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Originally Posted by JJ_BPK
Here is an article,, This was after me,, But I do remember rumors that the USSR jumped chute-less in WWII, into snow banks??
Here is a chart that shows probability of FAIL at different heights..
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I remember something about the Red Army testing/trying that during WWII. Plane flew NOE at stall speed and the 'airborne' troops jumped out the door into snow drifts. As I recall the Soviets had a forty percent casualty rate as 'acceptable' ... but then again they weren't short of people ....
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