The vehicle can be transported by An-12, An-22, Il-76, An-124 airplanes and Mi-6 and Mi-26 helicopters.

A rocket parachute, the PRSM-915, was developed to ensure the vehicle's safe landing.
To use the parachute, the BMD is first packed onto a special pallet before takeoff.
To drop the BMD, a drogue chute is released that initially drags the BMD out of the Il-76 transport plane.
Once clear of the plane a single large main chute opens.
The deployment of the main chute triggers the deployment of four long rods which hang beneath the pallet.
As soon as the rods touch the ground a retrorocket fires, slowing the BMD to a descending speed between 6 m/s and 7 m/s and giving it a relatively soft landing.
It allowed a BMD to be relatively safely parachuted with both the driver and the gunner.
This system entered service in 1975 for the BMD-1, and was always used for the BMD-2 afterwards.
The vehicle can be transported by An-12, An-22, Il-76, An-124 airplanes and Mi-6 and Mi-26 helicopters.
A rocket parachute, the PRSM-915, was developed to ensure the vehicle's safe landing. To use the parachute, the BMD is first packed onto a special pallet before takeoff. To drop the BMD, a drogue chute is released that initially drags the BMD out of the Il-76 transport plane. Once clear of the plane a single large main chute opens. The deployment of the main chute triggers the deployment of four long rods which hang beneath the pallet. As soon as the rods touch the ground a retrorocket fires, slowing the BMD to a descending speed between 6 m/s and 7 m/s and giving it a relatively soft landing. It allowed a BMD to be relatively safely parachuted with both the driver and the gunner. This system entered service in 1975 for the BMD-1, and was always used for the BMD-2 afterwards.
BMD-2