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Forum: Military Aviation

26th Jul 2022, 18:09

Replies: 54

Paras to be grounded due to wrong chutes

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Posted By langleybaston

Thank you. I will go with highly motivated light...

Thank you. I will go with highly motivated light infantry.

White Range Rovers pulling up on my drive, I wonder ..................

Forum: Military Aviation

26th Jul 2022, 17:58

Replies: 54

Paras to be grounded due to wrong chutes

Views: 10,878

Posted By langleybaston

Are the paras "special forces" as such? Is there...

Are the paras "special forces" as such? Is there such an official grouping, and, if so, other than SAS and SBS [or any new titles] who are the others?
Once on the ground alive, with wounded to care...

Forum: Military Aviation

26th Jul 2022, 14:10

Replies: 54

Paras to be grounded due to wrong chutes

Views: 10,878

Posted By langleybaston

A purely theoretical discussion because we have...

A purely theoretical discussion because we have no ability to conduct mass drops, and they are in any case high risk and should only be ordered for extremely high stakes. A niche market in which we...

Forum: Military Aviation

25th Jul 2022, 20:14

Replies: 54

Paras to be grounded due to wrong chutes

Views: 10,878

Posted By langleybaston

Quite so. In WW II the German fallschirmjaeger...

Quite so. In WW II the German fallschirmjaeger had some successes but casualties were usually severe and such troops take a long time to replace.

Forum: Military Aviation

25th Jul 2022, 19:57

Replies: 54

Paras to be grounded due to wrong chutes

Views: 10,878

Posted By langleybaston

Clearly a minimum time in the air, but a bit...

Clearly a minimum time in the air, but a bit tough on the aircraft I would have thought .......... which was the point I was trying to make.

Forum: Military Aviation

25th Jul 2022, 18:50

Replies: 54

Paras to be grounded due to wrong chutes

Views: 10,878

Posted By langleybaston

What is the point of jumping from 450 feet...

What is the point of jumping from 450 feet ............ it might reduce vulnerability of the troops by reducing flash to bang, but it seems very unhealthy for the "delivery platform".

Forum: Military Aviation

25th Jul 2022, 09:33

Replies: 54

Paras to be grounded due to wrong chutes

Views: 10,878

Posted By langleybaston

I hold no brief for sensational press media and...

I hold no brief for sensational press media and have very low expectations of accuracy.

However, much of the media [including broadcasting and the posh papers] are to a degree self-censoring.
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