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Originally Posted by Abbott Shaull
Yeah I was about to say that the Soviet at certain command levels were suppose to have an assigned Air Assault Brigade. While in each Motorized Rifle Division in theory one of the Rifle Regiments was suppose to be a Airmobile trained...
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The Soviets fielded enough airmobile brigades/battalions at the Army level that they didn't need to airmobile a motor-rifle regiment. That capability was always talked up in the Infantry Journal, but the Soviets took pretty much the same view that the US did during the 80s, you got mech infantry and you have airmobile infantry, both had specialized skills and therefore there was little cross-training.