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I was under the impression that the BTR-D and improved versions were troop transports, so the army equivalent would be for the BMP to be made longer and have its armament largely removed and replaced with a grenade launcher or ATGM launcher or machine gun to replace the BTRs.
The BTR-D is a troop transport variant of the BMD that is enlarged to increase internal capacity for carrying troops... its job is to increase the number of soldiers that get carried around the battlefield by using fewer actual vehicles.
I suspect the ATGM version is a bit like a BTR-82 being used for air defence... so it has a few gripstocks and a few Verbas or Igla-S missiles and it is used for airdefence, but could also just transport troops if that was required.
The Kornet-D is a real Shturm-S equivalent, except instead of being MTLB based it is BMD based of course... these are both dedicated ATGM vehicles that are no longer of any use as troop transports because of their loading and missile storage mechanisms.
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After a short essay on the combat path of various parachute formations , making sure that the parachute landing of troops as a means of engaging in battle is still in demand, and also that parachute landings do not lead to any such extraordinary losses if everything is planned and executed correctly and taking into account the situation, let's move on to determining the appearance of the Airborne Forces in the future Russian army.
Let's start not with the technical feasibility of the parachute landings themselves in the war, and not with whether it is possible to solve some problems with their help - these issues were discussed in the last part. In accordance with the methodology outlined earlier, let's start by answering the question:
1. Is there any point in parachute landing at all? What forces? What is the composition of the landing troops? Where, why and under what circumstances? Is it possible to abandon it in favor of landing from helicopters?
It is this question that is decisive.
FULL ARTICLE: https://topwar-ru.translate.goog/202693-reforma-vdv-v-svete-opyta-boev-na-ukraine-i-predshestvujuschih-vojn-zadachi-tehnika-oruzhie.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en
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franco wrote:Reform of the Airborne Forces in the light of the experience of fighting in Ukraine and previous wars. Tasks, vehicles, weapons
After a short essay on the combat path of various parachute formations , making sure that the parachute landing of troops as a means of engaging in battle is still in demand, and also that parachute landings do not lead to any such extraordinary losses if everything is planned and executed correctly and taking into account the situation, let's move on to determining the appearance of the Airborne Forces in the future Russian army.
Let's start not with the technical feasibility of the parachute landings themselves in the war, and not with whether it is possible to solve some problems with their help - these issues were discussed in the last part. In accordance with the methodology outlined earlier, let's start by answering the question:
1. Is there any point in parachute landing at all? What forces? What is the composition of the landing troops? Where, why and under what circumstances? Is it possible to abandon it in favor of landing from helicopters?
It is this question that is decisive.
FULL ARTICLE: https://topwar-ru.translate.goog/202693-reforma-vdv-v-svete-opyta-boev-na-ukraine-i-predshestvujuschih-vojn-zadachi-tehnika-oruzhie.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en
Great article. Suggest everyone interested in the future of airborne forces to read it. Although it's only the first part and a conclusion is not available there
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If the target is an airfield deep behind enemy lines often there will be air defence but not ground defence other than token forces which means an armoured force of VDV with enormous fire power can quickly capture the airfield which can then land heavier forces.
The current conflict in the Ukraine has shown that mobility and fire power can lead to a smaller force taking on a much bigger force and pushing them around the place... until they have time to mobilise their forces and gain serious numbers advantage... but the VDV and Naval infantry were never expected to fight an entire war on their own... they take key positions , whether they are airfields or nuclear power stations or ICBM fields or major ports (from the land side is water side defences are too strong).
There is nothing invulnerable to any enemy fire, but being able to seize airfields deep behind enemy lines can be very important.
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Having briefly reviewed the previous experience of using parachute troops in wars, including modern ones ( the first part of the essay ), as well as roughly estimating the tasks that may require parachute landing in modern times, making the first approach to the state of troops and the ratio of their numbers to the strength of military transport aviation ( second part of the essay ), let's take a quick look at how the air defense of the airborne units should be provided, and then more or less finally decide on the states and structure.
