Polish Paras use Russian-Style Drogue Chutes dynmicpara

[RexMundiUsurper]

say what you will about the Polish, but those guys are tough motherfuckers...almost as tough as the Canadians :D

[Nosteratees]

@RexMundiUsurper Who in turn are very nearly as tough as the Brits :D

[Paciat]

As a Pole I know paratroopers are not needed for a countrys freedom.

[dynmicpara]

As someone who has had his nation's ass kicked and had its freedom taken away when it DID NOT HAVE PARATROOPERS who can rapidly reposition I'll take your words as expert on what NOT to do.

[gosciu555]

@Paciat

First of all whats needed is a Political class that aren't a bunch of Anglo-American establishment sellout. If you go to these guys site, you can read a lot, its quite interesting. Good to see at least some American traditionalists are alive and kicking.

[anttonoo]

Theese are for HALO jumps right? Wont work for Static line and HAHO?

[dynmicpara]

These ARE static-line jump parachutes. The static line opens the pack tray for a pilot/drogue chute. You could open right away for HAHO but these are round parachutes with no forward drive for steering, so yes HALO only.

[MarymonckiJohn]

founded a statue in Holland for their Polish colleagues admitting that if there wasn't for their fierce stand, 1st Para would have had it much more difficult to evacuate their men from Arnhem bridge

[MarymonckiJohn]

Bthw: Polish paratroopers in WW2 never made it to motherland, they were dropped in Holland during the operation Market Garden. Polish Brigade was the unit exposed farthest north from all allied troops. They landed north from Major Frost's men, in the town of Driel or nearby, they were dropped on the heads of Germans.

Only recently British veterans from 1st Airborne Div

[noonedude101]

Look up the HALO jumpers. They do the real work. Jump at night from 35,000 feet and fly our bodies until chutes open and glide silently to the target. Rain death upon all enemies like god upon the last day.

[noonedude101]

Look up the HALO jumpers. They do the real work. Jump at night from 35,000 feet and fly our bodies until chutes open and glide silently to the target. Rain death upon all enemies like god upon the last day.

[noonedude101]

Look up HALO. Thats how we get the real work done. Jump from 35,000ft at night, 10 miles from the target. Form up while falling, fly our bodies toward the target until we open chutes at low altitude and glide in silently. Dope on a rope is rarely used. Unless we're invading. Dope on a rope is great for getting 3000 people into a very small area very fast.

[dynmicpara]

You miss the point. This IS dope-on-a-rope from high altitude. With round chutes without forward drive, no horizontal stand-off but delayed opening to low altitude.

[lknkprkninflamesbest]

I love it when my country (The Polish) gets praised with military smarts.

[uncleavi2002]

Seems like I saw some jumpers when I was a Paratrooper do a LALO with a rig that had three small chutes. This was in the 80's

[lexxx145]

i like the drogue idea but what i want to ask is this, do you still keep a 1-2 second interval between jumpers? how maneuverable are you on the initial out? and do this help eliminate sky sharking as well?

looks like a wonderful idea probably will eliminate those nasty static line injuries as well.

[dynmicpara]

We'd have to experiment to find the optimal interval between drogue descending humpers or ask the Russians who should be our allies if Bush lunacons were not infuriating them; next year with a new POTUS we might restore some faith with the Russians to get some military advice

[tomterahedrob]

Do the Russians or Poles still make the drogue systems we see here? I must say its as brilliant as it is beatiful to watch.Are they for sale?

[Jager762]

I saw some Sons of Sosabowski at the DZ just after we jumped in at Arnhem 1991. I'm sure they jumped in but certainly not with those things.

[tomterahedrob]

couldnt agree with you more about the drogue idea!perfect!also higher bailout speeds.

[Tomik6bat]

121, 122, 123, uchwyt, 124, 125, czasza :) w AD95 nie trzeba nawet ciągnąć za uchwyt, automat otwiera...:)