Oh they get rockets too ! A component of at least one of the drop systems incorporates retro rockets hanging from the parachutes that are triggered by a probe extending from the bottom of the BMD.
Yeah the rockets fire right before the pallet touches down.
I’ve always been skeptical about the BMDs being dropped in a real situation. You’d have to be very selective in using them. I can see using them against lightly armed troops with no fire support but even they carry anti-tank weapons that could destroy the BMDs being their thin skinned. Just curious……
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The M72 LAW should have no problem knocking them out. Those knocked out T-54s in Vietnam, which had much heavier armor. Any of the more current man portable types should have no problem.
Yes that’s what I figured Skip. They are very thinned skinned.
In the 80’s the Soviets attempted to drop BMD’s with crews seated in them. They all wound up paralyzed from spinal compression!
Wow didn’t know that Matt. Crazy!