New weapons of Russian Airborne Troops will be shown at Victory Day parade

Commander of the Russian Airborne Troops Vladimir Shamanov said that at the May 9 parade, in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the new weapons of the Russian Airborne Troops will be shown - Rakushka armored personnel carriers and BMD-4M fighting vehicles.

"We have already begun re-equipping the armored component of the Airborne troops. State tests of eight BMD-4M machines and BMD-4M armored personnel carriers have ended,” Tass quoted him as saying.