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Paratroopers of Russia. The Russian Airborne Forces

RUSSIAN PARATROOPER UNITS

In 1930 Russian parachute troops jumped in a military exercise to demonstrate the use of parachute troops to conduct a flanking attack of the enemy from the air. And, in 1933 there were five 10,000 man parachute units in the Russian Army. A German Army paratroop unit came into existence in 1935

By 1936, a true tactical mass jump of some 1,800 Russian paratroopers was conducted. Interestingly, most of the jumpers were carried face down on the wings of bombers. The paratroopers held onto a rope to keep from being blown off before the jump point



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