Editing Russian Airborne Forces (section)

== Armament and equipment ==
Personal [[firearms]] and crew served weapons include:{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}
*[[AK-74]]M (including upgraded variants with the KM-AK Obves modernization kit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2019/0620/110052949/detail.shtml|title=ЦАМТО / Новости / На учении «Славянские-братство-2019» российские десантники используют автоматы АК-74М с комплектом модернизации «Обвес»|website=armstrade.org}}</ref> and [[AK-74|AKS-74]] assault rifles, and AKS-74U special purpose and self-defence carbine (5.45×39mm)
* [[AK-12]] assault rifles (5.45×39mm)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2020/0529/101558066/detail.shtml|title=ЦАМТО / Новости / Около 10 тыс. автоматов АК-12 поступили на вооружение соединений и воинских частей ВДВ|website=armstrade.org}}</ref>
*[[RPK|RPK-74]], light weight machinegun (5.45×39mm), now largely withdrawn from service and replaced by the PKM/PKP
* [[PK machine gun|PKM]], general purpose machinegun (7.62×54mmR)
*[[PKP Pecheneg machine gun|6P41 "Pecheneg"]] (PKP) general purpose machine gun (7.62×54mmR), currently replacing the PKM as the general purpose machine gun throughout the [[Russian Armed Forces]]
*[[Dragunov sniper rifle|Dragunov SVD]]S, sniper rifle (7.62×54mmR)
* [[Dragunov SVU]], modified SVD in bullpup configuration and its variants are in limited use
* [[SV-98]], main sniper rifle (7.62×54mmR)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20150801/1157827137.html|title=ВДВ: основной снайперской винтовкой десантных войск России стала СВ-98|work=РИА Новости|date=August 2015|access-date=2015-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804002418/http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20150801/1157827137.html|archive-date=2015-08-04|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[KSVK 12.7|ASVK-M Kord-M]] anti-materiel sniper rifle (12.7×108mm)<ref name="auto"/>
* [[VSS Vintorez]], silenced sniper rifle (9×39mm)
* [[AS Val]] special assault rifle<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/pPCXiyo-3L8 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150509075138/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPCXiyo-3L8&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPCXiyo-3L8&t=49m35s|title=#Victory70: Largest May 9 parade in Russian and Soviet history since WW2 (FULL VIDEO)|date=9 May 2015|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[MP-443 Grach]], semi-automatic pistol (9×19mm Parabellum)
*[[Makarov pistol|Makarov]], semi-automatic pistol (9×18mm Mak) & [[Glock|Glock 17]], semi-automatic pistol (9x19 Parabellum)
* [[GP-25]], [[GP-25|GP-30]] and GP-34, under-barrel 40&nbsp;mm grenade launchers for fragmentation and gas grenades
* [[AGS-17]] Plamya (Flame), 30&nbsp;mm automatic grenade launcher
* [[RPO-A Shmel]] (Bumblebee), infantry rocket flamethrower, currently replacing the older [[RPO Rys]] (Lynx)
* [[RPG-7]]D anti-tank rocket launcher, or more modern systems such as the [[RPG-22]] and [[RPG-26]]
* [[2B14 Podnos]] 82&nbsp;mm mortar or the 120&nbsp;mm [[2S12 Sani]] on UAZ vehicles
* [[9K38 Igla]] man-portable SAM system, or the more modern 9K338 Igla-S
* [[9K333 Verba]] man-portable SAM system, currently entering service<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kbm.ru/ru/press-centre/599.html|title="Верба" — гарантированно в цель|work=kbm.ru|access-date=2015-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626180716/http://www.kbm.ru/ru/press-centre/599.html|archive-date=2015-06-26|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[9K111 Fagot]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2023/1013/093075807/detail.shtml | title=ЦАМТО / / Расчеты ПТРК «Фагот» ВДВ уничтожили наблюдательный пункт, технику и живую силу ВСУ }}</ref> [[9K115 Metis]]{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} and [[9M133 Kornet]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12243003@egNews|title=Более 300 десантников-артиллеристов и 50 единиц специальной техники Ульяновского соединения участвовали в тактическом учении артиллерии : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации|website=function.mil.ru}}</ref> man-portable anti-tank systems
* MTS-566 sniper rifle<ref>{{cite web | title=ЦАМТО / / Спецназ ВДВ получит партию новейших снайперских винтовок МЦ-566 | website=ЦАМТО / Центр анализа мировой торговли оружием | date=2023-10-25 | url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2023/1025/094576020/detail.shtml | language=ru | ref={{sfnref | ЦАМТО / Центр анализа мировой торговли оружием | 2023}} | access-date=2023-10-26}}</ref>

