Foreign servicemen will use the Russian parachute systems during the “Airborne platoon” contest for the first time.

Teams of Iran, Egypt and Venezuela will use D-10 parachute systems, servicemen from Kazakhstan and Belarus will jump with D-6 parachutes, and Chinese counterparts – Sanbin-9 systems.

In the nearest future, each team, including the Russian one, will perform 2 training parachute jumps from the altitude of 800 meters from Mi-8 helicopters on unfamiliar landing site.

“Airborne platoon” international contest is held in course of the International Army Games 2016 and starts at the Rayevsky range (Krasnodar Krai) on August 3.