1238.jpg

http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1245.jpg


http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1247.jpg

http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1244.jpg

http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1241.jpg

http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1237.jpg

http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1234.jpg

http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1231.jpg

http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1230.jpg

[V/E]

http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1237.jpg

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[shaheen]

thanks for the pic abbyy but can you give us the link to the gallery i cant undersatand russian

[Hellfish]

Great pics! It's hard to find good Russian airborne pics these days...

[tommy00]

Nice pics.Remember time in Soviet VDV.

[tenda]

really nice gallery tnx,,, ;)

[n_shanygin]

nice

[RSK]

http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1230.jpg

Awsome!

[Metak]

Great photos!!!

[Cooler Master]

Awesome Pics!! woot
It's the first time I see a BMD being Air Dropped!

[GazB]

shaheen
Try this link to the gallery page... from here you can access all the photos...

http://desantura.ru/index.php?ind=gallery

Very nice site BTW Abbyy

[Catch22]

Great pics Abby, BMD's, walonki & stuff :)

Once I've heard there was an idea to drop BMD's with crew in. Ever heard of it? Sounds rather unbelievable...

[HardThunder]

Thanks nice pics

[WolverineBlue]

http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1237.jpg

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

what is that? a grenade launcher?

[GazB]

The Grenade launcher is the AGS-30.
It replaces the Plamya (AGS-17).
Has similar performance but weighs about 16kgs including tripod mount but without ammo. (the AGS-17 weighs 20kgs without tripod or ammo).

Regarding the BMDs with crews... it is standard procedure for them to be dropped without crews inside but usually they are dropped at least once during training inside the vehicles... the the appropriate padding around them.

If there were an urgent operational need for the crews to get to their vehicles up and running as quickly as possible then dropping them with crews was done. This rarely included the passengers... just the 2 or three vehicle crew depending upon the vehicle type.


The landing velocity for the BMDs with 6 large parachutes plus the retro rocket pack that fires just before the BMD hits the ground makes the landing not that much different from the speed humans land at with an individual parachute.

[HardThunder]

Anyway. This is kind of interesting.


http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1232.jpg

[Hellfish]

Looks like an MTLB with Pz38t road wheels... :|

[sergey31]

Parachute landing attachment.... So it won't damage tracks while landing via parachute.

[HardThunder]

Looks like an MTLB with Pz38t road wheels... :|

Yes it does, only a smaller, less long, and narrower mt-lb

[HardThunder]

All it says is
mooring GT- MU -1D description winter studies
and some other stuff.
http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1232.jpg

[GazB]

Looks like a cross between a GT-SM and an MT-MB.

The wheels look like they are from a GT-SM, but the armoured body looks the same as an MT-M or MT-MB.

[Abbyy]

Great pics Abby, BMD's, walonki & stuff :)

Once I've heard there was an idea to drop BMD's with crew in. Ever heard of it? Sounds rather unbelievable...

Yes, these people did it:
http://www.desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/reviews1/images/desant_tech_big.jpg

Here's info:
http://www.desantura.ru/index.php?ind=reviews1&op=entry_view&iden=52

[Hellfish]

I actually thought I'd read that it was common practice to drop crews in BMDs. I always thought it was kind of unbelievable - there would be so much vomit in that vehicle. :|

[Abbyy]

I actually thought I'd read that it was common practice to drop crews in BMDs. I always thought it was kind of unbelievable - there would be so much vomit in that vehicle. :|

It was done just to test how effective it can be and after all they decided that there's no need to do such risky drops.

[Catch22]

Thanks for the link Abby, it looks like last test was on BMD3 dropped from Il-76 in 2003. Looking at the test crew inside I see 3(!) Colonels, one Lt.Col, 2 Majors and one Ensign. You Russians are bit crazy... :)

[kangur]

Great pictures!

I have a question:

when Russians drop AFV out of aircraft, is the vehicle crew INSIDE or do they parachute seperately?


Thanks for any info on this topic.

[Abbyy]

Great pictures!

I have a question:

when Russians drop AFV out of aircraft, is the vehicle crew INSIDE or do they parachute seperately?


Thanks for any info on this topic.

See above! :)

[kangur]

ok, thanks! i did not look at the last post.

so they HAVE dropped the men inside.... I would love to see an inside the AFV video of such a drop - or a heart-rate monitor redout of the crew during the drop :-)

[NicNZ]

Nice pics! ohh sweet sweet BMDs! I do like them, though I would hate to serve in one -- they are so very vulnerable and it is not often that you see any up-armour variants. Weight restrictions and whatnot. You dont see many missile armaments on them either, come to think of it. Hmm no great surprise that those in charge of Russian defence spending prefer to finance the BMP series, though not for rolling out the back of airborne Antonovs ;)

Edit: What a fantastic pic...
http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1239.jpg

[sp2c]

ok, thanks! i did not look at the last post.

so they HAVE dropped the men inside.... I would love to see an inside the AFV video of such a drop - or a heart-rate monitor redout of the crew during the drop :-)

I think it's actually better for your heart because you can't really see what's up from the inside

[bigjeff]

http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1244.jpg

The man is drooped with the tank?Oh man...it's pretty scary if the parachute of the tank doesn't work...straight to the land...