Jumped with the VDV in May 92. Quite the experience. They were very mindful of their branch history and proud of it.

@davidbrennan660

3 жыл бұрын

Urrah,Urrah,Urrah, Respect to their short, beautiful lives as is their code.

@ayrnovem9028

3 жыл бұрын

​@@MikeyRumi180 The Charge of the Light Brigade was a disastrous failure. Doesn't stop the British from being proud of the men who took part in it and their valor. The history of US marines engagements with the Japanese is for the most part a history of disastrous failures as well.

@ayrnovem9028

3 жыл бұрын

"They were beaten up and bloodied in Afghanistan as well if I am not mistaken..." You are mistaken. I don't know where from you get these notions. Might want to rein in your "my tribe yay, their tribe boo" mentality. Soviet losses in Afghanistan were around 12-15 thousands. American ones in Vietnam were around 60 thousands. VDV did, obviously, have their successes, and plenty of them - in combination with other units and types of military. Which is not surprising, as they are specialized mobile troops and a generally sensible way to use them is for specialized tasks like cutting off an important route. Kuril landing operation against Japan, if you absolutely need a distinct succesful example. Even the mass VDV operations that are generally regared as failures, like Vyazma operation... These 10 thousands something troops ended up fighting completely surrounded, in contact with seven German divisions. They did not surrender, they did not morally break, and they ended up achieving a breakthrough to their own lines. Come on. Name one example where American or British land troops did something like that in WW2.

@sarge11z6p4

3 жыл бұрын

@@MikeyRumi180 Thanks for the comment. Soviet Airborne Divisions were converted to Guards Infantry Divisions. They helped hold the northern flank of the Stalingrad Front and fought their way into Berlin. While we abhor what happened in Hungary and Czechoslovakia, They accomplished the mission. Also remember the only thing better than a dead nazi is a dead commie.

@sarge11z6p4

3 жыл бұрын

@@ayrnovem9028 There were failures at the beginning of the war but it ended in Berlin.

VDV - in afterlife I meet, Fallschirmjägers from the battle of Crete

IIRC, the 1934 exercises were described briefly in "Blood, Tears and Folly" by Len Deighton. Apparently, Kurt Student was an observer of the exercises, and watched the paratroop landings. The paratroop force included a military band, which picked themselves up after landing took out their instruments and "...started playing like men possessed":)

@spacemarinechaplain9367

3 жыл бұрын

“A military band” Man screw tanks and artillery, that right there is gonna sent those dirty fascists running.

@arthas640

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the Soviets. They didn't have the aircraft, logistics, tactics, or need for paratroopers but Stalin wouldn't let that get in the way of him trying to compete with the west with his own paratroopers, and rather then using real paratroopers he built an airborne propaganda squad

@fuzzydunlop7928

2 жыл бұрын

@@Komsomolskaya Totally got his ass with that one. lol

@Xuseen

2 жыл бұрын

@Arthas Menethil Be grateful they beat the Nazis with your so called propoganda sqaud and if it wasnt for Stalin Russia wouldn't have industrilised on time for ww2

@arthas640

2 жыл бұрын

@Dr Disconect I don't know about raw numbers but in terms of effectiveness the US is #1. They can drop huge numbers of men and equipment in any corner of the globe since they not only have a huge number of massive cargo planes to air drop men but they also have a ton of allied bases and their own based hosted by allies all across the globe while Russia lacks that. I honestly dont know russias raw numbers but theyve only been able to send small groups of special forces to places they dont share a border with since the fall of the USSR. The effectiveness of the soldiers themselves and their equipment is a matter of debate and russias true numbers are murky but americas reach and recent (post USSR) operational history are clear. The soviets did have a large airborne force but compared to NATO it was more secondary to their military since they always planned on mass infantry and armored assaults coupled with huge artillery bombardment. NATO's air superiority and navy made soviet airborne forces a risky investment compared to more conventional special forces. NATO meanwhile depended more on marine and airborne operations so they'd be more likely to invest in them heavily and to a further degree since their geopolitical goals, strategic and geographical situation, and their doctrine all depended more on it.

The failure of field security that allowed these details to be collected for this video will be investigated by State Security Organs. VDV ... Urrah, Urrah, Urrah!

well well well.

@MrShadowtruth

2 жыл бұрын

how the turn tables...

@daddyputin1737

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrShadowtruth I've heard the VDV had quite a lot of over ukraine, heard they received updated heated seats...