But first, a fundamental question must be answered. Are airborne divisions needed?
Why should the issue of the divisional link be resolved first of all? Because it is fundamental for the states of future troops, since the integration of the military branches there is implemented to a large extent at the divisional level.
Let us recall from the last part the composition of the Airborne Forces, where it is listed in full.
1. Command of the Airborne Forces
2. 38th Guards Control Brigade
3. 45th Separate Guards Special Purpose Brigade (2 OSP)
4. 7th Guards Air Assault Division (9 air assault division, orb and detachment)
5. 76th Guards air assault division (9 dshb, orb and otb)
6. 98th guards airborne division (6 airborne assault division and orb)
7. 106th guards airborne division (6 airborne assault brigade and orb)
8. 11th separate guards air assault brigade (2 air assault brigade, air assault brigade and orb)
9. 31st separate guards air assault brigade (2 air assault brigade, air assault brigade and orb)
10. 83rd separate guards air assault brigade (2 air assault brigade, air assault brigade and orb )
11. 150th Separate Repair and Rehabilitation Battalion
12. 35th Separate Medical Detachment of the Airborne Forces
13. Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School
14. 242nd Training Center of the Airborne Forces
15. 309th Center for Special Parachute Training of the Airborne Forces.
In the last part, it was indicated that the Airborne Forces can be left as expeditionary troops under separate command, so as not to lose the morale they have, which, of course, is worth a lot.
It was also justified there that under no circumstances could Russia need more than nine landing regiments of the Airborne Forces.
At the same time, nine is in some way “adjusting a task to an answer”: the maximum theoretically possible number in the presence of both tasks (also limiting), and the ability of the BTA to parachute them all in turn with acceptable losses in aircraft.
Nine regiments is about three divisions. If we deploy regiments into brigades, adding certain units there, then in any case no more than three divisions. We have 4 of them, and in addition to them 3 air assault brigades and a special forces brigade.
And now what does air defense have to do with it?
For example, consider the composition of the 76th Guards Airborne Division.
Directorate (headquarters)
104th Guards Airborne Assault Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Regiment
234th Guards Airborne Assault Black Sea Order of Kutuzov Regiment named after the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky
237th Guards Airborne Assault Torun Red Banner Regiment
1140th Guards Artillery Red Banner Regiment regiment
4th Guards (from July 22, 2015) anti-aircraft missile regiment (former 165th separate anti-aircraft missile division)
656th separate engineer-sapper order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky battalion
124th separate tank battalion
728th separate communications battalion
3996th military hospital (airmobile). All personnel have parachute training , from 3
jumps .
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MOSCOW, January 6. /TASS/. The junior specialists training center of the Russian airborne troops prepared more than 10,000 servicemen and mobilized individuals for participation in the special military operation, the Ministry of Defense told reporters.
"In 2022, the junior specialists training center of airborne troops trained up more than 10,000 servicemen from 62 regions of the Russian Federation in interests of formations and military units. Following successful passing of qualification examinations, conscript personnel departed to troops for the service and mobilized servicemen - to the zone of the special military operation," the Ministry said.
The tenure of training is 3.5 months for conscript servicemen and up to two months for mobilized personnel, the Ministry added
NOTE: this is around 3-4 times the normal annual amounts
https://tass.com/defense/1559217
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High-Precision Complexes Holding, part of Rostec, has completed the development of the Ptitselov anti-aircraft missile system on the landing vehicle chassis (BMD-4M) for the Airborne Forces. This was reported on May 15 by RIA Novosti with reference to the corporation.
The short-range anti-aircraft missile system with the Sosna combat module, created on the basis of the BMP-3, still continues to be tested, Rostec recalled.
"A similar vehicle was developed in the interests of the Airborne Forces on the basis of the BMD-4M," the corporation noted.
The main difference between "Ptitselov" and "Sosna" is the possibility of parachuting from military transport aircraft.
