Ukrainian Airmobile Forces - Armament

Armament

Equipment of the Airmobile Forces is similar to the equipment used by Russian Airborne Troops.

Personnel firearms

• PM, semi-automatic pistol (9x18mm)
• AKS-74, para assault rifle (AK-74 with folding skeleton buttstock) (5.45x39mm)
• AKS-74U, para assault rifle carbine (5.45x39mm)
• AKMS, para assault rifle (7.62x39mm)
• RPKS-74, the light weight para machinegun (5.45x39mm)
• PKM, general purpose machine gun (7.62x54mm)
• Dragunov SVDS sniper rifle (7.62x54mm)
• GP-25 and GP-30, the under-barrel 40mm grenade launchers for fragmentation and gas grenades which are attached to AKS-74 of some paratroopers to increase firepower for combating enemy foot troops
• AGS-17 “Plamya” (Flame), the automatic grenade launcher - deadly against enemy foot troops but ineffective against even lightly armored vehicles, it will probably be replaced by a much lighter AGS-30 or less likely by some other model in an upcoming rearmament

Armoured Vehicles

Only one Brigade, the 25th is currently using BMD-1 and BMD-2 armored fighting vehicles. The 95th Brigade, the 79th Brigade and 80th Regiment use BTR-80.

Artillery

• 2S9 “Nona-S” configuration of 2S9 Anona, 120mm self-propelled mortar
• ZU-23-2, an aged but effective and powerful design of a double barrel 23mm anti-aircraft gun, commonly used against infantry and even APCs and IFVs, it is ether mounted on any amphibious hulls, usually based on PT-76 light tank, or can be towed by jeep or truck as it has wheels.