5th Guards Airborne Division was formed from 9th Airborne Corps (2nd formation). So Falichev and others are left largely in the same place — modernizing the existing inventory of transports. On 11 December 1932, a Revolutionary Military Council order established an airborne brigade from the existing detachment in the Leningrad Military District. The mission of theAirborne Assault Troops [VDV] is to make possible a quick response to national emergencies. Cooperation with the Antonov design bureau and its production facilities is off the table now that military-industrial ties with Ukraine have been severed. But the scale of our own country in conjunction with the configuration of Russian territory (strongly stretched in a latitudinal direction in distinction from the almost square U.S.) and the difficulty of accessing most of it requires a very large VTA. Suffice it to say that readiness, serviceability, and OOB figures are notoriously spongy. The 53-year-old General-Lieutenant Serdyukov has been serving as first deputy commander and chief of staff in the Southern MD. It says Kochetkov has multiple fractures.Â. All of them are amphibious, moving at around 10 km/h in water. As part of the 2011 state defence order (GOZ), 10 BMD-4M and 10 "Rakushka's" have been ordered, but according to the VDV's CinC General Colonel Shamanov, Kurganmashzavod did not give a guarantee it would produce them. But one will. In October 2013, Shamanov announced that a new air assault brigade would be formed in Voronezh in 2016 with the number of … Trade-offs are inevitable. Together with 39 (or 30?) This role began in Soviet times, with the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956 to quell the Hungarian uprising. On 26 May 2009 Lieutenant-General Vladimir Anatolevich Shamanov became the new commander of the VDV, replacing Lieutenant-General Valeriy Yevtukhovich who was being discharged to the reserve. Those missions include transferring troops between theaters, delivering large-diameter equipment, medical evacuation, other logistical support, and, most importantly, carrying the VDV to the battlefield. We took the Maxim and I am so glad we did because it got a workout unlike any other event it has been used at since I built it. In October 2013, Shamanov announced that a new air assault brigade would be formed in Voronezh in 2016 with the number of the 345th Separate Guards Airborne Regiment.  This may have been slashed to 30, others say.  Some of which I never thought about earlier will be ours.”. Source soldat.ru forums.[9]. It will proceed to a standard scenario involving seizure of a notional enemy airfield. How many times can you modify the same old anti-tank gun from 1984? The 55-year-old Serdyukov took over command of the VDV in October 2016. another 20,000 men for VDV, and a new brigade.  There are, however, data points worth examining against what was written here. [citation needed] Thus VDV units possess superior mobility and firepower with these vehicles.  Some 20 days of training are required on the Arbalet-2.  The brigade is, KZ writes, a special kind of collective, a family, and officers and soldiers don’t want to leave it. The 11th Air Assault Brigade in the Central Military District (former Siberian Military District) and the 56th Air Assault Regiment in the Southern Military District (former North Caucasus Military District) are partially infantry formations reporting directly to the military districts they are stationed in. In August [1944], the Stavka formed the 37th, 38th, and 39th Guards Airborne corps. “As we see, the problems are serious enough that they can’t be solved with a wave of the hand. Modern Russian Motor Rifle Company (Organization & Tactics) 1,360. Russian news media reported the accident, but the MOD has not. Falichev says the annual requirement is 120 of them. They rose more than 8% in 2020 despite caps on staples.…, Russian Pacific Fleet Naval Aviation MiG-31BMs flying from Anadyr exercise response to notional enemy violation of…, Yunarmiya wasn't enough, now there are military training assemblies for young people at Avangard centers in 37 regi…, TASS sources say: As testimony to the elite nature of airborne-trained units, the Stavka held the 9th Guards Army out of defensive actions, using it only for exploitation during offensives. The first experimental air assault brigade – the 1st Airborne [Airmobile/Air Assault] Brigade – was apparently activated in 1967/1968 from parts of the 51st Guards Parachute Landing Regiment (PDP) (Tula), after the Soviets had been impressed by the American experiences in Vietnam. The largest VDV in the world also require a much larger quantity of more modern transport aircraft.”.  The 47-year-old officer is, of course, career Spetsnaz. At the outset of the current GPV in 2011, the air forces hoped to procure 100 or more new and updated heavy transport aircraft. It was announced in July 2015 that plans called for the 31st Airborne Brigad… BMD-4 is also capable of full, continuous fire while in the deep water, unlike any other vehicle with such heavy weaponry (100mm gun and 30mm auto cannon). New combat equipment Modernisation of the VDV’s equipment continues apace.  The airframe and landing gear have been reinforced. They are an elite force, on par with the Strategic Rocket Forces and the Russian Space Forces. News photo purportedly showing offload of S-300P TEL from An-124 in Syria. Just limited in what it could carry.