VDV (Airborne Troops)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Russian_Airborne_Forces
gptkbp:celebrates Airborne Troops Day
gptkbp:colors blue
gptkbp:currentCommander gptkb:General_Andrei_Serdyukov
gptkbp:equipment BMD-4M
gptkbp:famousRival gptkb:Operation_Danube
gptkb:Operation_Berlin
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
Operation Bagration
Operation Storm-333
Operation Tempest
Operation Zitadelle
Operation Vistula-Oder
Operation Iskra
Operation Kutuzov
gptkbp:formed 1930
gptkbp:headCoach beret
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Krasnodar
gptkbp:historicalSignificance gptkb:Cold_War
post-Soviet_conflicts
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gptkbp:insignia paratrooper wings
gptkbp:knownFor combat readiness
elite status
high mobility
gptkbp:motto Nobody but us
gptkbp:nickname Blue Berets
gptkbp:operationalHistory gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:operationalRole special operations
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Chechen_Wars
Syria_conflict
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Russian_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:primaryMission airborne assault
gptkbp:role rapid deployment
gptkbp:size approximately 45,000 personnel
gptkbp:symbol paratrooper
gptkbp:traditions parachuting
gptkbp:training airborne operations
gptkbp:type airborne troops
gptkbp:uniform blue and white