The system is being created for the Russian Airborne
Forces on the basis of the BMD-4M combat vehicle.
MOSCOW, May 4. /TASS/. The world's first air-droppable air defense missile system is being created for the Russian Airborne Forces on the basis of the BMD-4M combat vehicle, a source in the Russian Defense Ministry told TASS on Wednesday.
"The work is underway on the on the creation of an
air-droppable anti-aircraft missile defense system based on the BMD-4M airborne
combat vehicle. The experimental design work is codenamed Ptitselov
(Fowler)," the source said.
According to him, the system will be parachuted.
The Russian Airborne Forces currently have in service
various modifications of the Strela-10 air defense missile system the basic
model of which had been made operational in 1976.
The track-mounted Sadovnitsa BMD-4M combat vehicle is a
version of the BMD-4 vehicle with a new body, engine, chassis and other units.
It is equipped with the Bakhcha-U combat unit, which comprises two guns - one
of 100-mm caliber and another - of 30-mm caliber, and a machine gun.
Previously, a Russian Defense Ministry source told TASS that the BMD-4M
vehicle, along with the BTR-MDM (Rakushka) armored personnel carrier entered
service. According to other previous reports, under the existing contract the
Russian Defense Ministry should receive within three years up to 250 of these
airborne combat vehicles and armored personnel carriers.
Source: ITAR-TASS 04-05-2016
