>>15133537>dont give them air supportThis is part of being Airborne troops, you get dropped behind enemy lines and are expected to achieve tasks independently.
And yes, they did have air support. The Mi-24's they got dropped in stayed around and did strafing runs for them, plus VDV troops had MANPADs and ATGMs
I highly doubt the 200 Airborne dead too, its said 100-300 VDV participated in the assault and given the main assault force arrived within 24 hours I doubt over half the VDV force was killed
