Peace Mission 2005

MIGleader said:

this is an excercise!!!
besides, with thermal, infra red, and night vision, a night drop wouldn't fare much better.

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Ok, nothing makes better targets than a dropping paratrooper!

They are useless!

Heli insertions are better.

And I think those are supplies not paratroopers. They make the supply drop chutes different color probably, like ammo is red etc.

That was used too.


I have have another pic that show 10-20 heli's droping troops. But i cant find it because i have so much pics.

i'll post pictures on the weekend.... i just don’t have time this week

Ok, we've seen Chineses, some Russians here:

Obcession said:

Ok, nothing makes better targets than a dropping paratrooper!

They are useless!

Heli insertions are better.

And I think those are supplies not paratroopers. They make the supply drop chutes different color probably, like ammo is red etc.

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Look again. Ammo doesn't have legs.

hm, those really are paratroopers.

paratroops still have some advantages, like if the defense side have no major troops near the drop site or no armor. they are basically suicide troops to slow down enemy movements and do damage to internal communications and infastructure for enemy. but if the enemy is ready for them, then they might as well crash the plane, might do more damage.

FIRST POST BY ME!!!!

I wouldn't call suicide troops an advantage...

However, I think they're useful in one situation, is if the enemy's defences stationed at the drop zone are weak, like what you stated, and using paratroopers are a lot cheaper and a faster way to deploy troops behind enemy lines than choppers.

paratroops still have some advantages

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better hope theres no modern AA-Cannon tank
my uncle lost 60% of his unit when they were landing in crete
and that was old ww2 AA

Well, i think that the paratrooper are still useful, they're vulnerable during the descent and to anykind of armor attack, but they can act as light infantry, doing hit and run, they don't have any heavy equipement, so they main job is dirupt and confuse the ennemy command chain, for exemple, you are defending a combat zone,the ennemy just drop some paras behind and on you, there's some ennemy heavy unit preparing to attack from the front, what will you do ?? Send the armor to crush the para and let the infantry defend against the heavy unit or attack with infantry and defend with your armor ?? If u send infantry to fight, there's a chance your infantry will be deafeated or sustained heavy losses, but if u send ur tank, what will u do if the ennemy units pierces ur main defence line ??? Your armors are fighting against para, u cannot just take them out of the fight like this, so it's confusing the ennemy and opening a second "front". Or you can always drop them far back to cut the supply line like bridges and main road or even, take the ennemy airport !