The Sosna combat module is equipped with two launchers for 12 Sosna-R missiles, which can hit targets at a range of up to ten kilometers and an altitude of up to five kilometers and reach speeds of up to 900 meters per second. Guided missile "Sosna-R" can be aimed at the target in a laser beam, which is accompanied by the target from the SAM combat module.
Earlier, on February 4, it was reported that the Ptitselov anti-aircraft missile systems will enter service with the Russian paratrooper divisions. It was noted that the new complex will have to protect paratroopers from air strikes when they land behind enemy lines.
https://translated.turbopages.org/proxy_u/ru-en.en.d0e5c6d2-64620a5a-db110d1f-74722d776562/https/iz.ru/1512860/2023-05-15/v-rostekhe-zaiavili-o-zavershenii-razrabotki-kompleksa-ptitcelov-dlia-vdv
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The first batch of 2S41 "Drok" complexes was handed over to the Russian military, how many units of new equipment the Ministry of Defense received was not reported. It is noted that the complex was developed by the Central Research Institute "Petrel" as part of the development work "Sketch" together with self-propelled artillery guns (SAO) "Phlox" and "Magnolia". With a high probability, the entire batch of new mortars will go to the special operation zone. As the military themselves say, mortars have proven their effectiveness, everyone was waiting for the appearance of self-propelled.
The self-propelled mortar "Drok" was developed primarily for the units of the Airborne Forces, the complex is an 82-mm breech-loading mortar 2S41 with manual loading, mounted on an armored car "Typhoon-VDV". Shooting is carried out from the fighting compartment of an armored car with both conventional ammunition and new mines with increased firing range and power. The maximum rate of fire is up to 15 rounds per minute at a range of 100 to 6000 meters.
There is an opportunity for shooting from the ground; for this, a separate 2B24 mortar is included in the kit. The total transportable ammunition load is 40 mines stored in the fighting compartment. Crew 4 people. Armored car "Typhoon" retained its dimensions, but increased the combat weight to 14 tons.
In addition to the mortar, the armored car is armed with a remote-controlled combat module with a heavy machine gun, located above the driver's seat, and equipment blocks of the optical-electronic countermeasures complex are also located on the roof.
https://topwar-ru.translate.goog/221855-rossijskie-vojska-poluchili-pervuju-partiju-samohodnyh-minometov-drok-na-baze-broneavtomobilja-tajfun.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en
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The Airborne Forces will become even stronger: the Commander of the VDV congratulated on the 93rd anniversary of the formation of the Airborne Forces
“I am proud that more than 5,000 wounded paratroopers returned to the front after treatment.
By the end of the year, we will form two new airborne regiments and revive the 104th VDV division, ”said Mikhail Teplinskiy, commander of the Airborne Forces.
https://twitter.com/Cyberspec1/status/1686684435012583424
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According to them, according to the approved plan, by December 1, the formation of the administration and two regiments of the 104th Airborne Assault Division will be completed. The new military units will be deployed on the basis of the 31st Airborne Assault Brigade of the Airborne Forces.
As follows from the plans of the Ministry of Defense, next year additional military units and subunits, including a tank battalion, will be formed as part of the 104th division, the sources added.
In early August, the commander of the Airborne Forces, Colonel-General Mikhail Teplinskiy, congratulated the Russian paratroopers on their professional holiday and announced the creation of new units in the troops entrusted to him.
He stressed that by the end of the year two airborne regiments would be formed in the Airborne Forces and the glorified 104th division would be revived.
https://iz-ru.translate.goog/1558640/2023-08-14/istochnik-raskryl-sroki-vossozdaniia-104-i-gvardeiskoi-divizii-v-vdv?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
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MOSCOW, September 26 - RIA Novosti. The combat potential of the Russian Airborne Forces will increase by 1.3 times by the end of this year, and fire capabilities will increase by 20%, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting on Tuesday .
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“In general, the implementation of the measures planned in the Airborne Forces will allow by the end of the year to increase their combat potential by 1.3 times, while the fire capabilities of the Airborne Forces units will increase by 20%,” he said during a meeting of the board of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
According to Shoigu, since the beginning of the year, more than 2 thousand units of equipment and 5.5 thousand sets of landing equipment and parachute systems have been received by airborne formations and military units.
