DShB

The DShB (romanized from ДШБ) are air assault brigades of the Soviet and Russian armed forces. The air assault brigades, famous for their actions during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, a lot like the Air Cavalry of the US Army during the Vietnam War. These units were often transported into combat using helicopters, performed fast paced assaults or some longer patrols in hostile areas before being brought back the same way they came. The DShB can be seen as a sort of little sister of the VDV. Both shared a lot of the same training and were used in the same way during the War in Afghanistan, the DShB just on a bit of a smaller scale.

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