The VDV are fully equipped with Barmitsa and [[Ratnik (program)|Ratnik]] infantry combat suits as of 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ra.spetsnaz.su/wiki/Barmica |title=Barmica - RedAllianceWiki |access-date=2016-12-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220215701/http://ra.spetsnaz.su/wiki/Barmica |archive-date=2016-12-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2016/1017/102537623/detail.shtml |title=ЦАМТО / Новости / Десантники смогут продемонстрировать преимущества экипировки "Ратник" в ходе российско-белорусского учения |access-date=2016-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221003105/http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2016/1017/102537623/detail.shtml |archive-date=2016-12-21 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2018/0827/100048406/detail.shtml |title=ЦАМТО / Новости / Все соединения и воинские части ВДВ получили боевую экипировку "Ратник" |access-date=2018-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829175642/http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2018/0827/100048406/detail.shtml |archive-date=2018-08-29 |url-status=live }}</ref> Andromeda-D, Barnaul-T and Dozor automated control systems, AS-1 snowmobiles, four wheelers, a specially-created uniform for hot climates and Nanuk Arctic gear, reconnaissance-control and planning modules and the REX-1 counter-unmanned aerial vehicle rifle-like, man-portable jammer developed by Kalashnikov Group subsidiary ZALA Aero Group are also being introduced into service.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2018/0528/104546946/detail.shtml |title=ЦАМТО / Новости / ВДВ обеспечены военной и специальной техникой на 100 проц., из них более половины – доля современных образцов |access-date=2018-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180530035550/http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2018/0528/104546946/detail.shtml |archive-date=2018-05-30 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://tass.com/defense/958705 |title=Sneak peek at Russian Airborne Forces' mighty weapons |access-date=2017-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803130330/http://tass.com/defense/958705 |archive-date=2017-08-03 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2018/0604/144547076/detail.shtml |title=ЦАМТО / Новости / ВДВ России получили новые модули разведки и управления |access-date=2018-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143729/http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2018/0604/144547076/detail.shtml |archive-date=2018-06-12 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.janes.com/article/82990/russian-rex-1-counter-uav-system-breaks-cover-on-exercise |title=Janes &#124; Latest defence and security news |access-date=2018-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915141104/https://www.janes.com/article/82990/russian-rex-1-counter-uav-system-breaks-cover-on-exercise |archive-date=2018-09-15 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2019/0517/093052400/detail.shtml|title=ЦАМТО / Новости / ВДВ начали получать модернизированную систему управления "Андромеда-Д"|website=armstrade.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1150129|title=Russian paratroopers test Polar gear as they skydive from 10,000 m altitude in Arctic|website=TASS}}</ref><ref name="auto"/> Portable versions of the Garmony air defence radar, modernized reconnaissance and artillery fire control posts and Aistyonok and Sobolyatnik radars are being supplied to the VDV.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vpk-news.ru/news/22975 |title=Российская армия в этом году получила десять переносных РЛС "Гармонь" &#124; Еженедельник "Военно-промышленный курьер" |access-date=2016-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229100153/http://www.vpk-news.ru/news/22975 |archive-date=2016-12-29 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Russian Airborne Forces have also received new special-purpose controlled wing-type parachutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1354725|title = Russian, Egyptian paratroopers hold Defenders of Friendship counter-terror drills}}</ref> VDV servicemen performing tasks in [[Ukraine]] received VKPO 3.0 all-season field uniform kits in 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2023/0522/084073198/detail.shtml | title=ЦАМТО / / В ВДВ поступили всесезонные комплекты полевого обмундирования нового поколения }}</ref> The automatic cargo parachute system Junker-DG-250 passed acceptance trials and began to be supplied in November 2023.<ref>{{cite web | title=Russian troops get Junker robotic parachute | website=tass.com | url=https://tass.com/defense/1704449 | language=en | ref={{sfnref | tass.com}} | access-date=2023-11-13}}</ref> VDV also reportedly use the Lesochek EW system.<ref>{{cite web | title=Almost all Russian armored vehicles get Lesochek electronic warfare system — Putin | website=tass.com | url=https://tass.com/defense/1720893 | language=en | ref={{sfnref | tass.com}} | access-date=2024-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Russian airborne units proactively use EW systems during special operation | website=tass.com | url=https://tass.com/defense/1729147 | language=en | ref={{sfnref | tass.com}} | access-date=2024-01-16}}</ref>

