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>On 04/02/2016 08:55, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 03/02/2016 02:10, Fabian Russell wrote:
>>>> Interesting video.
>>>>
>>>> But why aren't the soldiers following?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Because the aircraft will have to do another circuit so that they're
>>> dropped as close to the heavy drop as possible.
>>
>> Eep. If the bad guys are bad shots, they get a second chance at all
>> the good guys.
>>
>
>Hi Bob, how true that is.
>
>However, given the speed of the aircraft and the time elapsed from the
>first vehicle's departure from the aircraft, how many miles away will
>the aircraft be from the landed vehicles when the lads get out? Imagine
>a a minimum of a five mile hike through hostile territory to claim a
>couple of essential vehicles which, by that time, could already be in
>enemy hands.
>
>Separation of heavy drop and personnel drop would seem common sense,
>would it not, with the personnel coming in within a few minutes of the
>heavy stuff? Even better, get the troops on the ground first to secure
>perimeters and then await the heavy stuff!
>
>I know that they're dreadful pictures, but fifty years have passed and
>the Kodak Brownie 127 did have some limitations. Here's me with a
>vehicle I helped to rig and, and the next one, which I took, was after
>parachuting in and assisting with securing the DZ, to allow instant
>access to our vehicles and kit once they landed.
>
Impressive stuff! My dad was a USAAF C-47 driver in Europe during the
latter half of WW2. He had a few stories, though it was usually
difficult to get him to tell them.
Good (if a tad crazy) folks. y'all are...
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