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A paratroop crew firing a mortar Burning German Junkers Ju 52s at Ypenburg, Netherlands, in 1940 Fallschirmjäger landing on Crete in 1941 German paratroopers prepare to be flown to the Greek island of Leros in 1943 Fallschirmjäger paratroopers at Kondomari, Crete, confronting Cretan Greek villagers Mass murder of Cretan Greek male civilians ...
Paratroopers of the German Fallschirmjägerregiment 26 at the Baumholder Urban Combat Training Ground, 2017. Army. Rapid Forces Division (Division Schnelle Kräfte) [246] Luftlandebrigade 1 1st Airborne Brigade "Saarland" [247] Headquarters and Signals Company (Stabs- und Fernmeldekompanie) [248] Fallschirmjägerregiment 26 [249]
The Paratrooper Battalion 263 (Fallschirmjägerbataillon 263) was one of the three combat battalions of the German Army's Airborne Brigade 26, which is a part of the Special Operations Division. Paratrooper Battalion 263 was fully airmobile and could act both as air assault infantry or could be dropped by parachute into the area of operations.
The 1st Parachute Division (German: 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division) was an elite German military parachute-landing division that fought during World War II. A division of paratroopers was termed a Fallschirmjäger Division. For reasons of secrecy, it was originally raised as the 7th Air Division (German: 7.
The 500th SS-Parachute Battalion (German: SS-Fallschirmjägerbataillon 500) was the airborne unit of the Waffen-SS. The idea to form a paratrooper unit within the Waffen-SS allegedly came directly from Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler.
The paratroopers' arm-of-service color was orange, which was displayed on their collar and shoulder boards. [13] 40. Fallschirmjägerbataillon paratroopers used orange berets in parades and other public events, but they used gray berets when in the field. [14] The selection of orange berets was symbolic, to commemorate the German Peasants' War ...
German paratroopers, whose harnesses had only a single riser attached at the back, could not manipulate their parachutes in such a manner. Today, paratroopers still use round parachutes, or round parachutes modified so as to be more fully controlled with toggles. The parachutes are usually deployed by a static line. Mobility of the parachutes ...
The 31st Paratrooper Regiment (German: Fallschirmjägerregiment 31) is a 1,800 men strong formation of the German Army with its headquarters in Seedorf in north Germany. The regiment was formed in fall 2014 by restructuring the 31st Airborne Brigade.