Russia developing air defense variant of BMD-4M IFV

TASS disclosed that air-droppable BMD-4M amphibious infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) is getting a air defense variant.

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An anonymous source in the Russian Defense Ministry told TASS on May 4 that the project is code named Ptitselov.