For the 1st time, Russia will air drop a full BMD-4M battalion from the VDV’s 137th Airborne Regiment

For the 1st time, Russia will air drop a full BMD-4M battalion from the VDV’s 137th Airborne Regiment with >30 BMD-4M and 300 paratroopers from 15 Il-76 aircraft at the Zhitovo LZ. They are being loaded at the Dyagilevo airfield.33/https://t.co/j9f20xqm2zhttps://t.co/OyvMectkIq pic.twitter.com/dIcGrvuzkr

— Rob Lee (@RALee85) September 10, 2021

Sparks was right. Air-Mech-Strike is where the US Army should be heading. A mechanized airborne force is a SERIOUS headache for the enemy. Instead of expending resources to deal with "Little Groups Of Paratroops" (LGOP) they're instead having to deal with the tactical mobility of a mechanized force that drops behind their lines? An annoyance becomes a concern.