During the Second World War, elite paratroopers were used by both sides to drop deep behind enemy lines. Paratroopers proved crucial for the Allies during the D-Day landings, but the subsequent ...

Paratroopers are usually thought of as being a lightly armed strike force that jumps deep into enemy territory with only what they can carry. However, the Russian Army’s paratrooper force combines ...

MOSCOW, August 8. /TASS/. Defense contractors are working on an armored vehicle for the Airborne Force that will be mounted on the chassis of the Sprut-SD self-propelled anti-tank gun and equipped ...

MOSCOW, January 16. /TASS/. Paratroopers based in Pskov in Russia’s northwest will get a battalion set of next-generation combat hardware that includes over 35 BMD-4M airborne infantry fighting ...