@MrShadowtruth

2 жыл бұрын

@@daddyputin1737 For the few seconds they could enjoy them before the cold reality slammed back into htem XD

@graze1177

2 жыл бұрын

Keep blaming the units, the higher command were the one who sent them into the belly of the beast without any support. Hundreds of VDVs against thousands of angry ukrainian forces, thats gotta be sucks.

@kuo8088

Жыл бұрын

@@graze1177 I think a lot of their issues is that they are under equipped, trained, and utilized by inexperienced commanders leading to them getting the crap kicked out of them

This vid aged better than the average VDV paratrooper life expectancy

@polakrodak8538

2 жыл бұрын

Hi daddy vladdy

@eermirosemh8339

Жыл бұрын

Said the line Barth *"Acording to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense..."* Or should it be CNN?

@reviewtechUSSR1

Жыл бұрын

@@eermirosemh8339 Post Kiev front. Post Kherson front. Post Oksil river. Post sugar. Post trade volume.

@ZORGIN

Жыл бұрын

This is Soviet VDV, not Russian garbage

>VDV trying to capture an airport deep in enemy territory with no air or ground support >for the 6th time this week

@solareclipse4241

2 жыл бұрын

@Mike Wiki Russian paratroopers on their way to another suicide jump in Ukraine (they're going to be slaughtered)(again)

@da_duccchannel

2 жыл бұрын

@@solareclipse4241 Ok look, I know that the Russian invasion is unjust, but let's just get it out of this, I don't want to see another flame war

@Bustermachine

2 жыл бұрын

@Mike Wiki I like your can do attitude! - Putin probably

@SHVRWK

2 жыл бұрын

Now they lost and redeployed in the Donbas. All those battles and losses for Hostomel were for nothing

@SHVRWK

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sun-Tzu- Yeah sure buddy, those dead 26K troops did their job lmao

Psychiatrist: Flying baby stroller isn't real, it can't hurt you Flying baby stroller: 1:40

ВДВ - с неба привет! Ультрамариновый набок берет, Тельник с волной и море-погон С небом навеки десант обручён!

@Gepedrglass

3 жыл бұрын

I can't read Cyrillic but, I can sing that

@andresmartinezramos7513

3 жыл бұрын

Don't know Russian, don't know Cyrillic But I know that song

@RocketPropelledMexican

3 жыл бұрын

I can hear it already

@darkhope97

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair I also like denise maidanov song for the vdv

@woodonfire7406

3 жыл бұрын

Hey guys What about this one? kzread.info/dash/bejne/c4htpbCIf6zTfZM.html

A lot of the information is taking from a Combat Studies Institute study on the Soviet airborne experience. It’s about 150 pages and full of information for the military professional and arm chair historical both. The information of airborne operations around Viasma in 1942 is really interesting.

14:45 Not sure why, but the image of those dudes sitting on top of the aircraft really made me chuckle. Sergeant: ''New-guy Yuri, there is no more room inside plane-machine. You and other new-guys go sit on roof.'' *everyone else giggles*

I like to see these historical analyses of military units. Hopefully you can cover more Asian militaries besides China. Keep up the great content Battle Order!

@jackfrost81

3 жыл бұрын

China is not covered enough.

Glantz has another book you might be interested in, "A History of Soviet Airborne Forces" it's quite a good read.

VDV not looking so hot right now

@carso1500

2 жыл бұрын

i dont know man, those IFVs look pretty hot right now with all that cooking amunition from direct javelin hits

@polakrodak8538

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sun-Tzu- how much are they paying you, i see you all over the comment section

@Usual_User

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sun-Tzu- bot

@anonymlpa3854

3 ай бұрын

hello i’m from the future, it’s all alright no worries 👍

oh boy how this has aged

This........ aged fairly well I believe (Its okay, I don't know how to use paratroopers in HOI4 either putin.)

@nsierra2297

2 жыл бұрын

Putin ate up his own propaganda. He honestly thinks Russians win war because they’re Russians. This is what has rotten away the Russian military, they think they’re inherently better than others and failed to prepare, they under estimated their enemies and over estimated their forces.

@alicorn3924

2 жыл бұрын

just put the marker on VPs, I literally have a 2 months worth of time playing hoi4 and I already know how to do most of the basics before man the guns and no step back

@macobuzi

Жыл бұрын

@@alicorn3924 For some reason, I found paradropping even easier than doing the amphibious attack

@alicorn3924

Жыл бұрын

same, just spam a crap-ton of modified fighter I/IIs and you're good

I like this video style more history and footage but still retaining the core of the channel, nice work man!