=== Armoured vehicles ===
There are over 1,800 armored fighting vehicles, mostly [[BMD-1]] (since 1969), of which all but around 100 are in storage,<ref>{{cite web |title=BMD-1 |url=http://warfare.be/db/catid/245/linkid/2313/title/bmd-1/ |website=Warfare.be:Russian Military Analysis |publisher=Warfare.ru |access-date=September 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219183247/http://warfare.be/db/catid/245/linkid/2313/title/bmd-1/ |archive-date=19 February 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=February 2022}} and at least several hundred BMD-2 (since 1985). There are over 100 [[BMD-3]] (1990) that were partially upgraded to [[BMD-4]] level. All of them are amphibious, moving at around 10&nbsp;km/h in water. The BMD-4 is capable of full, continuous fire while in deep water, unlike any other vehicle with such heavy weaponry (100&nbsp;mm gun and 30&nbsp;mm auto cannon). However, some units (such as those who served on peacekeeping duties in the Balkans) are known to have used BTR armored personnel carriers rather than BMD's. T-72B3 tanks supplied to the Russian Airborne Forces in 2018 have been upgraded and are equipped with Andromeda automatic control system and some of them with top-attack defence screens.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/russian-air-assault-division-fields-tanks-with-top-attack-defence-screens|title=Russian air assault division fields tanks with top-attack defence screens|newspaper=Janes.com }}</ref> As of 2021, the Russian Airborne Forces have 150 T-72B3 and 10 T-72B3 mod. 2016. [[T-90]]M tanks are also attached to VDV units as of August 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2023/0823/091074871/detail.shtml | title=ЦАМТО / / Танкисты на Т-90М «Прорыв» поддерживают тульских десантников плотным огнем на Северском направлении }}</ref>

