Russian paratroopers during, here Kursants, the military parade dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (May, 9th 2005). Wikipedia
Popular Mechanics: Russia Plans to Airdrop Armored Vehicles—With Crew Inside
If nothing else it's a good way to send seven soldiers plummeting to their deaths.
Russia's state news agency TASS reports that Russian airborne forces plan to drop armored vehicles from the sky via parachute—with soldiers inside. The head of Russia's Airborne Forces claims that only Russia has this capability. That's for good reason: The marginal usefulness of this capability outweighs the sheer dangerousness of it.
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WNU Editor: These drops can go horribly wrong (see video below) ....
5 comments:
Russia's been airdropping armoured vehicles with crews inside, in training and exercises,
Since it was the Soviet Union, ( early '80's)
They've even air dropped T-80 tanks.
BTW,
" That's for good reason: The marginal usefulness of this capability outweighs the sheer dangerousness of it"
LMAO,
The reality is, most airborne op's have two huge problems, para's scattered in small packets over a huge space, often miles away from the same static dropped heavy weapons they are supposed to crew,
And getting rolled over by medium Combined Arms teams who's weapons, vehicle mobility and armour, greatly surpasses the para's firepower.
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
T-80 tanks can,
So can Wild Turkeys,
So can domestic Turkeys, ( pin feathers on one or both wings are clipped so that they can't fly well)
Frozen butterball's can't.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4uGfOppQD_g&feature=youtu.be
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