The Tujachevsky revolutionary theory of paratroopers was beyond Trotsky´s Permanent Revolution, The objective of the combat jump was to link with the revolutionaries in the attacked country, arm them and fight alongside until the Red Army liberates the proletariat. In that way he propposed an international general staff...

The Russians were ahead of the time all through the 1900s. Especially in sniper/ DM schools, tactics, equipment, and implementation.

Rumor has it, these guys are so badass that the plane they came in hits the ground the same time they do. 🤣

@TheDIEfreundlichen

2 жыл бұрын

Rumors...You said it. Just Rumors.

@discipleofdagon8195

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sun-Tzu- Several helicopters and transport planes at Hostomel. There's footage of one of said choppers getting splashed by a stinger.

@pvt.potato1943

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sun-Tzu- Thats the equivalent of saying Bin Landen wasn't killed because there is no footage of it. Plus have you seen any news about them after Hostomel?

@pvt.potato1943

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sun-Tzu- Oh yeah there is also far more footage of helicopters being shot down around 3 I've seen and I don't even browse the news much.

@pvt.potato1943

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sun-Tzu- Should've used an older example like when Alexander the Great fucked with india

I can't decide, what is better here - perfect statistics or great videos 🤔 Great! If you will make VDV (Voiska Dyadi Vasi, "Uncle Vasya Forces" named by the troops) during WWII, make the overview of their performance as infantry brigade operations. Cause they were pretty good soldiers even without wings, respected both by comrades and enemies. Thanks!

@user-co3uc8vt7e

Жыл бұрын

Soviet paratroopers never heard of Vasili Margelov until after the war.

This is a topic I'm very interested in thanks for making this video. (as always)

*VDV theme song intensifies

french in ww2: lets do the same thing we did in ww1 but without the horses. russians: how bout we put wings on a tank and drop it from a bomber?

Aged like a fine milk...

i really injoy your work ... thank you

Great and informative video with lots of details. But, regarding the failures of VDV in The Great Patriotic War, I want to say this: Any airborne operation, as I understand it, is doomed, if the ground troops don't manage to break through and rescue their airborne comrades. Since the RKKA was in a desperate situation in 1941 and 1942, majority of the well trained pre-war paratroopers died, either because the ground forces had not made it to them, or because they were deployed as ordinary infantry in desperate counterattacks. Up until 1943 Germans enjoyed numerical superiority on the eastern front. In sharp contrast to what the dumb pop-culture makes us believe, soviets had less men. Their artillery was weaker, their chemical industry could not produce enough ammunition. And so on. So, soviet paratroopers fell for their country without getting a chance to exploit their skills. Anyway, thank you wery much! Greatings from Prague, Czech Republic, Central Europe.

@901Sherman

2 жыл бұрын

On the flip side, Soviet Airborne forces didn't just fight really well as conventional ground forces (in spite of it being less glamorous and not what their commanders had intended), the y also formed the backbone of many of the Red Army's elite 'Guards' Divisions. For example, the 13th Guards Rifle Division that fought with distinction at Stalingrad, was previously an airborne division.

@jankorinek2397

2 жыл бұрын

@@901Sherman Yes, I know it. Thanks.

@jankorinek2397

2 жыл бұрын

@@901Sherman Colonel (?) Rodimtsev?

@901Sherman

2 жыл бұрын

@@jankorinek2397 Yup

@Getsaved7774

Жыл бұрын

This man just predicted the future

You know your stuff my friend … excellent content Balanced and fair

Modern VDV platoon or company would be great!

@NicoBabyman1

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/eJ-fm6aCXZvLnJc.html

great historic video. Thank you!

In the 30s parachute clubs became popular among civilians in USSR

This video with CC subtitles on is above epic

Ooooo boy this will be a shocker...

@Usual_User

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sun-Tzu- bot

Love your videos! Would love to see some more content on Vietnam. Keep up the great work!

Yet another great video. Any chance of doing videos on company level units amongst most modern countries?

@BattleOrder

3 жыл бұрын

Next video might be on a modern American rifle company

@Michael_OBrian

3 жыл бұрын

@@BattleOrder awesome! US Army or USMC?

@BattleOrder

3 жыл бұрын

@@Michael_OBrian Unless I change my mind, Army Stryker companies

@Michael_OBrian

3 жыл бұрын

@@BattleOrder Something to consider might be making playlists based on unit size so people can compare similar units in one list.

