parachute regiment
Sky-dropping soldiers unit
A parachute regiment is a military infantry unit trained to deploy by parachuting from aircraft into combat zones.
Such units specialize in rapid deployment behind enemy lines or into otherwise inaccessible areas: The parachute regiment secured the bridge before dawn.
In British usage, the Parachute Regiment (the Paras) is a specific elite airborne force.
- brigadeLarge military unit
- drop zoneDesignated touchdown area
- squadSmall working group
- airborne forcesTroops deployed from aircraft
- jump trainingExercises improving leap ability
drop · pathfinder · jump · battalion · air assault · Arnhem · Falklands War · behind enemy lines · altimeter · static line · corps · landing · special forces · division · rapid deployment · Red Devils · battle honours · jumpmaster
parachute regimentmechanized infantry
Troops using armored vehicles
line infantry · marines · amphibious forces · foot soldiers · home guard
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