Cpl Steiner Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 The BMD-1, BMD-2 and BMD-3 are airdroppable amphibious IFVs used by such Russian forces as Air Assault Brigades and Spetsnaz Special Forces. Any chance of an Airborne module that includes these? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Considering that the BMD would be useful in BS and CW, I'd bet it will make an appearance in the not too distant future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Every AFV is air-droppable. At least once. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 All it takes are parachutes, pillows, and rockets! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domfluff Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 (edited) BMDs are in CM: Afghanistan, but that's currently the only place they exist. From what we know about the upcoming Black Sea module, Russian airborne forces are planned, which would imply the BMD. Since there would be some model cross-over with Cold War, and a Cold War module is coming up, that's also a possibility there, albeit one more speculative. One outlier that could be in Black Sea (but not Cold War) would be the 2S25 Sprut-SD. That's a light, air-droppable tank which fires the same ammunition as the T-90. There are a tiny number of them that exist, so the rarity cost would be high, but that's an interesting option. (Oh, and the BMD-4 should be on that list for Black Sea) Edited October 29, 2021 by domfluff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 6 hours ago, Vergeltungswaffe said: All it takes are parachutes, pillows, and rockets! Wow, that was still a really hard hit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 18 hours ago, domfluff said: BMDs are in CM: Afghanistan, but that's currently the only place they exist. It's still a great little game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armorgunner Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 On 10/29/2021 at 5:40 PM, Vergeltungswaffe said: Considering that the BMD would be useful in BS and CW, I'd bet it will make an appearance in the not too distant future. I read BS, as Bull **** the first time 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 3 hours ago, Armorgunner said: I read BS, as Bull **** the first time Yeah, I smile every time I type that one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
db_zero Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Air droppable at least once. Same true for driving through an airport wall? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 The power of vodka. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
db_zero Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Real vodka or moonshine made from shaving lotion or de-icing fluid? There was another video floating around showing a BMP2 or 3 being driven by drunk Russian soldiers on a street. They do look like they handle like sport cars. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 On 11/5/2021 at 8:19 PM, db_zero said: Real vodka or moonshine made from shaving lotion or de-icing fluid? There was another video floating around showing a BMP2 or 3 being driven by drunk Russian soldiers on a street. They do look like they handle like sport cars. Aqua Velva used to be a popular substitute in the 70's... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 The caption on the airdropped BMD is wrong. That's a BMD-2, whose only cannon is the same 30 mm Woodpecker as on the BMP-2 Yozh. A BMD-3 would have the same twin cannon setup as a BMP-3 does. Back in my Soviet Threat Analyst days, I remember looking with wonderment and and a kind of nationalist military envy at this clever retrorocket setup the Russians used to soft land certain AFVs, reminded me of the launch escape system on the Mercury space capsules. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domfluff Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Yep. The system is pretty similar to both the landing system for the Soyuz descent stage, and various methods for landing on the Moon, including that of the Apollo program - the call of "contact light" during the landing footage are the rods extending from below the LEM's feet touching the ground, in the same way that the rods do beneath the pallet the BMD sits on. In the BMD's case, it's an automatic system which triggers the firing of the retrorocket, and for the LEM it was the visual cue to shut off the engine, but the principle was the same. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, John Kettler said: The caption on the airdropped BMD is wrong. That's a BMD-2, whose only cannon is the same 30 mm Woodpecker as on the BMP-2 Yozh. A BMD-3 would have the same twin cannon setup as a BMP-3 does. Nope wrong again! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMD-3 It's the BMD-4 and BMD-4M that have the twin cannon arrangement. The video starts with a BMD-3 then shows wht looks like a BTR-D being loaded onto the aircraft, before showing either a BMD-1 or BMD-2 being dropped out of another aircraft, finally returning a BMD-3 for the landing. Edited December 2, 2021 by Sgt.Squarehead 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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