Ope new content to make a good Friday 👏

Interesting how the Russians failed to capitalize on the “Airborne capability” of the VDV in WW2 and today.

Thanks

well I'll give the USSR credit for being innovative while other military's were still lagging behind.

@nistaffsubs6787

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z42rx5epdrefYps.html

@Drownedinblood

2 жыл бұрын

Only now that the cold war is over that there is more objective takes on soviet military everything. Soviets seemed to have been pretty innovative in a lot of areas with a lot of first and seems to have only lost the edge nearing collapse but even that may just be more obfuscation due to much of that equipment still in use or nearing end of development.

@arthas640

2 жыл бұрын

they remind me alot of the nazis, like how Hitler was already making plans for his paratroopers when he didnt even have the aircraft or air superiority to use them, or like how he was making plans to bomb america when he had zero ability to even get a plane to London at the time, much less New York. Stalin was alot like previous Tsars who would have soldiers act like human chess pieces or carry out fake battles outside the palace windows for the emperor/princes amusement. Stalin had no way to make use of these soldiers but they had military operations for his amusement.

@imnolongerasking5933

2 жыл бұрын

The PPS was pretty ahead of it's time

@dwi2921

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sun-Tzu- Sure but it's worth noting that innovation and invention was heavily stifled by rampant conservativism (USSR was traditionally conservative socially) post Khrushchev era.

Nice stuff!! Will there be more videos on the VDV? Afghan-era would be incredible...

@BattleOrder

3 жыл бұрын

Considering doing a "from bomber-slung tankettes and glider tanks to the BMD" type thing but I'm not sure when

@buckplug2423

3 жыл бұрын

he's got some really good infographics on the page about the Afghan-era

Excellent stuff, as non military this is really informative…again this is outstanding😎

And how it died with them….

Please do modern VDV!!!

Cough hostomel cough

@Liguehunters

2 жыл бұрын

excellent military exercise Xd

9:15 I know I'm being picky, but that map's wrong for 1938 USSR. Ukrainian and Belorussian SSRs should be much smaller since the pictured versions are after territorial acquisitions from Poland in 1939.

@peace719

2 жыл бұрын

Ok Mr Batar batar Erdene sukh Mongol khan

Within 21 years on jump status, I just find it interesting. Vertical envelopment.

VDV expectation : this video Reality : entire battalion instantly KIA because their IL-76 gets shot down before they jumped. Rest in Pieces.

@kazak8926

2 жыл бұрын

Even the most well trained force can get destroyed because of brainless high command sending you on airborne operations with no airsupport. Really its a testament to how awful the high command is rather than the VDV itself.

@henryhamilton4087

2 жыл бұрын

@@kazak8926 Yeah they went from an elite unit to a meme, decades of tradition and history just erased because lol go jump into Hostomel with no support into enemy SAMs. They're basically a joke in the world's eyes now, if they still have enough soldiers & material to even operate in the first place.

@kazak8926

2 жыл бұрын

@@henryhamilton4087 Exactly spot on.

@aleksaradojicic8114

2 жыл бұрын

I hate to be that guy, but until Ukrainians show profe of that shotdown (and last time I checked, they did not), take it easy with propaganda.

@aleksaradojicic8114

2 жыл бұрын

@@henryhamilton4087 Nope, they will never be joke. Bad operations happen to everybody in this world. US spec ops didnt became joke when there members died during there mission Sahel after bunch of mistakes, same means for VDV here.

next do some few or couple or more vids on EDF (ESTONIAN DEFENCE FORCE)

VDV lore : this video. VDV gameplay : whatever the hell they're doing in Ukraine right now.

@conqueror_the_based

Жыл бұрын

Extinguishing Ukrainians

@christuspilatus

11 ай бұрын

​@conqueror_the_based or getting f*ed in the A

Anyone here after Hostomel?

Look at the captions 🤣

10:42 I suppose you could do that if there's no space inside for a tank

Produced some of the greatest military minds of the 20th century, yeah and Starlin fixed that!

Did I see a flying tank!?!

@BattleOrder

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much a T-60 light tank converted to be towed as a glider

@HistoryinFirearms

3 жыл бұрын

@@BattleOrder We need more on this! 🤯

Do a same review on the Fallschirmjager units!

Maybe a video on the Dutch Motorized Platoon?

