The tube followed by troops was not exact science and subject to glitches but the patrol was obliged to follow this overgrown toilet roll inner because the contents were vital to achieve the objective. Once in the frozen wilds of Norway I committed one of these tubes to the rarified icy sky at night laden with skis and rations for the accompanying Marines. The chute DID deploy arresting the tube but the base plate did not. The DZSO clutching his Clansman in the dark only heard the whistling skis and poles as they stuck into the snow all around him. Only after a few norgy beer some days later he said that when we asked for a "Drop accuracy" he was prompted to yell "ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY!"