The minister noted that the potential of the Airborne Forces is growing due to the creation of new formations, increasing their reconnaissance, strike and fire capabilities.
Thus, Shoigu recalled that in 2023 the parachute regiment in the Tula division began to carry out combat missions, the formation of the 104th air assault division and the parachute regiment of the Ivanovo formation is being completed.
In addition, by the end of the year, a logistics brigade and repair and restoration battalions will be formed in all airborne divisions, and the artillery brigade will be completed to full strength.
https://ria-ru.translate.goog/20230926/vdv-1898705267.html?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
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“As for weapons... we will build up. The capabilities of our military-industrial complex have reached a level unprecedented since the end of the Great Patriotic War. I must admit, frankly, even faster than I expected,” he noted.
As the politician added, Russia has “improved” its defense industry capabilities significantly in just a year. And the enemy, represented by Ukraine , cannot but take into account the multiple increase in the production of Russian weapons and military equipment.
Earlier, on September 29, during a visit to the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Astrakhan region, Medvedev said that Russia would modernize its military equipment taking into account the latest models of Western weapons until victory in a special military operation to protect Donbass. He also noted that Ukraine is stocked with modern types of weapons, and the new weapons of the Russian Armed Forces must be resistant to the enemy’s air defense (air defense) and electronic warfare (EW) systems.
Before this, on May 31, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that the defense industry had repeatedly increased production for the needs of the special operation. According to him, there is a continuous improvement of weapons and equipment .
On March 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the production of the Russian military-industrial complex is expanding rapidly, and the Russian Federation produces three times more ammunition compared to Western countries' supplies to Ukraine.
https://iz-ru.translate.goog/1602609/2023-11-09/medvedev-zaiavil-o-vykhode-vozmozhnostei-otechestvennoi-oboronki-na-novyi-uroven?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
NOTE: New Airborne Regiment for the new Airborne Division being formed
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franco wrote:Ukrainian sources saying the 337th Airborne regiment along with the newly formed 1180th Airborne Artillery regiment are in the Rostov region preparing to enter the SVO and join up with the 328th Airborne regiment. This would make the revised 104th Guards Airborne division combat operational. The 3rd Airborne regiment and other supporting units are scheduled to deploy in 2024.
In addition, the new tank battalion for the 104th Guards Airborne division has been identified as the 134th Tank bn and the new Engineer Sapper bn as the 132nd. From Ukrainian sources.
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LUGANSK, January 1 - RIA Novosti. More than 2.5 thousand units of weapons, military and special equipment entered the Russian Airborne Forces in 2023, the Russian Ministry of Defense told reporters.
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"In 2023, formations and military units of the Airborne Forces received more than 780 of the latest and modern models (VVST). Among the newest models of heavy weapons received by the troops, it is worth noting the most modern tank - the T-90M Proryv, as well as those that have proven themselves during carrying out a special military operation, BMD-4M airborne combat vehicles, BTR-MDM "Rakushka" and BTR-82A armored personnel carriers... In total, in 2023, the Airborne Forces were replenished with over 2.5 thousand units of military and special equipment (weapons, military and special equipment)," the defense ministry said department.
It is clarified that to strengthen combat capabilities, units of the Airborne Forces are receiving MLRS "Uragan", "Grad", heavy flamethrower systems "Solntsepyok", T-72 B3M tanks, modernized self-propelled guns "Nona-S" and "Vena" and improved 120-mm mortar systems "Sani".
“To combat enemy air targets, paratroopers successfully use the Verba portable anti-aircraft missile system,” the military department added.
https://ria-ru.translate.goog/20240101/spetsoperatsiya-1919310418.html?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
NOTE: earlier reported that the formations in 2023 of 1 Airborne Division, 1 Artillery brigade and 7 regiments (5 Air Assault, 1 Artillery and not sure of the last one)
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