Airborne Forces of the Soviet Union

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:branch Airborne troops
gptkbp:celebrates gptkb:Airborne_Forces_Day
gptkbp:colors blue and white
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:dissolved 1992
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:BTR-D
BMD-1
BMD-2
BMD-3
gptkbp:fightingStyle special operations
airborne assault
air assault
rapid reaction
gptkbp:founded 1930
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Moscow
gptkb:Krasnodar
gptkbp:historical_significance influenced modern airborne forces
established paratrooper traditions
first airborne troops in the world
pioneered airborne warfare tactics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Airborne Forces of the Soviet Union
gptkbp:insignia gptkb:blue_beret
gptkbp:legacy paratrooper culture
gptkbp:motto Nobody but us
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Operation_Danube
Operation Storm-333
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:General_Vasily_Margelov
gptkb:General_Alexander_Lebed
General Mikhail Shestakov
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Asia
Africa
Europe
Middle_East
gptkbp:participatesIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Afghan_War
gptkbp:primaryFunction rapid deployment
gptkbp:role airborne operations
gptkbp:size large
gptkbp:structureType gptkb:Soviet_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Russian_Airborne_Forces
gptkbp:symbol paratrooper wings
gptkbp:training gptkb:Tula_Airborne_School
gptkb:Ulyanovsk_Airborne_School
gptkb:Kostroma_Airborne_School
gptkb:Ryazan_Airborne_School
parachuting
gptkbp:uniform camouflage