New French Equipment Designed For Air Drop
Credit: French Defense Ministry
The French army is credited with developing the first viable technique for airdropping heavy vehicles into battle zones. The initial use of the capability was for delivering engineering vehicles at Dien Bien Phu (in what is now Vietnam) 63 years ago. Continuing improvements to French airdrop...
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