As the BMD-4M is significantly lighter than Russia’s main battle tanks (MBTs), it has proven ... to be delivered via nearly two dozen Il-76 transport aircraft en route to the airfield.

Russia’s Airborne Force will receive three battalion sets of BMD-4M airborne assault vehicles ... from Ilyushin Il-76, Antonov An-12 and, in the future, from An-148 planes, he noted.

BMD-4M can be airlifted and dropped on a parachute from Il-76MD-90A(E) aircraft. It can carry three vehicles and drop them on platformless parachutes. BMD-4M is equipped with automated fire ...