There is a turret-less variant of the [[BMD-1]], the [[BTR-D]], which is used as troop carrier and serves as the basis for specialised versions such as anti-tank, command and signals. The BTR-D will be partially replaced by the new multi-purpose APC BTR-MD "Rakushka" that will also come in several different versions. Approximately 280 vehicles in all BTR-D configurations are in service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://warfare.be/db/catid/245/linkid/2312/title/btr-d-/rd/-zd/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131024125732/http://warfare.be/db/catid/245/linkid/2312/title/btr-d-/rd/-zd/|title=BTR-D /RD/ ZD|archive-date=24 October 2013|access-date=24 December 2014}}</ref> As part of the 2011 state defence order (GOZ), 10 BMD-4M and 10 "Rakushka's" have been ordered, but according to the VDV's CinC General Colonel Shamanov, Kurganmashzavod did not give a guarantee it would produce them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://russiandefpolicy.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/shamanov-on-the-vdvs-goz/|title=Shamanov on the VDV's GOZ – Russian Defense Policy|work=Russian Defense Policy|date=31 May 2011|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019083204/http://russiandefpolicy.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/shamanov-on-the-vdvs-goz/|archive-date=19 October 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The Russian Defense Ministry adopted the BMD-4M in April 2016.<ref>[http://armyrecognition.com/april_2016_global_defense_security_news_industry/bmd-4m_and_btr-mdm_airborne_armoured_vehicles_enter_officially_in_service_with_russian_army_tass_13004163.html BMD-4M and BTR-MDM airborne armoured vehicles enter officially in service with Russian army] – Armyrecognition.com, 30 April 2016</ref> The first production batch of the new armored vehicles BMD-4M and BTR-MDM "Shell" in the amount of 24 units (12 each) transferred to the Russian Airborne Forces in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/1803670|title=ТАСС: Армия и ОПК – В ВДВ поступила первая серийная партия из 12 БМД-4М и 12 БТР "Ракушка"|work=ТАСС|access-date=2015-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304075658/http://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/1803670|archive-date=2015-03-04|url-status=live}}</ref> The VDV equipped the first regiment with BMD-4Ms and BTR-MDMs in 2016.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} In 2017, they received two battalion sets of BMD-4M combat airborne vehicles and BTR-MDM APCs, over 80 Rys’ and UAZ Pickup armored automobiles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12152767@egNews |title=Leadership of Airborne troops sums up results in 2017 : Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation |access-date=2017-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209204313/http://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12152767@egNews |archive-date=2017-12-09 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Army2016demo-016.jpg|alt=|thumb|The [[BMD-4]]M]]
[[File:Army2016demo-019.jpg|alt=|thumb|The [[BTR-MDM]] "Shell"]]
Russian airborne brigade-level units have received [[Tigr (Russian military vehicle)|SPM-2 GAZ-233036 Tigr]] armored cars. They have ordered [[Kamaz Typhoon]] armored infantry transports, following modifications to meet the demands of the airborne troops and accepted them for supply in August 2021. The Russian Airborne Forces have received about 100 Tigr and Rys special armored vehicles, 200 Snegohod A-1 snow-going and AM-1 all-terrain vehicles, UAZ Patriot light motor vehicles, Toros 4x4 armored vehicles and Kamaz trucks that can be air-dropped.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2021/0804/102063872/detail.shtml|title=ЦАМТО / / ВДВ получили на снабжение новейшие бронеавтомобили «Тайфун-ВДВ»|website=armstrade.org}}</ref>

The VDV currently receives Berkyt protected snowmobiles for personnel transportation and fire support in arctic conditions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/20758/russias-tiny-machine-gun-toting-snowmobile-keeps-occupants-warm-even-when-its-50-below |title=Russia's Tiny Machine Gun-Toting Snowmobile Keeps Occupants Warm Even when It's 50 Below |date=9 May 2018 |access-date=2018-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019001513/http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/20758/russias-tiny-machine-gun-toting-snowmobile-keeps-occupants-warm-even-when-its-50-below |archive-date=2018-10-19 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://vpk-news.ru/news/34007 |title=Минобороны РФ получило 40 снегоходов "Беркут" для работы в Арктических условиях &#124; Еженедельник "Военно-промышленный курьер" |access-date=2016-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208003922/http://www.vpk-news.ru/news/34007 |archive-date=2016-12-08 |url-status=live }}</ref> Infauna and Leer-2 EW systems alongside Aileron-3SV UAVs and P-230T command vehicles are also received.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2017/0503/100040825/detail.shtml |title=ЦАМТО / Новости / Военнослужащие Ульяновского соединения ВДВ в летнем периоде обучения будут осваивать новое вооружение |access-date=2017-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526190726/http://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2017/0503/100040825/detail.shtml |archive-date=2018-05-26 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2017/0503/161540845/detail.shtml |title=ЦАМТО / Новости / Ульяновское соединение ВДВ получило новейшие средства РЭБ и беспилотные летательные аппараты |access-date=2017-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511151626/http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2017/0503/161540845/detail.shtml |archive-date=2017-05-11 |url-status=live }}</ref> The RKhM-6 chemical reconnaissance vehicle based on the BTR-80 armored personnel carrier, the BTR-D airborne assault armored personnel carrier with a ZU-23 anti-aircraft gun and the R-149MA1 and the R-142DA command and staff vehicles were demonstrated in August 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1331041|title = Paratroopers demonstrate latest weapons at Army arms show in Russian Far East}}</ref> The Sarmat-2 light tactical buggy participated in the Zapad-2021 drill.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/russia-debuts-new-tactics-and-equipment-during-exercise-zapad-2021|title = Russia debuts new tactics and equipment during exercise 'Zapad 2021'| newspaper=Janes.com }}</ref>