@GrantHolmstrom

Жыл бұрын

Or Bicycle Infantry

Nice ro1 music!!

my father VDV 1975-1977 98 Гвардейская дивизия ВДВ

man i look at the vdv in Ukraine and all i fell is pain for these guys how were told that the we're the shit and got sent to the meat grinder

The VDV were the first to establish an airborne force which the Allied Powers of WW1 tried to plan that but the war ended

Biggest problem for pre and during WW2 Soviet airborne was absents of suitable transportation plains. Old bombers are pore substitute.

Could you do a video on the modern Indian Army? It would be cool to see the contrast with the Chinese

@mr.normalguy69

3 жыл бұрын

The Indian army, especially the infantry, seems to carry a whole different varieties of weapons with different parts and ammunition requirements. Who manages their logistics supply?

@bluedog843

3 жыл бұрын

@@mr.normalguy69 probably scammers

@thewhiteknightman

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps but it should be done in a way where comparisons between the two are kept brief and professional, otherwise it'll attract Indian nationalists and CCP bots like moths to a lighthouse.

@markbenjamin1703

3 жыл бұрын

@@mr.normalguy69 scam centre no.288329, you see them with everything from Lee Enfield's to AK variants, plus there uniforms look like something from the 70s/80s

@oscarredfearn3492

3 жыл бұрын

@@thewhiteknightman oh of course

Hehe. Dive into it.

This didn't age well

@andresmartinezramos7513

Жыл бұрын

At least it ages, unlike VDV privates

[insert the funni VDV song]

Please do a video of modern VDV forces and structure, Battle Order! Would love to study it for my MilSim project!

@fiel81

2 жыл бұрын

There's nothing to make a video out of anymore, I'm afraid

@aleksaradojicic8114

2 жыл бұрын

@@fiel81 Take it easy with propaganda...

@fiel81

2 жыл бұрын

@@aleksaradojicic8114 cope

@aleksaradojicic8114

2 жыл бұрын

@@fiel81 I do not need to, but you with your propaganda, clearly need it.

@fiel81

2 жыл бұрын

@@aleksaradojicic8114 well give me a source telling otherwise

Please, more about the Airborne from its history to the militaries around the world

And kids , this is what happens to a prestigious combined arms unit when its not given its second arm... That is , air support.

@kalebthehistorian5928

3 ай бұрын

You try using air support when it's contested by air defense and see how it goes. The only reason Russia's able to use their's now is because they finally destroyed the bulk of Ukriane's air defense

@muneebnajam6020

3 ай бұрын

@@kalebthehistorian5928 that was the job of the airstrike and missile team to delete any opposition by shock. then the VDV would be landed to hold the position. but too many things went wrong such as u said air defences remained active and the relief ground force never reached them in time.. Just as operation market garden, such an operation always results in a slaughter

@kalebthehistorian5928

3 ай бұрын

@@muneebnajam6020 That's true, but at least the Russians managed to save the majority. However, by our standards, it was indeed a slaughter. (mostly because the US, etc. haven't faced such opposition)

They were chasing Tanks 1:24 with just rifels !!!! Wow these guys were tough wow.😁😁 Seriously would you use a parashute " manufactured" by peoples parachute factory number 7 run by devout party members??

*wheeze*

Veh deh veh

@daddyputin1737

2 жыл бұрын

well well well.....

@kazak8926

2 жыл бұрын

@@daddyputin1737 Pls no more unsupported airborne ops

@ireallycant4416

2 жыл бұрын

Cyka bulyat.. look around all my squad is dead...

The captioning is wildly inaccurate it seems, at 9:34 it had just finished saying something about hatespeech, Vietnamese students, and Doraemon

Love the world war 2 material

The top comment though. I also watched 3 minutes of Vietnamese subtitles that sound like pure autocorrect suggestions

