Book Sizes Up German Paratroopers, Gear.
| Jurisdiction | United States |
| Date | 01 November 2000 |
| Author | Silbergeld, David LL. |
| Published date | 01 November 2000 |
| Author | Silbergeld, David LL. |
In the 1920s, Italian armed forces (Regia Aeronautica) experimented with military units of paratroopers, using Caproni CA-73 aircraft. In the 1930s, parachuting was a national sport in Russia. The first Russian military exercises involving parachutists began as early as 1930, followed by the development of airborne motorized units.
The first airborne troops deployed in military action, however, were the German Fallschirmjagers. [Source: "Airborne Warfare 1918-1945" by Gregory & Barchelor, Published by Phoebus: London (1979)].
Schiffer Publishing Ltd. has just published a monumental military-history book entitlded "German Paratroops: Uniforms, Insignia & Equipment of the Fallschirmjager in World War II," by Robert Kurtz. This book covers not only the specialized equipment of the German paratroops, but also...
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