On 1 August 2013, it was reported that the Russian Airborne Forces will develop a hybrid combat vehicle that combines features of an airborne infantry fighting vehicle and a helicopter. To meet the demands of future armed conflicts, a combat module that combines a light combat vehicle and an attack helicopter is being considered, with a crew of three-four people. The vehicle will be developed for the VDV by 2030.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

=== Artillery ===
[[File:125-mm self-proppeled antitank gun "Sprut-SD" during the "Armiya 2021" exhibition.jpg|thumb|"Sprut-SD" tank/howitzer for [[airborne forces]] (equipped with parachutes)]]
The airborne self-propelled artillery guns [[ASU-57]] and [[ASU-85]] have been withdrawn. They had light armour and limited anti-tank capability, but provided invaluable fire support for paratroopers behind enemy lines (the caliber of the gun in mm is the number next to the ASU designation).

Also withdrawn were the multiple rocket launch systems [[BM-14|RPU-14]] (8U38) of 140&nbsp;mm and the [[BM-21 Grad|BM-21V "Grad-V" (9P125)]] of 122&nbsp;mm on GAZ-66, as well as the 85&nbsp;mm gun [[85 mm divisional gun D-44|SD-44]].

Today the VDV operates the following systems:
* [[2S9 Nona]] and modernized 2S9M<ref>[http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2016/1201/100538420/detail.shtml В 2017 году десантники на учениях будут активно применять танки и РСЗО, а также передовых авианаводчиков] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202235519/http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2016/1201/100538420/detail.shtml |date=2016-12-02 }} armstrade.org. 2016</ref> 120&nbsp;mm self-propelled gun-mortar. Currently being replaced by the 2B23 Nona-M1 120&nbsp;mm towed mortar and [[2S31 Vena]] 120&nbsp;mm self-propelled gun-mortar/[[2S12]]A modernized 120&nbsp;mm self-propelled mortar<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.army-technology.com/news/newsrussian-army-conducts-nona-m1120mm-mortar-live-firing-drills/ |title=Russian Army conducts NONA-M1120mm mortar live firing drills |newspaper=Army Technology |date=23 August 2012 |access-date=2018-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527023603/https://www.army-technology.com/news/newsrussian-army-conducts-nona-m1120mm-mortar-live-firing-drills/ |archive-date=2018-05-27 |url-status=live |author1=Admin }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2018/1214/101550107/detail.shtml |title=ЦАМТО / Новости / Воздушно-десантные войска получили более 30 модернизированных минометов различного типа |access-date=2018-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215022030/http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2018/1214/101550107/detail.shtml |archive-date=2018-12-15 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[2S25 Sprut-SD]] 125&nbsp;mm self-propelled artillery/anti-tank gun based on [[BMD-3]] hull
* [[122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)|D-30 (2A18)]] 122&nbsp;mm howitzer and anti-tank weapon, towed by truck, not amphibious, able to make 360 degree turns as it is deployed on a tripod
* [[ZU-23-2]] 23&nbsp;mm air-defence gun, is either mounted on the BTR-D, or can be towed by a jeep or truck as it has wheels. Since 2011, some ZU-23s are being replaced by the [[9K35 Strela-10|Strela-10M3/MN]] and since 2016 by the newest versions of the [[Buk missile system]].<ref name="russiandefpolicy.wordpress.com">{{cite web|url=http://russiandefpolicy.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/hows-it-look-for-vdv/|title=How's It Look for VDV? – Russian Defense Policy|work=Russian Defense Policy|date=16 February 2011|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216233945/http://russiandefpolicy.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/hows-it-look-for-vdv/|archive-date=16 December 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2017/1201/102544399/detail.shtml |title=ЦАМТО / Новости / Генерал-полковник Андрей Сердюков сообщил некоторые подробности о перевооружении ВДВ |access-date=2017-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210015757/http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2017/1201/102544399/detail.shtml |archive-date=2017-12-10 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[TOS-1]]A 220&nbsp;mm self-propelled 24-barrel thermobaric/incendiary unguided rocket launcher since 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2022/1025/092070072/detail.shtml | title=ЦАМТО / / Минобороны опубликовало видео боевой работы расчета ТОС-1А «Солнцепек» в ходе специальной военной операции }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://tass.com/politics/1598349 | title=Russian paratroopers get heavy flamethrowers for first time for Ukraine op — top brass }}</ref>
* [[2S36 Zauralets-D]] – future 120&nbsp;mm self-propelled gun-howitzer based on the [[BMD-4]]<ref name=":23">{{cite web |url=http://federalbook.ru/files/OPK/Soderjanie/OPK-10/III/Shamanov.pdf |title=перспективы развития системы вооружения воздушно-десантных войск (Prospects for the development of the airborne troops' weapons system) |access-date=2016-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011011806/http://federalbook.ru/files/OPK/Soderjanie/OPK-10/III/Shamanov.pdf |archive-date=2016-10-11 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[2S37]] – future 152&nbsp;mm self-propelled gun-howitzer based on the BMD-4<ref name=":23" />