Chad Red Army vdv vs Virgin russian federation vdv

VDV - Russia Ukraine war edition: Good day comrades, rise and shine. You know the objectives that were assigned to us VDV. The landing zone is just up ahead. Wait, is that a missile headed right for us? VDV!! I died to wreckage flames! I was told we were on our way to play some fun war games! In the afterlife, there's some interesting faces I meet! Faces of poor Fallschirmjägers that died in the invasion of Crete! VDV!! I didn't sign up for this! I was told Ukrainian soldiers always miss! But now my chopper is falling out of the sky! It's like command didn't even try! We're on the ground taking fire from all directions. Why did command do this to us of the VDV? The Ukrainian's have us pinned down all over. We won't last much longer if we don't get support. VDV!! Where's our support?! Did that other squad even capture the port?! They're in the water?! Please don't tell me! We were sent on a one way journey! VDV!! Going down over Ukraine! Our helicopter drops like water during heavy rain! We flew here and I have no idea why! Comrade, I think we're all gonna die! We're all gonna die! Ooh!! Ahh!!! *Guitar riff intensifies* I'm all that's left of my squad now. All the rest got shot down much earlier on. Life is short. I know that now. I also know we can't capture a single town. VDV!! What will we do?! Our commanders face is now a pile of goo! I wouldn't be here if Putin was smart! Why did this war even have to start?! VDV!! Does it even matter?! Soon our vehicle will be pulled away by some guy in a tractor! We still haven't taken any objective yet! Oh look, here comes a Ukrainian jet! VDV!! Everyone is running from here! Hey, I think I was just shot in my right ear! Medic! Hurry up and stop that bleeding! Oh forget it. We best be fleeing! VDV!! My life ends this way?! I won't get to celebrate my 19th birthday! Is that another squad landing nearby?! Well, those poor fools are all gonna die! Ooh! Are all gonna die! Ahh! Are all gonna die! Ohh! Are all gonna die! Ahh!

@ldsmmsh

2 жыл бұрын

how is Azovstal undergrounds?

@Number1Rival

2 жыл бұрын

@@ldsmmsh How's being under the sea? Under the mud? Under helicopter wreckage? Or in the back of a truck full of cargo 200 that is about to get destroyed by some lucky Ukrainians?

@ldsmmsh

2 жыл бұрын

@@Number1Rivalsuck deep

@ldsmmsh

2 жыл бұрын

@@Number1Rival ипсо после бомбежки слабое стало

@ZeroOne-mp1qe

2 жыл бұрын

@@ldsmmsh how is the moskva cruiser?

2022: How Russian military incompetence is killing them.

@Vampybattie

Жыл бұрын

2023 the table turned lol

@moustachio05

Жыл бұрын

​@@Vampybattie against Russia yes

RIP VDV

@taxidermypolarbear1724

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly I feel bad for them Imagine being the best of the best just to get thrown into a meat grinder by commanders who don’t know what they’re doing

3:54 first concept

Twin parachutes being used in the 1930s?

@artyom1264

2 жыл бұрын

Idk, maybe it was found in 1930s but didn’t be in any battle til ww2 i think?

Holy sibilance

The VDV ain’t so tuff! 😂

VDV are so good at tactics that they don’t even have to jump when IL76 hits the water. Such good divers too, they are still holding their breath under water in Ukraine.

As a map neeeeeerd i am truly horrified by this 9:18, still better than most attempts.

@michaelhayes4231

3 жыл бұрын

The Soviets always drew their county in this way on maps

8:45 I see

You mispronounced Khalkhin Gol.

Australian video next

Well now they are a Submarine Battalion

But what about Vyazma ooeration in1941? Then VDV deployed wnrire core, and even air landed infantry behind german lines? Then when situation was broken by the germans, majority of troops returned to friendly lines. How is that for a poor combat commnad? Besides, Allied airborne has went through aimilar path of development by the end of the war. While VDV established its core by early 1941 and got rid of obsolete gliders.

Wait...🤔...I thought the Italians jumped first in 1918? The germans invaded malta and crete both via paratroopers. I think this was the first time paratroopers were actually used in action.

They should've ask for C-47 Transports. Soviet Airborne would be possible if the Lend lease extended to supplying them with Transport planes.

@F1ghteR41

3 жыл бұрын

At 15:19 you can see something of that nature. In 1936 Soviets got the license from Douglas to make DC-3 (which they previously bought in some numbers) as PS-84 and later Li-2.

@ns7023

2 жыл бұрын

They did, they recieved them and had it licenced for production

unda da sea

If only they where good

Hmmmm….I wonder why Tukhachevsky died in 1937….hmmmmmmm

Никто кроме нас!

German tank and air force personnel were trained by the Soviets in Russia during the 1930s because the treaty that ended WW1 forbid their development. Did the Soviets also train German airborne personnel? It would be assumed that the Germans did observed the Soviet operations. Germany in no way would have been able to develop a military that was capable of combat operations by 1939 with out the assistance of the Soviets in the early 1930s.

A brave attempt at pronouncing Russian names.. rip

How the mighty have fallen ;-;

VDV is a very prideful branch in Russian minds.