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I don't really know about the US, but I thought the VDV's intended role in a European war was as a sort of - interdiction force, for want of a better term. Use air drops to bypass the battle area and get into the NATO rear areas and create chaos. In order to do so the troops needed mobility, fire support, NBC protection, and small arms protection. I think of the BMD/Sprut/BTR family more as Humvees than AFVs. Essentially NBC protected mobility; airdroppable and amphibious to get to and maneuver in the rear areas, firepower to destroy their targets, and enough armor to survive contact with rear echelon troops since they weren't as likely to encounter frontline heavy armor units. If they did they would probably try to run away and find somewhere else to create disruption.Their use as "firefighters" comes from their mobility, not from design as third world intervention/counter-insurgency forces.I have my doubts as to whether they could get to a drop area without being shot down given modern air defense systems, so the entire concept may be outdated. But if they could get into rear areas they would have the ability to take on infantry and Striker-type units. Not the heavies, but if you have to pull heavies to take them out that just makes the front weaker for the other guy's heavies.
I don't really know about the US, but I thought the VDV's intended role in a European war was as a sort of - interdiction force, for want of a better term. Use air drops to bypass the battle area and get into the NATO rear areas and create chaos. In order to do so the troops needed mobility, fire support, NBC protection, and small arms protection. I think of the BMD/Sprut/BTR family more as Humvees than AFVs. Essentially NBC protected mobility; airdroppable and amphibious to get to and maneuver in the rear areas, firepower to destroy their targets, and enough armor to survive contact with rear echelon troops since they weren't as likely to encounter frontline heavy armor units. If they did they would probably try to run away and find somewhere else to create disruption.
Their use as "firefighters" comes from their mobility, not from design as third world intervention/counter-insurgency forces.
I have my doubts as to whether they could get to a drop area without being shot down given modern air defense systems, so the entire concept may be outdated. But if they could get into rear areas they would have the ability to take on infantry and Striker-type units. Not the heavies, but if you have to pull heavies to take them out that just makes the front weaker for the other guy's heavies.