The VDV is equipped with numerous types of airborne capable trucks and jeeps, for example the [[Ural-4320]], the [[GAZ-66]]V and the GAZ-2975 "Tigr" for transporting cargo, specialist crews and equipment (e.g. mortars, ammunitions), but not infantry (all fighting paratroopers are transported in armoured vehicles). Currently, the GAZ-66 is being replaced by the [[KamAZ-4350]]1.<ref name="russiandefpolicy.wordpress.com" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kamazexport.com/478.html|title=KAMAZ: Best for Homeland|date=29 June 2010|publisher=[[KAMAZ]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119010301/http://kamazexport.com/478.html|archive-date=19 November 2011|access-date=24 July 2016}}</ref>

=== UAVs ===
[[File:FinalCheck2018-08.jpg|thumb|A Granat-4 UAV of the 56th Guards Air Assault Brigade]]
* Compact recon complex "Iskatel" (The Seeker) with 2 UAVs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.i-mash.ru/news/nov_otrasl/29246-iskatel-zavershil-prokhozhdenie-vojjskovykh.html|title=iskatel zavershil prokhozhdenie vojjskovykh|date=14 December 2012|language=ru|trans-title="Iskatel" Completes trials|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160724111046/http://www.i-mash.ru/news/nov_otrasl/29246-iskatel-zavershil-prokhozhdenie-vojjskovykh.html|archive-date=24 July 2016|access-date=24 December 2014}}</ref>
* UAV complex Orlan-10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vpk-news.ru/news/33016 |title=Россия может стать экспортером БЛА &#124; Еженедельник "Военно-промышленный курьер" |access-date=2016-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019085050/http://vpk-news.ru/news/33016 |archive-date=2016-10-19 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* UAV complex Granat<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/JBNj00dEQHU Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20170630084723/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBNj00dEQHU Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBNj00dEQHU|title=Serbia: Russian Airborne ride quad bikes into action in joint drills|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* UAV complex Takhion<ref>[http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2016/1107/104538001/detail.shtml Разведчики ВДВ РФ в ходе учений «Славянское братство-2016» используют модернизированные БЛА «Тахион»] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109022702/http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2016/1107/104538001/detail.shtml |date=2016-11-09 }} armstrade.org. 2016</ref>
* Kamikaze FPV drone Boomerang<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1583005|title=Russia's top brass unveils video of VR headset-controlled drones hammering Kiev's troops|website=TASS}}</ref>
* [[ZALA Lancet]] kamikaze drone<ref>{{cite web | url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2023/0608/095573497/detail.shtml | title=ЦАМТО / / Барражирующий боеприпас «Ланцет-3» уничтожил РЛС ЗРК IRIS-T в зоне СВО }}</ref>
* Albatross M5 reconnaissance drone<ref>{{cite web| url=https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/news/more.htm?id=12470831@egNews | title=Расчет БпЛА Ивановского гвардейского соединения ВДВ обнаружили технику противника при помощи нового БпЛА «Альбатрос» (The UAV crew of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Forces discovered enemy equipment using the new Albatross UAV) | access-date=2024-01-30 | language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://tass.com/defense/1637239 | title=Russia's Albatros recon drones ferret out enemy strongholds in Ukraine operation }}</ref>