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Old 12-07-2016, 05:32   #12
zauber1
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Soviet Paratroops

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Originally Posted by UWOA View Post
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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I also heard that the Nazis started painting large boulders white. Not sure if that one is true.
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